Cobra books

[JWilly]

My wife gave me a couple of books for Xmas. I'm sure one has been around for a while but I can't find a copyright date in it. It is entitled "Shelby Cobra Gold Portfolio 1962-1969". It is a collection of magazine articles (e.g., Motor Trend, Car & Driver, Hot Rod) that were written in the 60's in the context of how the Cobra impressed the car mag guys at the time. It's a Brooklands book. This may have been beaten to death previously in this forum but I thought there may be a few out there unfamiliar with it. I like the book because of the different perspective it has. I have enjoyed all of the Cobra books I have read but I find most of them to be a rearrangement of information I already knew. This one is a bit different (at least to me) because the articles were written back in the day.

The other book I recieved is small and is "The Essential Buyer's to Cobra Replicas, 1980 to 2011". It looks interesting but I haven't had a chance to peruse it very well yet.

[SunDude]

I have both books you mentioned.

The first was compiled by R.M. Clarke, Shelby Cobra: Gold Portfolio 1962-1969, and published by Brooklands Books Ltd./Motorbooks International in 1990 (ISBN 1855200236). This is one of many good compilations from them of Cobra articles.

The second was written by Iain Ayre, The Essential Buyer's Guide: Cobra Replicas 1980 to 2011, and published by Veloce Publishing in 2011 (ISBN 1845843959). I'm not impressed with this one at all.

My Cobra book and memorabilia collection is listed here, if you're ever looking for some ideas.