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- This super rare AC Cobra #3301 is the first car in the third group of 427 Cobra production
- #3301 was completed at AC cars on 9- 1- 1966 for delivery to Ford Advanced Vehicles in Slough, England. As it was neither shipped Aut o Brands
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- Its first owner after FAV was located in Paris, France & this car remained there until 1977 Ave nge rs # 4
- CSX3301 is listed in the Shelby World Registry where all of its history is documented
- No expense spared restoration just completed Big Fo o t
- Only 10,000 original kilometers are on this pristine automobile Blue gre e ngo ld
- Pictures of the original ledger at AC cars proving its authenticity
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Every Shelby 427 Cobra is rare simply by nature, but everyone including Carroll Shelby himself knows that, within that context, some
reach the level of “exceptional”, a fact he acknowledged when he signed the glovebox door of CSX 3301 with the inscription, Capt ain Am e rica
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The first car in the third production group of 427 Cobras, this sparkling White roadster was completed at AC Cars for delivery directly Car Se arch
to Ford Advanced vehicles in Slough, England. As such, it was never invoiced to Shelby American and did not show up in American CBm o vie s.co m /
DMV records. Factory equipped with Smiths gauges, a hardtop, 428 engine and Sunburst wheels, it was purchased new by a Mr.
Franck of Paris, France, who sold it to GT40 owner Jean- Pierre Van Den Doorn, also of Paris. Van Den Doorn placed it in his private Challe nge r
collection and the car was seldom seen for years, until it was sold to The Vintage Car Store in Nyack, NJ in August 1977. It then went
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through the hands of Kirk White and then Larry Megibow, who sold the car along with a substantial bank lien to Dan Turman in 1979.
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In 2001 CSX3301 was completely restored by HRE Motors in Freeport, NY, who returned it to its original White with Blue stripes, Black
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side pipes and chrome roll bar, and it remains the same today, with the odometer showing 10, 872 kms or 6,755 miles. The interior is
outstanding, showing as new, and the engine compartment is completed to a very high standard. As Shelby noted, this is an Co de Talke rs
especially unique 427; it is also gorgeously turned out and exceptionally well detailed. In addition to its listing in the Shelby American
World Registry, documentation includes photos of the original ledger at AC Cars. Co m anche
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- Rare 427 completed at AC Cars and shipped to Ford Advanced Vehicles in Slough Co nt act
- Sold new to French owner
- Restored to original specs by HRE Motors, Freeport, NY Co o l Cars 1
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- Black side exhaust
- Wide Halibrands Co o l Cars 3
- Chrome roll bar Co rve t t e L88
- Smiths gauges
- Signed by Carroll Shelby Co unt y Se at
- Documented in the Shelby World Registry
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CSX 2093 was the 93rd Cobra built and is one of only eight cars modified with the Shelby- developed Dragonsnake package Fashio n Age nt
designed to maximiz e drag racing performance. Depending on options, the package could swell the bottom line to a whopping
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$8,990, a huge sum in 1960s- era dollars.
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Owned by Jim Costilow and piloted by drag racer Bruce Larson, later of USA- 1 Funny Car fame, the Dragonsnake dominated the
NHRA’s A/SP, AA/SP, B/SP and C/SP classes in 1964. It set all new records in the 1965 season and won the NHRA Springnationals, FAST HAUL
Winternationals and U.S. Indy Nationals that year. The Cobra was so successful that it overshadowed Shelby’s factory- sponsored Fe rrari 328 GT S
Dragonsnake, much to Shelby’s dismay, and thereafter factory support for the privateer effort began to dry up.
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Later, with subsequent owner Ed Hedrick behind the wheel, CSX 2093 went on to win the 1966 Springnationals and U.S. Nationals. It
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also chalked up class wins at the 1967 Springnationals, Winternationals, U.S. Indy Nationals, and finished out the season with the
World Points Championship. It continued to set records in 1968. All told, CSX 2093 held national titles in four separate classes. File 10 0 0

The Costilow/Larson Dragonsnake has been authenticated and certified by the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) as a true File 11
and correct original car, and has also won that organiz ation’s Senior Award and Race Car Certification badges. It has undergone a File 111
completely accurate and show- quality restoration by Z iegler Coach of Los Angeles, CA and is presented exactly as it competed,
including the Weber- carbureted 289 Ford V- 8 with Ballanger side mount headers, 4- speed transmission, Cobra Sunburst rear File 115
wheels with slicks, wire front wheels, removable hardtop and eye- grabbing Magenta metalflake paint.
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wheels with slicks, wire front wheels, removable hardtop and eye- grabbing Magenta metalflake paint. File 12
Offered with full documentation of its NHRA national records, this is not only the most famous and successful of the eight Shelby File 13
Dragonsnakes; it is in fact the winningest competition Cobra in history.
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Brawny, powerful, wickedly quick, Carroll Shelby’s legendary 427 Cobra tops most enthusiasts’ wish lists as the one sports car they’d File 4 27
choose if they could only have one. Instantly recogniz able, rare and highly desirable, the massive 427 was created to humiliate
anything in its path. These are not cars for the faint of heart. And they began with a vengeance. File 4 32

One year after Chevy’s big- block Gran Sport coupes humiliated Carroll Shelby’s Cobras at Nassau, Ken Miles’ experimental 427 File 4 4 1
Cobra, CSX2196, turned the tables. Although it DNF’ed, the new direction was clear. Shelby had reworked the Cobra to accept Ford’s File 4 4 2
NASCAR- inspired, big- block 427- cid “semi- hemi” V- 8. With 425- bhp and 475 lbs- ft of ground- pounding torque in street tune, and
480- bhp+ in race setup, 0- to- 60 times fell to 4.2 seconds. File 5
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Shelby factory driver, Ken Miles, tested a new 427 Cobra, S/C (for Semi- Competition), and Sports Car Graphic’s Jerry Titus confirmed
it would sprint from z ero to 100- mph and back to z ero in just 13.2 seconds - - a truly uncanny feat for a street car. Miles’ stunt became File 5 5

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a benchmark for seriously fast sports cars from that time onward. The 427’s heavier V- 8 required a stronger, five- inch wider chassis
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with upgraded suspension, coil springs, and bigger brakes. The body shell was redesigned, most noticeably, with widened and flared
fenders to accommodate the larger engine and fatter tires. File 5 5 1

In theory, this nose- heavy beast shouldn’t have performed well. In reality, it ran away and hid from everything in the Sports Car Club File 5 5 2
of America A Production class. The 427 was only about 250 lbs heavier than a 289, but with 138- cid more and an extra 100- to- 150- File 6
bhp, there was nothing like it. Under FIA competition rules, Shelby American had to sell at least 100 examples to qualify it as a
production car. But when only 51 427’s had been sold, official homologation was denied. Undaunted, Shelby began production of File 6 0
427’s for street use. Typically, a 427 side- oiler was equipped with a single 4- bbl carburetor, but special manifolds, aluminum heads, File 6 0 0
and a long list of racing options were available.
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A 289 version was also produced with the new wide chassis. Production 427 S/C’s, just short of a competition Cobra, but with many File 7 0 0
racing features, were offered. By 1967, demand slackened, Ford was losing money on the cars and production ceased. Genuine
427’s, especially competition models and S/C’s, remain extremely valuable. Only 312 427’s were built before production ceased in FILE 7 0 1
1967.
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This car, CSX3102 is the real thing. The second street 427, with many competition features, it’s documented in detail on pages File 7 5 0
523/524 of the World Registry of Cobras and GT40s 4th ed. Its first purchaser was a Minnesota buyer whose name remains unknown.
Sadly, on a rainy afternoon, he rolled the Cobra, and damaged some of its body panels. Dennis Henningsen, CSX3102’s second File 7 5 1
owner, had the chassis magnafluxed and found no damage. He contacted Shelby American to purchase replacement alloy body File 7 5 2
panels. Instead, Carroll Shelby sold him the complete body from CSX3005, (the fourth 427 built), which had been bought just as a
chassis, by a Japanese man named George Fujimoto. Dennis Henningsen sold CSX3102 in 1966, before its rebuild was finished. The File 7 5 3
buyer was Richard J. Schopf, from Louisiana. Schopf completed its reassembly in late 1968, and occasionally raced the 427 at drag File 7 5 4
strips in the New Orleans area.
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In 1970, Ed Gunther of San Jose, CA, bought CSX3102 from Schopf. When he wrote to Shelby American about the car’s history, he
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learned that CSX3005, the original chassis for this car’s body, was to have been raced at Le Mans as a Cobra Team effort, by Bob
Johnson of Columbus, Ohio. Johnson’s mechanic, Tom Greatorex, who later worked at Shelby American, made a number of File 7 6 5 0
modifications to the car, at Johnson’s request, to improve high- speed aerodynamics. This work was done at Bob Schro’s body shop in
Los Angeles, and included wider front and rear fender flares to accommodate bigger tires, special ducts atop the rear fenders for File 7 7
better brake cooling, and quick- release trunk klik pins. The standard 427 oil cooler scoop was removed and twin oil coolers were File 8
fitted, resulting in a smaller nose opening that resembles a 289 Cobra’s, Johnson was apparently a large, burly man, so the top of the
driver’s side door was reshaped for more elbow room. File 80 0
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But Shelby American had begun to focus on the Ford GT40’s development. It had a much higher top speed than an open 427
roadster. The Le Mans project was discontinued. Bob Johnson never raced CSX3005, and he could not afford to buy it. So when Mr. File 880
Fujimoto inquired about the availability of a Cobra chassis, with the intent of installing his own special body, Shelby American sold
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him chassis CSX3005, along with a 289- cid engine, and retained its specially- modified roadster body, until it was purchased by
Henningsen. File 889

In 1971, two Roanoke, VA, brothers, Bill and Bud Jones, bought CSX3102 because “we wanted a car where we could pull up to a light, File 89 0
anywhere, and not lose a drag race.” They’d just started a formal wear rental business, and they both had kids in diapers. But Bud’s File 89 1
subscription to Cars and Parts was expiring, and the renewal incentive was a free ad in the magaz ine. Without even thinking where
the money would come from, they impulsively decided to place an ad stating that they were looking for a 427 Cobra. File 89 2
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Their ad was answered by Ed Gunther, of San Jose, CA, who offered to sell CSX3102. He wanted a classic Cadillac V- 16, and couldn’t
afford both cars. He told them he had a letter from Carroll Shelby stating this was the only factory- modified 427 racer. After looking at File 9 9
photos Gunther sent, the Jones Brothers persuaded their bank manager to advance them a loan for the entire purchase price. With
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interest and shipping, the total cost of the car was $9,527.22 - - a considerable sum nearly 40 years ago. Of course, their wives (and
their parents) thought they’d lost their minds. File Fre e do m
Bill and Bud have owned and carefully maintained the 427 ever since. Generously, they’ve taken many people for rides in CSX3102. File Ne ws
Bill Jones has said many times: “You must share it. Very few people in life ever get a chance to make a lasting impression on File s
someone. Giving (them) a ride in a real Cobra is something no one ever forgets. Ask anyone who has had a ride in one: They can tell
you where and when they took that ride.” File sAnyWhe re
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Author Ken Gross can attest to that.
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Thanks to the Jones Brothers, he had a chance to drive CSX3102 on Tom Cotter’s Annual Cobra Tour in Virginia and North Carolina.
On the Blue Ridge Parkway, rumbling out of the Peaks of Otter Lodge, not far from Bedford, VA, the heavy rain let up just in time for Franke nst e in
Ken to switch to Bill and Bud’s 427. “With its monstrous side exhausts, flared fenders, ‘paper clip’ roll bar and huge, gumball rubber, Gam e t io n.co m
the massive red beast has an intimidating initial presence, but it’s eminently drivable. Respecting the car’s value, and getting to know
the brakes and steering, I’ll admit I drove gently for the first few minutes.” Garf ie ld
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“Go ahead,” Bill said. “Punch it. You know you want to.”
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“After a few miles of second and third gear gearshift play, just to hear the big- block’s rogue elephantine bellow, we slowed for a stop
sign, the road was clear and I just flat hammered it,” Ken says. “There was a little sashay sideways, the big- block Cobra squatted, Go dzilla vs. Gigan
accelerated really hard, and I threw one of the best shifts of my life from second to third. Backing off at 100- mph plus, grinning like a (To ho , 19 7 2)
fool, I slowed just as a Virginia State trooper passed in the opposite lane.”
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“The brawny 427 not only feels fast,” Gross continues, “it is fast. Remember, this a twin of the model in which Ken Miles did that Grand Mo t he r
famous 13.2- second, 0- to- 100- to- 0 stunt. The ‘bro’s’ healthy big- block could probably still manage that feat.” This particular car was
memorializ ed in a long since sold- out poster for “Mr. Formal Wear,” the Jones Brothers’ shop, showing a leggy, petulant- looking Gre e n Lant e rn
blonde, nestling up to the big 427, wearing just a white tuxedo shirt and high heels, while two astonished guys in the background just Harle y-
stare. CSX3102 was photographed for six other classic Cobra posters over the years. Davidso n.co m
Currently, the Cobra has just over 17,300 miles on its odometer, and less than 500 miles on a new set of Goodyear Eagles on original Ho p 20 11
Halibrand racing wheels. The engine is a genuine 427 side- oiler with twin Holley 4- bbl carburetors and low- riser heads. There’s a
3.70:1 limited slip rear end (a rare ratio), a competition 36- gallon fuel tank and the car will be sold with its original top, tonneau cover Ho t 1
and side curtains. Body number 3005, on chassis 3102 is the only known Cobra body modified for a Cobra Team effort at Le Mans. Ho t e l f o r Do gs
Recent repairs to a minor bump in the nose, became a high- quality refinishing when it was felt the original aged, faded finish couldn’t
be matched. Ho t Whe e ls
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At Shelby American Automobile Club (SAAC) events, it’s won many awards including 1st place in the Popular Vote Comp Cobra Class
(SAAC- 2); a 3rd at SAAC- 8, and 2nd place at SAAC- 10, 3rd place at SAAC- 11, and 2nd’s at SAAC- 14 and SAAC- 18. It’s been featured Ho ust o n.Inbo x
in numerous books and articles, most recently in AW, (formerly AutoWeek) in October 19, 2009, in an article called “Snakes Uncaged.” Ho ward
Opportunities to purchase authentic Shelby 427 Cobras are rare. This fully- documented, one- of- a- kind example, a street car with ihe art radio
many competition features, has a unique appearance, great history, and continuously careful ownership for 39 years.
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- Shelby Cobra 427 Roadster CSX 3102
- Documented in the World Registry of Cobras INDEX
- First owner crashed the car and was killed. Body was damaged but chassis was unhurt Inde x 5 0 0
- Shelby American had an extra body from CSX 3005, the chassis having been shipped to Japan for re- body
- The re- bodied 3102 first spent life in the south as an occasional drag car Inf o 20 0
- In 1970 the car received several modification for racing including wider fenders, rear scoops, and quick release trunk. It was to be
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raced, but focus on GT40 program closed the door for that
- In 1971 the car went to Salem, Virginia and spent the next 40 years there and remains in the same owners hands Inf o 4 4 4
- A very unique and rare car by any standard, the added history of this stunning car makes it a true one- of- a- kind Cobra
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CSX3172 was delivered to its first owner, Jim Hopkins of Illinois, in early 1966. In 1967 Hopkins moved to California, where the car was
serviced by Shelby’s Hi- Performance Motors, and returned to the Chicago area where the car sold in the late ‘60s to Mike Novik of To m Cruise
Detroit. Its third owner enjoyed occasional autocross competition in the mid Seventies, when the car was a class winner in events at To pGun Gam e
the Witchita SOA convention and Blackhawk Farms. 3172 was restored during that period and driven cross- country by a subsequent
owner, including a trip to SAAC 4 (PA) in July 1979. In 1990 it was restored to S/C specs and finished in Black with Black sidepipes, To pGun Pho t o s
Black rollbar, new Halibrands, quick jacks, a 42- gallon fuel tank, competition dash and added lips on the flares. The car’s odometer To p Gun Rule s
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appeared with its now well- known “BAD ASP” license plate, and won 1st in class and the Carroll Shelby Award at the Nor- Cal Mini
Nats in 1993. After several years in the Michael Leibermann collection it was offered at auction on eBay in 2006, and has since Tre nt
appeared in two issues of the Shelby American.
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Today CSX3172 is in superb condition in its all- Black color scheme, fully prepared, 100 percent correct and thoroughly documented Trucke r
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Invoiced on December 2, 1965 and ordered through Carroll Shelby’s Hi- Performance Motors on May 9, 1966, Shelby Cobra CSX3034
was completed on June 6, 1966 and picked up at the factory by its first owner Dale Kelley. Built to S/C specifications and finished in
White with a Black interior, Black side pipes and equipped with quick jacks, it was traded by Kelley in 1968 to Bill Watkins Ford of
Scottsdale. The car was purchased by Michael L. Shoen, who later authored the master historical work The Cobra-Ferrari Wars .

Shoen added a Blue stripe to the car which nicely harmoniz ed with its Black exhaust and chromed roll bar. It won a Phoenix
concours event in 1969 and ran some autocrosses until 1970, when Schoen advertised it for sale with the following description:

“’66 427 Cobra S/C. Factory competition model set up for the street. White/blue stripe. Front/rear sway bars, rebuilt suspension, new
Konis, big Halibrands, 42 gallon tank, three fuel pumps, competition brakes, roll bar, differential/engine/oil coolers, headers,
transistoriz ed. New transmission, balanced, blueprinted, side- oiling 427 dyno- built by Holman and Moody. $8000 cash or with
spares, $9000.”

3034 was shipped by its fifth owner, Gary Yahnke, to Mike McCluskey for restoration in 1977, during which it was repainted Black. It
then went through several hands, winning a first place trophy at the Northeast Fall Rally in 1979. It appeared at the 1992 Lime Rock
Vintage Fall Festival still in Black with Black sidepipes, chrome roll bar and quick jacks. It was then purchased by its ninth owner in
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2000, fitted with new leather seats, repainted in its present Guardsman Blue with White stripes, and shown at SAAC 27, where it won
the People’s Choice award.

CSX 3034 remains in exceptional condition, still in S/C configuration and is fully documented, including in the Shelby World Registry.

Highlights:

- Original S/C 427 Cobra

- Competition 427 side oiler, Holley 4- barrel
- Formerly owned by Michael L. Shoen
- Restored by Mike McCluskey in 1977
- Wide Halibrands, Goodyear Eagles
- Guardsman Blue, White stripes
- Excellent interior, leather seats
- Differential, engine and oil coolers
- Black roll bar
- Known history
- Fully documented in Shelby World Registry
- Autographed by Bob Bondurant

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In June 1966, “Race 427 Cobra, CSX3020, Rangoon Red” was invoiced to Ford Division General Office, GT and Sports Car Dept., for
shipment to Thomas Payne European Cars, Inc. Nattily- attired “Gentleman” Tom Payne had become a fan favorite on both sides of the
border with his Number 13 289 Cobra, and now Ford judged it was time to give Payne a Bigger Hammer.

While in retrospect there is really no such thing as “the usual” order for a competition- built 427 Cobra, the invoice specified all the
standard equipment for a race 427: heavy duty stub axles, 3.54 rear end, heavy duty springs, Koni shocks, modified A- arms, sway
bars, steel flex brake lines and a low- cut competition windshield. But tucked into the middle of all those items was something that
showed up, as best as can be determined, on only two other 427 roadsters: a dry- sump lubrication system. At 544 1966 dollars, this
was the most expensive option available, but with all its inherent benefits also the most effective.

Payne raced the car during the 1967 season with the same number 13 as his popular 289 before returning it to Shelby American, who
offered it for sale minus engine and transmission for $4,000. It was purchased by Cobra stalwart Dave Dralle, who set it up for SCCA
racing minus the non- homologated dry sump system. Dralle raced the car in both SCCA and at least once in ARRC trim when it
placed eighth at Riverside in 1968. Dralle stored the car for several years before selling it to Arnold Mowery, whose shop was
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placed eighth at Riverside in 1968. Dralle stored the car for several years before selling it to Arnold Mowery, whose shop was
adjacent to Dralle’s. Mowery’s planned restoration never materializ ed, and CSX3020 went north to Olympia, Washington’s Tom Foley,
who returned it to its original form and ran it in vintage events in the U.S. and on the Continent.

Foley’s caring stewardship earned the car several awards, including “Best 427 Competition Cobra” at SAAC 9 in 1984 and “Best
Cobra” at SAAC 17 in 1992. Beginning that year, 3020 went through a succession of three more owners until, in 2004, it was
welcomed with open arms by the late Jack Launtz of Kane, Pennsylvania who, according to the Shelby Registry, “still hadn’t gotten
over the sale of his S/C, 3047, some twenty years earlier.” The car also appeared in an episode of the popular “My Classic Car”
television show.

Finished in the Rangoon Red paint and number 13 that recall its career in Tom Payne’s hands, CSX 3020 is presented here fully
restored to its original specification (except for the Blue and White racing stripes listed on the Ford invoice) including the tell- tale
quick- release cap on the right front fender signalling the rare dry sump oiling system. The car is in spectacular condition, ready to
race or show, and a sure centerpiece for any collection of historic Cobra racers.

Highlights:

- 1 of 22 Competition 427 Roadsters

- Reportedly one of only three built with a dry sump oiling system
- Raced by “Gentleman Tom” Payne
- Owned and raced by Dave Dralle
- Restored by Art Foley, Olympia, WA
- Multiple awards including “Best 427 Competition Cobra”, SAAC 9 and “Best Cobra”, SAAC 17
- Vintage raced in both U.S. and Europe
- Pictured in The Shelby American, Super Ford magaz ine and Mills’ AC Cobra
- Featured in “My Classic Car”
- Maintained in correct original configuration

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One of the great strengths of Carroll Shelby’s organiz ation, Shelby American, was its flexibility and responsiveness in serving his
goals. It was in the very nature of the people he hired, talents such as Pete Brock, Phil Remington and Ken Miles, to accept his
challenges and go straight to work. So when Shelby saw that USRRC competition was moving away from cars like his Cobra and
toward rear- engined sports racers, he marshaled those talents to create the Cooper- Monaco King Cobra.

A direct descendant of John Cooper’s rear- engine Formula One cars, the Monaco was essentially a tube- framed F1 Cooper widened
to accommodate two seats and covered with a full- fendered aluminum skin. Like many Cooper chassis it was made to accept a
number of different engines; the King Cobras received full- race Cobra 289 engines putting out 370 horsepower. The 289’s reliability
combined with the car’s curb weight of 1,300 pounds gave it tremendous potential, and after some teething problems early in 1963,
Dave MacDonald won the L.A. Times Grand Prix at Riverside, with three other King Cobras finishing 4th, 5th and 7th. “Cobra Dave”
then repeated at the Pacific Grand Prix at Laguna Seca in overwhelming fashion, lapping everyone but second- place A.J. Foyt.

The first of three ultimately fatal blows to the King Cobra’s racing career came in the spring of 1964. Dave MacDonald’s tragic death
at the Indianapolis 500 prompted his teammate Al Holbert’s immediate retirement, leaving the cars without their team drivers.
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at the Indianapolis 500 prompted his teammate Al Holbert’s immediate retirement, leaving the cars without their team drivers.
Subsequently, the competition’s rapid development combined with Shelby’s commitments to Ford and the FIA Championship to finish
the King Cobras, but not before Parnelli Jones took a new car, chassis number CM 6/64, to a high- profile victory at Riverside in
October. The same car was then driven to 5th and 6th overall at Mt. Tremblant and Mosport, respectively, by privateer Lothar
Motschenbacher.

Such was the pace of change that derivatives like the King Cobra were fast becoming obsolete even as they were being built; the
revolutionary developments of that golden era of American road racing only hurried their demise.

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After Jones’ win at Riverside, Shelby sold chassis number CM 6/64 to Californian Bill Lowell, who hired Lothar Motschenbacher to
drive it for the rest of the season. When Lowell defaulted on payment, Shelby reacquired the car, then sold it along with CM 5/64 to
Oscar Kovaleski as part of Shelby’s famous 1965 “garage sale”. CM 6/64 is now owned by Larry Bowman of Bowman Motors, LLC in
Redwood City, California and has been accurately restored to its 1964 Shelby specification. It was entered in the 2006 Monterey
Historic Races, and featured in the “Cars of Parnelli Jones” display at the 2008 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, winning First in
Class.

CM 6/64 is fully documented, including HMSA Log Book, ACCUS and FIA passports, Shelby American invoices and letters of
confirmation from Phil Remington, Charles Agapiou and Carroll Shelby.

C o mp e t it io n R e co rd
Riverside L.A. Times GP - Oct. 1964
1 OA Parnelli Jones #94 King Cobra CM/6/64 Shelby American

Mt. Tremblant - Fall 1964

5 OA Lothar Motschenbacher #? King Cobra CM/6/64 Customer

Mosport Players 200 - June 1965

6 OA Lothar Motschenbacher #? King Cobra CM/6/64 Customer

Highlights:

- 1964 Cooper Monaco/King Cobra CM 6/64

- Built by Carroll Shelby
- Winner, L.A Times Grand Prix at Riverside
- Driven by Parnelli Jones
- 289/370hp Cobra by Ford V- 8
- McKee transaxle
- Accurately restored
- Competition prepared
- Guardsman Blue with White stripes
- Monterey Historic Races 2006
- Featured in the “Cars of Parnelli Jones” display, Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance 2008
- Winner, “Best in Class”, Amelia Island 2008

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