427 AC Cobra BW

Greg Mano

Pentax SP500 Super Takumar 1:2/55

'427 AC Cobra BW' On Black

The Shelby Cobra was an Anglo-American sports car built in the 1960s. It was not the first car to combine a lightweight European chassis and aluminum body with a big American V8 engine, but it is possibly the most famous. The later, larger-engined cars are still among the highest-performing road vehicles ever sold.

1964 saw an even larger engine fitted; Ford's famed 427 in³ racing engine (7.0 L) developing 485 bhp (362 kW) and attaining a top speed of 163 mph (262 km/h). Even more extensive rework of the AC design was needed to accomplish this; the big-block FE-series engine was much too large to fit in the standard engine bay. The front tires were moved outward, with extended wheel-arches to cover them, and a new coil-spring suspension was designed.
From Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Cobra

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