1966 Shelby Cobra - West Coast 427 'Stallion-style' Cobra

Condition: Used
Make: Shelby
Model: Cobra
Type: Convertible
Year: 1966
Mileage: 29,280
Color: Harley Davidson Birch White
Transmission: GM 700 R4 Automatic
Drive type: Automatic
Interior color: Buckskin
Vehicle Title: Clear
Item location: Springboro, Ohio, United States
Extras
Leather Seats, Convertible

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Description of 1966 Shelby Cobra

1966 Shelby Cobra - West Coast 427 'Stallion-style'Cobra.Built in 1991-1994. Harley Davidson Birch White/Buckskin.Red team stripes. West Coast Cobras are recognized as "the big man's Cobra" ; providing more comfort and legroom in the cockpit (6 inches longer, inches wider than standard),gran prixdriving comfort and road handling stability.This car was designed from the ground up to provide perfect 50-50% front/rear weight balance with a big block motor. The tremendously rigid TIG-welded tubular steel space frame has a monocoque backbone providing torsional stiffness while maintaining safety energy zones of controlled penetration. The ¼" single-piece fiberglass construction of the main body along with the double-walled doors, ood and trunk provide superior strength yet lighter weight. Additional driver and passenger safety features include a FULL roll bar that integrates directly into the frame, ouble wall construction throughout the tunnel and firewall, substantial steel subframe within the doors designed to minimize side crash impacts, nd a custom aluminum fuel cell safely isolated from potential collision.

Under the hood:'71 Ford/Lincoln big-block V8, 29 cid bored over an additional .30 - 450 hp/393 tq at rear. Outfitted with:an aluminumEdelbrock Performer 460 intake manifold,Holley fuel injected 926cfm carburetor, obra Jet aluminum heads, rushed aluminum headers & sidepipes with sidepipe guards, ull MSDignition set-up (includes multiple spark discharger, ach adapter, djustable spark timing control and MSG Blaster), delbrock chromed bow-tie air cleaner, i>Cobra 429 valve covers, ack n pinion power steering. Dual fan radiator w/ auto trigger thermostat. Chromed trim all around the engine compartment, nd firewall-mounted engine-compartment lamp.

Geartrain:GM 700 R4 O/D tranny, B/Mautomatic shifter,Ford9" rear.

Chassis, uspension, raking:coil-over front & rear suspension, ack & pinion steering.Wilwoodbrakes (4-wheel disc).

Rolling stock:American Racing aluminum Shelby rims fitted withBF Goodrich Radial T/A rubber [265/50Rx15"front; 295/50Rx15"rear].

In the (grand touring-outfitted) cockpit: Durable high quality buckskin-colored boat leather (rain resistant), eep bucket seats with R.J.S. 5-point racing harnesses (for both driver & passenger). Grant competition steering wheel, ilt steering column, urlwood dash panel fitted with 7VDOblack-faced gauges, ide door pockets, onneau cover.

Exterior particulars:fully-functional, rame-mounted, ull-width chromed rollbar [fitted with an extra-cost and effective plexi "windbreaker" inside the rollbar], enter-mountedLeMans-style hinged aluminum fuel-filler cap, hromed grille, runk-mounted battery with electrical kill switch, 7-gallon [64-liter] custom aluminum fuel tank. This beauty has always been garaged and covered [inside the garage]; never raced or abused.