Carroll Shelby will no doubt be rotating in his grave at 7000rpm at the very notion of a new all-electric AC Cobra. But that’s exactly what AC has done: a limited run of 58 ‘flat sided’ 289 ...
The delightfully simple red roadster you see above is not some sort of Shelby Cobra ... called the AC Ace Classic Electric and it’s a brand-new car made in collaboration with car parts giant ...
The Cobra's story is an Anglo-American one. In 1961, Carroll Shelby contacted British firm AC Cars with the intention of fitting a V8 engine into the chassis of the Ace sports car. After failing ...
Carroll Shelby ... Mr. Cobra. Park caught the Cobra bug very early, but being a young man, he couldn't actually afford one. Instead, he built his own by fitting a Ford engine into an AC body ...