1965 Shelby Cobra for sale $74,900

Want a lot of performance for not a lot of money? How about this: take one custom tube-frame chassis wrap it in high-quality Antiques andamp; Collectibles composite and plant a 505 horsepower twin turbo small block up front to incite whiplash-inducing acceleration. Priced for less than the cost of building one yourself this exclusive Cobra is a car you can keep drive and enjoy for years to come. In fact this one-time prototype is so well engineered that it appeared in both Hot Rod Magazine and Kit Car Builder Magazine. And when you factor in the added convenience of firing it up and driving it right out of our RK Motors Charlotte showroom it becomes the ultimate classic for any enthusiast who wants a complete road-ready package!

HISTORY

When Corky Bell set out to build the worlds most high tech Cobra he assembled a talented cast of gearheads and began what would eventually be called Project Mongoose. A career engineer turned SCCA racer Bell had acquired quite a reputation captaining brands like Japanese GT Cars CarTech and the Bell Experimental Group. And that reputation perpetuated through vast involvement in many different facets of automobilia created plenty of contacts with top designers and engineers. Work primarily focused on creating athletic mechanicals that bettered the classic Cobra driving experience and creating a cockpit that would actually sell to someone over average height. Ultimately the build combined many high quality aftermarket components with a twin turbo V8 11 custom cast parts and a slick Antiques andamp; Collectibles composite body. And today decked in a screaming combination of Bright Yellow and black the car rolls as a virtually timeless hot rod that looks like a 10 and drives like an 11!

ENGINE

Tilt the louvered hood and youll find a professionally built Ford Windsor block thats been bored and stroked to 385 cubic inches. Churning 505 rear wheel horsepower into 540 lb./ft. of pavement-scorching torque that proven mill wraps an Eagle crank Eagle rods forged JE pistons and a Crower hydraulic cam in a full array of track-ready ancillaries. Conical air cleaners whip 7.5 psi of wind through stainless TIG-welded tubes and proven Garrett T4 turbochargers. Fossils flow from twin Pierburg pumps to 52 lb./hr. fuel injectors. At the top of the Cast Silver mill billet throttle bodies front a custom Bell Experimental Group upper intake and Trick Flow lower intake. The aforementioned air and fuel make their way to aluminum Canfield cylinder heads which hide Crower aluminum rockers and Crower hydraulic lifters under monochromatic valve covers. When those heads flood the cylinders Electromotive TEC3 engine management sequences fire through high quality Electromotive coil packs. As combustion is sparked resultant gases are jettisoned through waterjet-cut Heliarc-welded headers into 3-inch Mandrel-bent side pipes that were supplied by Burns Stainless. That combustions cooling is provided by a custom Ron Davis radiator which stores water in front of quick-spinning electric puller fans. And high quality componentry like a MOCAL oil cooler a Canton Road Race oil pan and TiAL wastegates paints a concise representation of a very skilled systematic approach to defining the worlds most high tech Cobra.

DRIVETRAIN/SUSPENSION

The best thing about this high quality expertly built roadster is its ability to run circles around almost anything