Factory Five Shelby Cobra Replica, 1965
Shelby Cobra III Superformance
Shelby Cobra III Superformance•
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Chassis No.: F5R1009240RD
Auction: Monterey 2023
Auction date: August 19, 2023
Lot No.: F23
$50,000 | High bid
- Odometer: 1,662 miles
- Engine: V-8
- Transmission: Manual
- Exterior: Gunmetal Gray
- Interior: Black
- Factory Five Shelby Cobra Replica titled as a 2020 Assembled Vehicle
- Mark IV build completed in 2020 with 1,662 test miles since
- 5.0L Ford Racing V-8 engine
- FiTech fuel injection
- Summit electronic ignition
- Stainless tubular headers and side exhaust
- Tremec T5 5-speed manual transmission
- Finished in Gunmetal Metallic Gray
- Black leather bucket seat interior
- Serpentine belt system
In the early 1960s, Carroll Shelby rocked the automotive world when he and his band of Southern California racers wedged a 260 CI V-8 engine into an AC Ace chassis. The result was the Shelby Cobra, one of the most potent and iconic sports cars in automotive history. While the Cobra would quickly evolve in the ensuing years with ever larger-displacement engines, arguably its greatest iteration was the famed 427 Cobra released in 1965. Despite its ferocious power and race-winning successes, only 343 coil-spring 427 Cobras were produced in total.
With so few original examples of such a wildly potent and popular sports car available, it didn’t take long for a number of cottage manufacturers to begin producing exacting replicas of Shelby’s most famous Hot Rod. The example on offer is one such replica of a 1965 Cobra produced by Factory Five Racing of Wareham, Massachusetts. Finished in Gunmetal Gray with a black leather bucket-seat interior, this Mark IV build was completed in 2020 with only 1,000 test miles put on the odometer since, and it has a replica-branded title as a 2020 Assembled Vehicle. Under the hood, this beast boasts a 5.0L Ford Racing V-8 engine with Summit electronic ignition.
It breathes in through a FiTech fuel-injection system and belches out a raucous rumble through its stainless tubular headers and side exhaust. All that gloriously loud power is transmitted through a Tremec T5 5-speed manual transmission and then put to the ground via Halibrand-style knock-off wheels shod with wide BF Goodrich Radial T/A tires. Rounding out the package are race-inspired details such as a chrome roll bar, Sabre chrome bumpers, Simpson race harnesses and a trunk-mounted power shut-off switch. This Factory Five Shelby Cobra replica offers a great opportunity to enjoy all the sights, sounds and sensations of Carroll Shelby’s legendary 427 Cobra.
https://www.mecum.com/lots/1094798/1965-factory-five-shelby-cobra-replica/
Cost
183,625 AED
