1965 Ford Shelby Cobra

　　In 1961 a retired race car driver had a dream to find a sports car

　　that could fit a more powerful V8 motor. That man was Carroll

　　Shelby and that car became the Shelby Cobra. Shelby wrote to AC

　　asking them to join him on this endeavor and they agreed should a

　　suitable engine be found. He initially contacted Chevrolet but with

　　the recent introduction of the Corvette, they refused to join him

　　on the project. His next stop was Ford who understandably wanted

　　something to compete with the Corvette and thus the Cobra was born.

　　These cars have an extensive history in the automobile world and

　　make for some of the coolest street cars on the road. These factory

　　race cars can fetch in the millions of dollars nowadays which is

　　why car builders are turning towards replicas to create their dream

　　cars. This very nice 1965 Cobra is extremely well built using the

　　best components available. The owner spent around $140K having it

　　built. It was constructed by SMC and although they are no longer in

　　business everything we have read online points to them being very

　　high quality. The body is painted in Yellow with dual Red racing

　　stripes that run the full length of the car. On the iconic front

　　end the car has the chrome piece around the radiator opening framed

　　by the bumperettes. It also has the full bumper in rear. Behind the

　　driver is the single hoop roll bar and the car also received the

　　large chrome gas cap where some manufactures used a smaller

　　version. The windshield is slightly tinted and has both upper and

　　side wind deflectors. The rides on a set of the correct style

　　Shelby Cobra wheels which are true knock offs and have 305/35/18

　　tires in rear with 245/40/18s up front.

　　You see some of these with small block Ford motors in them so we

　　were delighted to open the scooped hood to reveal the Shelby

　　Aluminum 427. It has been bored to 496 ci which offers all the

　　power you could ask for delivering 750hp with 690 ft/lbs of torque.

　　These were race cars after all so this one stays true to its

　　heritage. It has been fitted with a Fast XFI 2.0 8 stack fuel

　　injection system which not only improves performance but looks

　　great. The surrounding engine compartment looks good too being all

　　custom finished out and painted Red to match the stripes. The car

　　runs strong and also features Blue Thunder aluminum heads, Crower

　　titanium rods, a Billet Windberg light weight crankshaft, and Race

　　tec pistons (10.5 to 1 compression). It was built by FE Specialties

　　out of California and sounds great through the custom side exhaust.

　　Backing the motor up is a Tremec T-56 Magnum 6 speed transmission.

　　The car has 3:55 gears in the rear so not only is it quick it can

　　cruise down the highway comfortably. The engine is capable of 8000

　　rpm but has a rev limiter set down to 6500 rpm.

　　The cockpit of the car is all finished out in an Olive Green color

　　with Yellow accents. It has dual bucket seats and a custom center

　　console which houses the shifter and cupholders. The dash is all

　　custom as well and features Yellow flamed Cobra gauges in Red

　　bezels to tie into the cars exterior. This is also where you will

　　find all of your controls along with the very cool push button

　　start set up. The floors have a diamond plate design and the pedals

　　are from "AC". The trunk is all finished out and although these

　　cars aren't known for trunk space there is still plenty of room for

　　a few tools and your car show gear.

　　This is a really high end Cobra and you couldn't ask for a better

　　drivetrain in one of these. It comes with a custom tonneau cover

　　and the car is titled as a 1965 Ford Convertible.

　　Take this Cobra home for $84,000.00!

　　BIG REDUCTION DOWN TO $59,000.00!

　　This car is located in Clinton, Missouri.