Vintage AC SHELBY COBRA 1962 L.A. Times Grand Prix Race Car-Mint in Box! Diecast Metal-Model Box-Perfect Gift for Race History Fans!
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Vintage AC SHELBY COBRA 1962 LA GRAND PRIX RACE CAR-Mint in Box! Diecast
Metal-Model Box-Perfect Gift for Collectors and Race History Fans!Gorgeous! AC SHELBY COBRA 1962 LA TIMES GRAND PRIX 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 9-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 everyday! Read (interesting) car and race data 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 $$$. …SEE MORE Vintage toys at DDT: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KMSVintageEclectible?ref=seller-platform-mcnav§ion_id=44341879CAR & RACE DATA:The second Cobra ever produced was the first Cobra ever raced. Peter Brock put the early development miles on chassis CSX2002 before the younger and more aggressive Bill Krause took over driving duties. Modified only with higher compression and Spaulding Flamethrower ignition, the 260 c.i. engine was virtually stock. Fat exhaust pipes hung below the door sills, and air scoops were added to cool the brake discs, and a roll bar installed. Add a little more ventilation in the bonnet and a small racing screen, and you have yourself a racing Cobra 260! These modifications were more than sufficient for performance. Reliability would prove to be another matter.That the Cobra was allowed to race at Riverside at all is attributable to Shelby's ability to charm. SCCA rules required that production cars must have been built in minimum numbers... and the Cobra far from met this criteria. The race stewards had received a great number of entries by Corvette 327 drivers, however, and opened up a class for them. Partly as a result of their curiosity and partly as a result of Shelby's gift of persuasion, the race organizers let the Cobra start.At the start, Krause hounded the leading Corvettes. As he grew comfortable pushing the Cobra in competition, he pulled ahead of the field and by the end of an hour had a mile and a half lead! But in its maiden race, a rear hub carrier broke, putting the Shelby American team out of the race. It didn't take a genius to realize, however, what the future held for the Cobra once the bugs had been worked out.
Metal-Model Box-Perfect Gift for Collectors and Race History Fans!Gorgeous! AC SHELBY COBRA 1962 LA TIMES GRAND PRIX 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 9-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 everyday! Read (interesting) car and race data 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 $$$. …SEE MORE Vintage toys at DDT: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KMSVintageEclectible?ref=seller-platform-mcnav§ion_id=44341879CAR & RACE DATA:The second Cobra ever produced was the first Cobra ever raced. Peter Brock put the early development miles on chassis CSX2002 before the younger and more aggressive Bill Krause took over driving duties. Modified only with higher compression and Spaulding Flamethrower ignition, the 260 c.i. engine was virtually stock. Fat exhaust pipes hung below the door sills, and air scoops were added to cool the brake discs, and a roll bar installed. Add a little more ventilation in the bonnet and a small racing screen, and you have yourself a racing Cobra 260! These modifications were more than sufficient for performance. Reliability would prove to be another matter.That the Cobra was allowed to race at Riverside at all is attributable to Shelby's ability to charm. SCCA rules required that production cars must have been built in minimum numbers... and the Cobra far from met this criteria. The race stewards had received a great number of entries by Corvette 327 drivers, however, and opened up a class for them. Partly as a result of their curiosity and partly as a result of Shelby's gift of persuasion, the race organizers let the Cobra start.At the start, Krause hounded the leading Corvettes. As he grew comfortable pushing the Cobra in competition, he pulled ahead of the field and by the end of an hour had a mile and a half lead! But in its maiden race, a rear hub carrier broke, putting the Shelby American team out of the race. It didn't take a genius to realize, however, what the future held for the Cobra once the bugs had been worked out.
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