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Post By ERA Chas
07-09-2012, 04:40 PM
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First 427's cobra built
I have been trying to find in my COBRA The first 40 years book when the first 427's came out but can't seem to find it . Was it in 1965 or 66  |
07-09-2012, 04:52 PM
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mid 1965.
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07-11-2012, 04:25 PM
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It was not Shelby's Wildlife, was it? WEISS was author.
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07-18-2012, 07:44 AM
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Wikipedia says production started in January, '65. Supercars.net says the first one built was March, '65. Shelbyautos.com says the S/C debuted in '66. I don't know how accurate the Wikipedia article is but there is a comprehensive article on AC Cobra history at AC Cobra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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07-18-2012, 07:50 AM
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Ned has been the SAAC 427 Registrar for 100 years. He'll be pissed that you cited 3 bogus sources...
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07-18-2012, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by ERA Chas
Ned has been the SAAC 427 Registrar for 100 years. He'll be pissed that you cited 3 bogus sources...
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I apologize, didn't mean to step on any toes 
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07-18-2012, 08:33 AM
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Nedipedia trumps Wikipedia on any day.
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07-18-2012, 12:20 PM
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Nedipedia trumps Wikipedia on any day.
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LOL!
"Nedipedia"... Love it!
Larry
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07-18-2012, 03:53 PM
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Could we get Nedipedia to chime in on this?
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07-18-2012, 06:22 PM
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He did, look up, post #2.
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07-18-2012, 06:44 PM
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He did, look up, post #2.
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Oooops
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07-19-2012, 08:35 PM
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AC Cars started production of the coil-spring chassis in the late summer of '64. Shelby received the first bare prototype chassis in October of that year. The first 427 race car was a prototype which used an alloy skin cobbled together from a race 289 with added flaring around the wheel openings, and this car first appeared in late '64/ early '65 during initial testing. So one could say 427 production started then. The first 427 Cobra production car wasn't finished until the spring of '65, and delivery of the cars really didn't get ramped up until April/ May. I hope this clarifies things somewhat.
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07-20-2012, 01:41 AM
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Ron...did you run thus by Snopes?
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07-20-2012, 07:15 AM
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Ron...did you run thus by Snopes?
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Didn't have to...I was there in 1965.  |
07-20-2012, 07:12 PM
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AC Cars started production...
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Crystal Ned, thanks!
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