RE: Good Shelby Cobra article.
Yep, I was just gonna say the same thing... caught the last 2/3 of the "Rides" replay later last night. Thought Carroll Shelby's comment about having a drifting contest between the old & new cobras was hilarious. Nice to see he can still do parking lot doughnuts with the best of them. I think it's a great, updated re-interpretation of a classic supercar. Plenty of styling cues from the original, but with an updated, modern look. Would love to see it go into production (not that I could ever afford it) with a convertible top & working windows. There's still plenty of Cobra's available to those who prefer the original incarnation, either kits or through Shelby himself.
The 427 Cobra's always been one of my faves... used to hang around some of the replicar builders at car shows just to hear them fire one up. My neighbor just had a replica built last year. Took 2 years to complete from the time the first check was written. He used a '66 428, as the 427's are SO hard to find and SO expensive. Am still begging for a ride... the symphony burbling out of those sidepipes is intoxicating...