10-26-2007, 11:22 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Cape Coral,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: 2009 Solbra
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1965 Mercer Cobra
In 1965 the American Copper Development Association decided to produce a show car.
The design of Virgil Exner Sr was chosen, and a chassis (VIN: CSX 2451) of a Shelby Cobra was lengthened 18 inches, and coachbuilder Sibona-Basano from Torino, Italy built the body.
General William Lyon is the owner today and he lives in Orange County, CA on 160 acres. In 1987 he spent 26 million dollars to buy the last 80 cars from the Bill Harrah's Collection in Las Vegas. He owns 12 Duesenbergs. Has about 40 cars in a 'museum' near his house and another 80 or so in a barn nearby. He is 84 years old and flies his own Gulfstream IV, his own B-17 and B-26. His family owns a large 'estate' construction business(homes for rich folks). He was a Major General in the Air Force Reserve after ferrying bombers in WWII.
Below you will find some recent pictures of the Mercer Cobra taken by a friend at a recent book signing for Virgil Exner Sr, in these pictures you will see the extensive use of copper and brass. I hope you enjoy the pictures of this really rare Cobra the Mercer Cobra. In the third picture you will see the three gauges above the steering wheel that never did work but if you look to the right at the small grille, behind this grille you will see the gauges that actually monitored the 289 in the engine compartment.
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The gene pool could use a little chlorine.
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