[Mark IV]

Also, with a Superformance you can add power steering which may be needed with hand controls.

And the story on the automatic Cobra is that Lew Spencer took a prototype 427 Cobra with the Lincoln MX automatic on an errand and the box downshifted at a serious rate of speed causing the car to get "rather sideways". The story is Lew called back to 6501 Imperial Highway and told them to "send a truck, 'cause I ain't driving this pig any further" or something to that effect.

Shelby American did build a series of 289 Cobras with automatics that were sucessful nad all sold. 25 cars or so as I recall.