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Originally Posted by FFRCobra_427
In a resent article in ReInCarNation, Grey Phantom Ls3 Powered Shell Valley Cobra - ReinCarNation Magazine The author wrote "Ironically enough, years later Cobras raced in Europe with Chevy engines". By years later does he mean non -Shelby factory cobra's maybe AC or Autocraft?. Is this true? I have searched the internet, my older cobra books and have not found any mention of this. Maybe you guys can shed some light on the subject. |
Well to get onto the grid at a European vintage race event like Goodwood, you can apparently use a replica that is built as an "accurate replica" and has parts that were sanctioned by the FIA for a Cobra back in the 1960s. In any case even if you had an "original" 1960's Cobra, you could only get on the track with say the weber manifold as specified to FIA originally, not some modern day aftermarket manifold. I think you will need the correct 289 hi-po engine block, not a modern aluminum 351 Windsor.
So thinking that you might get in a vintage racing event in Europe with a chevy engine, I would think that might be a figment of someone's imagination...
Of course if by racing in Europe, you mean getting into an open track event where you are not really competing in an FIA sanctioned race, perhaps that is what is meant???