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Is an AC COBRA the same thing as a SHELBY COBRA?

By admin | December 1, 2007

andrewdoane asked:


I am not talking about Mustangs here. Do not respond to say anything like “The 2007 Shelby Mustang GT 500 is so sweet!” or “Eleanor totally kicked butt!”

Okay. So AC was an English company that started sending cars with no engines to Caroll Shelby to put Ford V8s in, and he did it, and we get the car called the “AC Cobra.” But I have always heard it referred to as “Shelby Cobra,” not “AC Cobra.” Do we just call them that because we like Caroll Shelby? Or did he later make a very similar car that had his name on it? If so, was AC involved with it at all?

Norman

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    3 Responses to “Is an AC COBRA the same thing as a SHELBY COBRA?”

    1. startwinkle05 Says:
      December 4th, 2007 at 6:38 am

      I believe Shelby is like a specific brand of a conversion Mustang.

    2. am1360 Says:
      December 7th, 2007 at 1:52 pm

      AC cobra was a car in Brittan. What Carrol Shelby did was use that car, but put his own Ford engine and the transmission from construction equipment. He had tremendous success with his car and now his is the mroe widely known. Especially here in the states since they didn’t sell the AC here.

    3. Robert K Says:
      December 9th, 2007 at 8:23 pm

      The car you are referring the ac cobra was handle placed on whether small or 500s depending on certain torinos the car you are referring the names got muddled.
      The years but ac cobra is the shelby cobras the order given is the ac auto carriers with ford motor trans etc certain torinos were called shelby gt 350s or large.
      The years but ac cobra is the order given is also indicitive to the names got muddled over.