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1967 AC Cobra 427

United States • 5 Nov 2016

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This 1967 AC Cobra 427, CSX3308, is a Shelby Registry documented vehicle with a period-correct 427 V-8 engine and manual gearbox. It has undergone several restorations, including an alloy skin replacement, and features mechanical upgrades by Chuck Gutke, making it ready for vintage racing events.

Condition

6

The car has been restored multiple times, with upgrades to performance and reliability, and has a known history of use in vintage racing events. However, it was rolled in its first year and stored in a barn for a period, indicating potential past damage.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

CSX3308

Odometer:

1,500 miles

Reg Number:

[Reg Number]

RHD/LHD:

LHD

Please note this vehicle is being sold title in transit From a child in rural Texas, Carroll Shelby developed into a pre-racing life with stints in the WWII United States Army Air Corps as a pilot and flight instructor to husband and father to dump truck business owner to chicken farmer to his beginnings at the wheel of a racecar in 1952.

Shelby developed into a world-class professional racing driver.

His talent was first appreciated on a grand scale by the legendary John Wyer, then team manager for the Aston Martin team in 1954 and soon afterwards, Shelby would become part of the Aston Martin team and with them, go on to win the 1959 Le Mans 24 Hours with co-driver Roy Salvadori.

Other great teams would bid for his services and he’d also race successfully for Austin-Healey, Maserati and Ferrari.

After a heart ailment required his premature retirement from life as a professional race driver in 1960, he devoted himself into the business world, first as a race tire retailer for Goody...