Thread: Would you buy a cobra with a Chevy 350?
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Old 03-23-2011, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by xb-60 View Post
Chevy engine? That’s the fun part of the question! Didn’t CS approach the Chevy boys when he was looking for ‘motivation’ for what became the Cobra, and didn’t they just laugh at him? And then what happened? Isn’t that little bit of history good enough reason even now to avoid a cheapie with an SBC?
Yup. Chevrolet just laughed because they already had the Corvette. What a bunch of azzholes. Shelby made approx. 1000 Ford powered Cobras and Chevrolet ONLY made 1.5 MILLION Corvettes and still going strong. That sure was a stupid decision. Oh, and by the way, over 90% of pre-1950 Fords are now powered by Chevy. Go to any Good-Guys event and Ford powered Fords are very rare. I wonder why?
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