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View Poll Results: Who played the most important role in the original Cobra's success? Check only one.
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Carroll Shelby
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51.87% |
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Ken Miles
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Phil Remington
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6.95% |
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Pete Brock
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6.42% |
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John Tojeiro
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2.14% |
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Alan Turner
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1.07% |
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Don Frey
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Other, please specify
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02-09-2010, 07:56 AM
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It's called a Shelby Cobra ain't it .
SDR
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Last edited by somedayaurora; 02-21-2011 at 05:02 PM..
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02-09-2010, 08:39 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Tucson,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance 427 Side-Oiler
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Quote:
Originally Posted by somedayaurora
It's called a Shelby Cobra ain't it .
SDR
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A GTO is a GM But GM had nothing to do with it.It was Delorean,Estes & Knudsen that made it a legend.
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02-09-2010, 12:43 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Goshen,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Gary Edwards Racing 460
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobrabill
A GTO is a GM But GM had nothing to do with it.It was Delorean,Estes & Knudsen that made it a legend.
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Cobrabill - That picture of Hillary is disturbing. But, depicts her dead nutz!!
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02-11-2010, 10:04 AM
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Location: Tucson,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance 427 Side-Oiler
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Buzz
Actually old man Enzo was the REal man behind the GTO. All the others, including the folks at Pontiac were a bunch of piggybackers.  |
You sir,would be in-correct.
Quote:
Originally Posted by CBattaglia
Cobrabill - That picture of Hillary is disturbing. But, depicts her dead nutz!!
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Isan't it? Thanks
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02-11-2010, 01:12 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: St. Lucia, West Indies,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cobrabill
You sir,would be in-correct.
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How so brother Billy? I made a jesting reference to the original Ferarri GTO after which the Poncho was named. Are ya saying Enzo was not responsible for the original or did you just take my lil' jest too seriously?
BTW - the old avatar gave me the willies, but it was better than the mugshot of Billary. 
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02-11-2010, 01:46 PM
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Shelby himself is quoted as saying that Ken Miles did the most to develop the Cobra into what it is...From an old Autoweek interview, back when his infamous lost and forgotten "AIR" chassis were about to go into production.
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10-05-2010, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by somedayaurora
It's called a Shelby Cobra ain't it .
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I grew up in the sixties knowing it as an "AC Cobra", not a Shelby Cobra. I don't think that "Shelby" tag was hung on a car until many years later, and even then it wasn't a Roadster.
Without AC Cars the car would have never been. That is where the true roots of the car began.
Others just took the seed, made a hybrid species, added fertilizer, and made it grow..so is it the farmer (chicken or otherwise  ) or the producer of the original seed that should get the credit..?
Sort of a "What came first, the chicken farmer, or the egg?", kind of question.. 
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10-05-2010, 10:50 AM
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You guys are ALL WRONG
GUYS if the chickens had not caught a bird flu back in the early 60's and had to be killed and burnt by the thousands, CS would still be a chicken farmer and not a legend maker. CS has the ability to BS and did this to put together a British car and an American motor. As far as who played the most important roll in the cobra, The MECHANICS are the WINNERS. Without them this car is still sitting on jack stands. Machinist for building great motors. Have never seen a car win a race without a great motor. There is alot of roles that helped make the cobra a legend. Have to remember that CS. went to Africa for 10 years. Had it not been for a few replica car companies to continue on the legend it would have died in the 70's. Having the best drivers in the 60's and early 70's also needs to be included.
Most important role----- BIRD FLU. Rick L.
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