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Old 11-02-2010, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by SunDude View Post
Hot car! Looks great, especially painted in traditional Cobra colours (heh-heh-heh).

Guess I shouldn't be so mischievous. We might never have had the 427 Cobra after all, if it weren't for the Grand Sport Corvette...
I think the GS vettes intially had small blocks, and then maybe big blocks at a later time. I had thought that it was the fact that GM was installing 396's, BBC's, in vettes for the '65 model year that prompted Shelby to experiment/design the 427 cobra.
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