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I have a pretty extensive personal library of Cobra books and magazines. My personal favorite of the 25 books I have is a book titles "COBRA, The Real Thing" by Trevor Legate, Osprey Press, 1994, 272p ISBN 1-874105-05-7. This is a marvelous book with great detail and full coverage of the 427 and Daytona.

My second most favorite, because the author is so irreverent and tells the Cobra story from the British perspective is F. Wilson McComb's " AC (Shelby) Cobra, 1962-67 Marks I, II, III: 260, 289 427. This book, akso by Osprey and published in 1984 really is an eye opener of data and facts. Interviews and accounts from folks who worked at AC during the Cobra years.

Both of these books are out of print now and quite dear, price wise if you can find them. Check on ebay, Legates comes up there perhaps once every 3 months and McComb's has been there more often.

Friedman's books are great. Caution, some of his titles are essentially duplicate material and as mentioned earlier, HC and Paperback printings of the same book but with different titles. NOT NICE.

The reality soon sinks in to the Cobra fan that the 260 and 289 roadsters and the Daytona were the real track performers which "made" the Cobra reputation. The 427 was too late, too much and too old. Sure does look nice though. Especially in street clothing.