Vintage AC SHELBY COBRA 1963 Le Mans Race Car-Mint in Box! Diecast Metal-Model Box-Beautiful Gift for Collectors and Race History Fans!
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Vintage AC SHELBY COBRA 1963 LE MANS RACE CAR-MINT IN BOX! Diecast Metal-Model
Box-Beautfiul Gift for Collectors and Race History Fans!Gorgeous! AC SHELBY COBRA 1963 LE MANS RACE CAR. Highly detailed vintage diecast metal model. Made in Italy by Model Box Company. Scale=1/43. Measures 3 1/2"L x 2"W x 1 1/4"H. Pristine condition model-never removed from its case until today for the photos in this listing (see all 8-using arrows on sides of the listing photo). Comes complete with original box, Cobra card, and case. Box and case may have some minor wear from years of storage. A beautiful gift for vintage toy collectors, Ford/Shelby Cobra collectors and race history fans! 100% happiness guaranteed. We ship fast & safe worldwide every day! Read car bio below....Note: My dad owned a Diecast toy store for 30 years. I inherited the store inventory when he passed away several years ago. I am (just now) able to bring myself to begin selling his cars-so they can be shared with the world. All pristine and mint condition vintage models will (eventually) be listed here on ETSY. All the inventory is NEW (vintage) merchandise-which was intended for retail sale. Please know-our diecast toys have NEVER been "played-with” we do not sell used, or damaged toys.
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•Purchases totaling $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping to USA! Add more items to your Etsy shopping cart to save $$$.CAR BIO:Created in 1962 by combining an AC chassis and shell with a substantially tweaked Ford small-block V8, the AC Shelby Cobra was a mighty weapon on tight and twisty tracks. Its most obvious weakness was the car's poor aerodynamics, which proved a real handicap on tracks like Le Mans where top speed was essential. There was no immediate fix but for the 1963 season, AC and Shelby created a small batch of competition cars that would cut through just a little better than the standard Cobra.Known as the Le Mans Coupe, these 'slippery' Cobras were part of a batch of around a dozen works-prepared competition cars built for the 1963 season. They used the same straightforward steel ladder frame AC chassis with lower wishbones and a transverse leaf spring at the front and back. Considering the distance that needed to be covered at Le Mans, Shelby built the engines for that cars that would actually race in the 24 Hours with a slightly milder tune. Displacing 4.7 litre, the Ford V8 was still good for well over 330 bhp.The single most distinguishing element of the Le Mans Cobras was the removable hardtop roof, which reduced the car's drag considerably. Other features included wider wheel-arches to clear the Dunlop magnesium wheels and a scoop on the engine cover to force-feed fresh air into the four Weber carburettors. A larger fuel tank was also fitted, equipped with a quick release filler cap mounted on top of the hardtop. Three examples were initially built but mainly due to Ford's reluctance to fund the effort, only two were ultimately entered at Le Mans in 1963.The Cobra's debut at Le Mans consisted of a split effort with one car fielded by AC Cars with none other than Stirling Moss as the team manager, while the second Le Mans Cobra was entered by American privateer Ed Hugus. Despite the power advantage, the Cobras were not quite able to match the much more slippery Ferrari 250 GTOs on raw pace. Very early in the race, the effort was down to just one car as the 'American' Cobra was disqualified for adding fluids (oil) within the first 25 laps after the carter was holed. The 'British' Cobra did survive and finished a commendable seventh overall and third in the GT class.Following the success at Le Mans, a further six Cobras were built to the same specifications. These were all sold to privateers and raced with varying degrees of success. For the 1964 season, a bespoke and much more aerodynamic Coupe body was created following a design by Pete Brock. Known as the Cobra Daytona Coupe, it proved much faster down the straights and allowed Shelby to break Ferrari's stronghold of the GT class at Le Mans.Superior to the 'standard' Cobras on most tracks, many of the competition cars have since been fitted with a hardtop roof but there were only ever nine genuine Le Mans Cobras. Some of these are still raced quite successfully in historic events ranging from the Goodwood Revival to the Tour Auto retrospective, which was won in 2013 and 2014 by two
Box-Beautfiul Gift for Collectors and Race History Fans!Gorgeous! AC SHELBY COBRA 1963 LE MANS RACE CAR. Highly detailed vintage diecast metal model. Made in Italy by Model Box Company. Scale=1/43. Measures 3 1/2"L x 2"W x 1 1/4"H. Pristine condition model-never removed from its case until today for the photos in this listing (see all 8-using arrows on sides of the listing photo). Comes complete with original box, Cobra card, and case. Box and case may have some minor wear from years of storage. A beautiful gift for vintage toy collectors, Ford/Shelby Cobra collectors and race history fans! 100% happiness guaranteed. We ship fast & safe worldwide every day! Read car bio below....Note: My dad owned a Diecast toy store for 30 years. I inherited the store inventory when he passed away several years ago. I am (just now) able to bring myself to begin selling his cars-so they can be shared with the world. All pristine and mint condition vintage models will (eventually) be listed here on ETSY. All the inventory is NEW (vintage) merchandise-which was intended for retail sale. Please know-our diecast toys have NEVER been "played-with” we do not sell used, or damaged toys.
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•FOR A LIMITED TIME
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•Purchases totaling $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping to USA! Add more items to your Etsy shopping cart to save $$$.CAR BIO:Created in 1962 by combining an AC chassis and shell with a substantially tweaked Ford small-block V8, the AC Shelby Cobra was a mighty weapon on tight and twisty tracks. Its most obvious weakness was the car's poor aerodynamics, which proved a real handicap on tracks like Le Mans where top speed was essential. There was no immediate fix but for the 1963 season, AC and Shelby created a small batch of competition cars that would cut through just a little better than the standard Cobra.Known as the Le Mans Coupe, these 'slippery' Cobras were part of a batch of around a dozen works-prepared competition cars built for the 1963 season. They used the same straightforward steel ladder frame AC chassis with lower wishbones and a transverse leaf spring at the front and back. Considering the distance that needed to be covered at Le Mans, Shelby built the engines for that cars that would actually race in the 24 Hours with a slightly milder tune. Displacing 4.7 litre, the Ford V8 was still good for well over 330 bhp.The single most distinguishing element of the Le Mans Cobras was the removable hardtop roof, which reduced the car's drag considerably. Other features included wider wheel-arches to clear the Dunlop magnesium wheels and a scoop on the engine cover to force-feed fresh air into the four Weber carburettors. A larger fuel tank was also fitted, equipped with a quick release filler cap mounted on top of the hardtop. Three examples were initially built but mainly due to Ford's reluctance to fund the effort, only two were ultimately entered at Le Mans in 1963.The Cobra's debut at Le Mans consisted of a split effort with one car fielded by AC Cars with none other than Stirling Moss as the team manager, while the second Le Mans Cobra was entered by American privateer Ed Hugus. Despite the power advantage, the Cobras were not quite able to match the much more slippery Ferrari 250 GTOs on raw pace. Very early in the race, the effort was down to just one car as the 'American' Cobra was disqualified for adding fluids (oil) within the first 25 laps after the carter was holed. The 'British' Cobra did survive and finished a commendable seventh overall and third in the GT class.Following the success at Le Mans, a further six Cobras were built to the same specifications. These were all sold to privateers and raced with varying degrees of success. For the 1964 season, a bespoke and much more aerodynamic Coupe body was created following a design by Pete Brock. Known as the Cobra Daytona Coupe, it proved much faster down the straights and allowed Shelby to break Ferrari's stronghold of the GT class at Le Mans.Superior to the 'standard' Cobras on most tracks, many of the competition cars have since been fitted with a hardtop roof but there were only ever nine genuine Le Mans Cobras. Some of these are still raced quite successfully in historic events ranging from the Goodwood Revival to the Tour Auto retrospective, which was won in 2013 and 2014 by two
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