Many things that are declared by us to be non-kosher for Cobras like weird full width roll bars and automatic
trannys (an *ahem* tongue-in-cheek tribute to the c--kholster comments from the original thread
) were installed by Shelby himself on his own cars, so who are we to quibble?
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I have always said the 2 greatest Hot Rodders were Dr Porsche & Carrol Shelby. To them, changing and modifying something to try and make it faster, better handling, was what they were all about (and making money to support their habit- fast cars)!
One of the most outrageous paint jobs was the Porsche Pink Pig. It had the markings of the cuts of meat from a butcher shop!
each of us have our own idea of what we like in paint jobs and finishes. To each his own!