[Excaliber]

Ha ha,,of course they must be! Actually it is interesting to note that foundation of the Cobra "legend" began with the 289 FIA cars which set FAR more records than the 427 ever thought about.

However, it WAS the "drag strip" like performance of the 427's that put it in the Guiness World Book of records as THE Fastest Production car in the world, where it remained for many years!

I've always thought it a little strange that "Americas" fascination with 0-60 mph times is EVERYTHING when it comes to "measuring" a cars "performance". The 427 Cobra was SO fast they started measuring it in terms of 0-100 and BACK to 0. And even TODAY (almost 40 years later), it's perfomance as measured in those terms is STILL "competitive" (close to or in the top ten cars in the world)!

Truly, the Cobra is an AMAZING car on many different levels!

Ernie