The Shelby Cobra 427 stands as a testament to American muscle and innovation, born from an audacious vision to combine a lightweight British roadster with a massive, powerful American engine. A true ...

Dubbed "The Cobra to end all Cobras" by Road & Track magazine, the Super Snake was an 800-hp, twin-supercharged RWD sports car built during an era when there was no ABS, ASR, or ESP, and seat belts ...

The formula was not necessarily a new one. Hot-rodders had been stuffing big engines in 1932 Deuce Coupes long before Carroll Shelby shoehorned a Ford small-block V-8 into a lightweight British sports ...

This super-rare Shelby 427 Cobra is heading to auction. Discover why this legendary muscle car is one of the most coveted Cobras ever built. Shelby’s 427 Cobra, introduced in 1962, became an American ...

A Shelby 427 Competition Cobra, billed as the winningest Cobra of all time, is headed to auction The car will be sold at Mecum's 2025 Kissimmee sale Mecum's estimate is between $4.5 million and $6 ...

Born in 1962 as an AC Ace with a small-block V8, the Shelby Cobra quickly developed into a powerful monster with big-block oomph. By 1965, Carroll had already developed a new chassis and dropped ...

The Shelby Cobra is a common sight at car shows thanks to a burgeoning replica business, but original cars are exceedingly rare—and the 1965 Shelby 427 Competition Cobra headed to auction next month ...

In 1958, Ford introduced its new FE series of V8 engines (short for Ford-Edsel) to replace the short-lived Y-block — itself a replacement for the truly antiquated flathead V8s. The FE was a tremendous ...

In 1949, a poultry farmer surveyed a disaster. His face was tanned from hard work in the sun, rugged and creased. Carroll Shelby had the appearance of a man unafraid to get his hands dirty doing ...