Thread: What if Shelby Got the Healey Chassis?
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Old 12-18-2022, 09:15 AM
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Default What if Shelby Got the Healey Chassis?
Before the Cobra, Shelby had a long history of racing Healeys and initially wanted to base the Cobra on the Healey chassis. This is a photo of him starting the 1954 Carrera Panamericana in a Healey 100S that he crashed during the race:


If Shelby had modified the Healey and gave it the SC body treatment, maybe it would look a lot like this Australian builders creation:


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