1 of 23: 1965 Shelby 427 Cobra Competition - Jay Leno's Garage 

Loved, loved your comment and your experience with C.S. 427 Cobra! ❤ this automobile! Many Thanks! I'm 72 by the way! God Bless you!

I saw a old marine that won the slots in 1966. He took all of his $5000 winning and bought a new, top of the line Corvette off the lot. 5 grand was alot of money in 65.

This is awesome. I am 17 and I work at courtesy Acura in Littleton. The cobra is my dream car. It is awesome to hear about courtesy all that time ago!

As a foreigner, it's fascinating to me how the gig three managed to take the V8 and make it their own. Fords, Chryslers and Chevys all sound different, even when at similar displacements. I know Ford also used a different firing order for theirs, maybe that's why this thing sounds so good, and even the old Flatheads have this deep burble, almost how like Marine engines sound....

@@vtr0104 nothing like American V8s 🇺🇸

@@ClinicalDecisionYikesYT I feel naked unless I'm sporting at least eight cylinders.

I was thinking it sounded like an old cackling dragster from the 60's when it was idling.

*Cobra Test Drive* ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ukxhyaut-jY.html

Don't need much else with Jay... He is the show!... Be well & God bless y'all.

Jeez, yes. Cars shows with background music while the car is being driven make me scream at the screen.

The car is music

Comment of the year award! I so loathe the constant music on car shows..epsecially when they make it louder for when the featured cars will be started & driven! Ugghh..if i wanted to hear some generic, lame guitar riffs, id do that. Rant over, lol.

Engine + exhaust = Music.

Elsewhere it's also described as "the car that wants to kill you".

Have to imagine that's a ride even for someone like Jay who's done and been in just about everything still gives an honest smile and blood pressure rise.

Sylent Xtinction I HAVE A FACTORY FIVE WITH A 351 WINDSOR BLUPRINTED AND YOU SAID IT RIGHT, IT IS LIKE A HANDGRENADES. I WANTED ONE SINCE I WAS 17.

@@larrywilliams7993 I think there are probably 3 or 4 generations of "car guys" that have dreamed of having one of these things for their very own

@@larrywilliams7993 - The Factory 5 was going to be my 2nd one, so I didn't have pins and needles driving the first. I put the order in for mine with Shelby, when they first came out with their exclusive 427 aluminum small block casting. back around 2003. It was ordered with an aluminum body, 6spd sequential trans, and helical diff. Carrol had agreed to both autograph the car AND provide prior ownership with a contingency plate. It literally would've been a 1-of-1. The only one with a sequential, the second to be ordered with a helical diff. Sadly, after a stay in the hospital and some illfated decisions concerning poor choice in women, I cancelled the order. I had the pleasure of driving a Factory Five with a 427 Clevor block. Absolutely insane. Shelby was right. If Ford hadn't been so obsessed with their 427 side oiler, the Cobra could've been a much better car.

That is quite the statement I must say, even though I do absolutely love the car. An iconic car of its time for sure, but when we start talking all-time I think that’s a bit generous.

@@Gravy_Master Jaguar E type, 1963 split-window Corvette.

300 sl gullwing too

@@Gravy_Master .. so name one .. U comment is empty this way ... ... Most iconic : Maybe .. Ford GT .. Ferrari 308 / F40 .. Porsche Carrera GT .. Gullwing and E-type are good examples ...

@@frenchonion4595 if UFO came here .. -) .. and the ask as .. what is a 'sports car' .. ? .. what woild U show them .. ? .. -) .. Lambo Countach ..or. Veyron not so so .. but F40 and Mc F1 good example ... but still they are sort of supercars .... I think more like performance for people : 911 .. Corvette .. this Cobra ... but to choose 1 specific car that is the 'definition' of a sports car ...

"Whose laughing now Pappy!!!?" Not Carroll Shelby - he's dead.

Man, you'll never inherit a cobra, just $3,000 from rent

Reminds me of the radial engine in my Navy T-28 trainer.

Almost sounds like it's about to stall. I know it's not, but on many cars, that's the sound you'd hear right before it cuts off.

@@4seeableTV probably what you hear on alot of clapped out V8 cars because the tune the owner used is horrible imao

Yeah the 427 side oiler has a distinctive idle note in those cobras imo

@@j.osborne4914 it's not just the idle, at higher RPMs they scream in a particular way. They sound different because the firing order is set up like a NASCAR engine so they sound like a race car. You can look it up.

That’s a British built body?

@@johnlever6696 Yeah, AC cars is the British company, they made sweet roadsters and Shelby asked them to build a body for him that would accept a V8. AC would export basically completed cars minus engine and gearbox which Shelby would then put in.

@@ZombieWilfred no way that’s amazing. I didn’t know that. I didn’t know what AC was.

@@ZombieWilfred just read about it. It’s the AC Ace. Then Shelby made it the cobra. Apparently the car that’s to blame for the 70mph limit on motorways after one was caught doing 190mph hahaha. Crazy stuff.

@@johnlever6696 Yeah that's them, I love these old stories. A guy who was awesome at making fast cars gets ahold of some Brits who make sweet bodies and is like send some me of those that'll take a V8, finds the company that'll hook him up with the engines and the rest is history.

Was he at UT? Remember a guy had a yellow one just N of campus and it would just sit out all night. Could not do that these days.

@@machtschnell7452 $6,100usd in 1965 is worth about $50,000 in 2020, so while it was expensive relative to other cars when new, it wasn't something to be babied, instead for those initial owners it was more like leaving a modern base spec f150 parked out overnight than the $2.5million dollar supercar its become to the current audience.

Now that's a cobra owner But still im glad he is okay

now that's a story

@@sabyasachiroy7482 - True car/bike guy. Wrecks vehicle. Sitting there bleeding with broken bones. First question? How's my car/bike?

It's one step short. Carroll built those 2 SUPERCHARGED 427 Cobras after all....

​@@bricefleckenstein9666 the infamous super snake cobra

@@ٴ-ق1ت 1 now, the other crashed and apparently is not recoverable.

That's the thing about Jay: the only reason some of his cars don't get driven is because he's got so many, not because they are garage queens. It is bad driving a car TOO much but it's just as bad not driving it enough. There's a video around of a 1978 pontiac firebird that was found at a dealership with only 4 miles on it. It has the original plastic on the seats, stickers all over, etc etc and it needs to be completely redone because everything is seized and or rotten due to lack of use. I bet the rings are seized as well. I forget the exact duration but I seem to recall a "pro" saying that an engine should be run up to temp at least once a month and driven at least a couple of miles every 6 months to keep things moving.

Jay is Car God!!!

I was once at the Nethercutt museum. The curator was giving us a tour. He said, "every one of these cars runs perfectly. I know because I drive them" It was awesome and perfect the way he said it.

@@stevenkaskel3469 He really does. Worked a few minutes from his Museum for about 10 yrs...right behind old san fernando road where we street raced ea Saturday night. Guys who really believe not driving is "preserving"....oh its climate controlled....are clueless. Vette crowd does this a lot. I do not get it...esp late models. They arent rare collectible etc

Add a old jag and muira and these are the 4 most beautiful cars ever

Same. 100%

@@sjf1981 sorry but the most beautiful car ever built is a 1955 Mercedes Benz 300 slr uhlenhaut coupe, also faster

So make that 5 most beautiful cars ever built lol

@@marcog1742 ohhhh forgot about that one! Yes I agree !

Agree, "Pandemic" episodes are the best

Reminds me of he first episodes of Jay Leno's garage

agree

More like going back to his old way of videos. Old and better way.

Jay is such a child. As we all should be. Few people realize how 450hp in a 2000 lb car can get away from you sooo easily. And it's 2.5 million. 😱

Jay is loaded. Don't worry about, 'keeping the channel going'. Ha, ha!

@@Redmenace96 ikr he definitely does not need donations!

Your comment is entertaining I've always enjoyed Mr. Leno's informative videos but to see how he's been neutered to stay accepted in the media world really saddens me.

Great gesture grandpa, but your being entertained is what Hickok45 is all about ... just enjoy!!

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Even the idle is beautiful.

Lucore Auto and LucoreRacing IF YOU WANT TO READ MY STORY GO TO THE COMMENTS "SYLENT EXTINCTION" . IMHAVE WANTED ONE THESE FOR OVER 50 YEARS AND MY FACTORY FIVE IS A HIGH DOLLAR BUILD WITH A BLUPRINTED 351 WINDSOR 460HP (ENGINE FACTORY-NJ) INDIGO BLUE WITH WIMBLETON WHITE RACING STRIPES, BF. GOODRICH TIRES IN AUTHENTIC HALLIBRANDS, BLACK LEATHER SEATS, POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES , HEATER, TREMEC 600 5SP., DISC BRAKES. I CAME HOME FROM BOOT CAMP NOV. 1963 AND WENT TO THE DOWNTOWN FORD DEALER AND IN THE WINDOW WAS A SC 427, BRITISH RACING GREEN, THE TAG ON ITBWAS $6, 618, I WAS A NEW SAILOR (NOT KNOWING I WAS GOING OFF TO ( WAR AUGUST 1964) AND MADE $83.00 A MONTH SO I WALKED AWAY TRYING TO FIGURE HOW ANYBODY COULD AFFORD THAT, AS THE YEARS PASSED THE THOUGHT, BUT 50 YEARS LATER IT WAS RESURRECTED, AND I KNOW HAVE ONE. JAY LENO SAYS THAT IT IS FUN TO DRIVE AN AUTHENTIC AC SC COBRA, BUT I KNOW TWO OR THREE IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY ARE WHO HAVE THEM, BUT THEY ARE SHOW CARS THE DRIVE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, JAY OWNS SOME OF THE REPLICAS. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY COMPANIES THE REPLICATE THEM, SOMETHING IS 'ALWAYS TP PERFECT, THEY GET THE HOOD WRONG, OR THEY BASTARDIZE THE COLOR AND PUT "ROGER RABBIT"WHEELS ON THEM. THEY WERE CRUDELY MADE AND ROUGH, BUT THE BEAT THE HELL OUT OF EVERYTHING MADE OUT THERE. ITBIS THE MOST ICONIC CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED, YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF A GAS STATION WITHOUT PEOPLE WANTING TO,TAKE PICTURE, AND THE OLDER GUYS THAT REMEMBER THEM, GET TEARS IN THEIR EYES. AND BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF THE BEAUTIFUL YOUNG GIRLS OF THAT ERA THAT LOVED CARS WITH US AND MEMORIES OF YESTERYEAR. NEVER STOP DREAMING, GOD HAD THIS ON A 5by8 CARD HE PULLED AT A TIME WHEN I WAS BORED WITH LIFE. HE NEVER FORGETS A YOUNG BOY'S TEARS AND DISAPPOINTMENT AND THE TIME HAD COME TO ANSWER IT. NEVER NEVER STOP DREAMING.

@@larrywilliams7993 Jesus dude are you Autistic?

@@larrywilliams7993 Man, stop SHOUTING ! Nobody will read your comment, Larry !

OMG. Until I saw this comment, I forgot I own a Cobra race car. It is a 1/32 slot car currently stored away, but it is all mine.

@@RBCharger and if you did forget about it your trash mate

Same here, no chance of getting one, so this vid is magic thx

Fantastic car,have you seen gumball rally 1976 ?.

@@markwood9987 yes amazing

Kirkham motors make a Shelby based on the original blueprints. You can get a 289 version for about $250k. Shelby considers it a true continuation cobra. Aluminum, not fiberglass.

@@TeddyRumble Id rather have glass, or steel. Alum, you have to be too careful with. Heck id take a dented one long as it had that big block!

I subscribed to R&T for 40 yrs and loved every issue but cancelled a few years ago after they totally changed the soul of the magazine.

Can't assume that - it might have been a decades-long project done shoestring budget style. Heck, Jay's boys may be making a buck cleaning the thing up for the owner - or Jay may have simply volunteered to help out a good friend. We simply don't know... Regardless, what I stated applies.

It's an English AC sports car with a Ford engine swapped in. Other people put American V-8s into other British sports cars as well. But you think it's 'vision' because you don't know how many others there were.

Thanks to AC UK

@@stevek8829 all those “other people” didn’t leave the kind of lasting impact on the automotive world like Carroll Shelby did. He did a lot more than just put a big engine in a British sports car. The man won Le Mans in an inferior Aston Martin and then went on to help Ford build one of the greatest race cars of all time. All while designing and building some of the greatest American automotives to ever exist. Even if he wasn’t the only one who did it, no one else accomplished what he did with those kinds of projects. The cobra won the national championships the first year they made it and has gone on to become one of the most iconic cars of all time and the original cars are now worth several million dollars a piece today. That’s why we remember his name over the the “many others” you’re so stuck up about. Show a little respect.

How's an Aston inferior if it won the le Man?

@@69JayBee at the time, the Astons were considered inferior to the Ferraris and other teams that were racing that year. They arguably still are. Carroll Shelby said himself in an interview that they went out there that year knowing that their cars were slower, but they also knew that their team was better prepared and had a few tricks up their sleeves that helped them make up the difference. Just look up the video: “Carroll Shelby in his own words”

When he started that thing I'd expect any combat veteran to dive into the nearest ditch.

No doubt!

[Cameron Frye intensifies]

Just put it on jack stands and put it in reverse 😂 You know the movie!

(Cue Star Wars music)

@@rowdybroomstick1216 He he! I know the movie. I would have just disconnected the speedo/odo cable and then put it back later...

Lmao

You are so right! I just got an emotional boost watching Jay's pantera program with his expert, Mike. Uplifting, all of it.

I was behind Jay one time when he was driving a black Ferrari. That was special! ;)

I was thinking the exact same thing!

I do 😍😍😍

I'm sure out in his area they see him alot. They're probably like..there goes Jay, adding another car to his collection 😁

I can imagine it. Then I can imagine leaving in the dust in this death can. Fast for the day as well as extremely prone to accidents. Today’s cars would smoke this 2.5 million dumpster fire.

Well if you are ever in Los Angeles, I plan Shelby Cobra events that draw as many as 50 of them at a time. The passenger seat would be yours. It's a real thrill leading a pack of Cobras around town and through the mountains. You should be able to find at least one video of a small event I organized on my channel.

@@BradThePitts Thanks for your kind offer Brad. It is something to think about. It's not every day one gets an offer like this.

Cal. has already died. I lived out there near 50 years ago. It ain't the same, not even close!

You can tell when a guy has not forgotten where he comes from, and Jay Leno has obviously not forgotten living in his car when he first came to LA.

@@joeday4293 Hey actually use to ride his harley on comedy tours around the country. Jay was collecting bikes and cars before he got the tonight show. He built his garage to put his existing cars in. He isn't the richest man in hollywood. By far from it. He just spends his money on cars. Plain and simple. He puts more money in his garage then he does his wife and house. He is a true car fanatic.

Yeh the half circles on the bottom.

Great handle "Anti Woke". Lovin' It !!

😂🤣😂🤣😂

My Dad paid almost that much for his decked out Ford in the late 60s. He could have bought a brand new Cobra. Wow.

I'm betting Jay has a few security guys walking around his garage over night.

@@temper44 ...I'm sure there's two. Zeus and Apollo. Let's see who gets that..... lol.

Seconded!

Is thirded a word..... Thirded.....

@@rick6582CNCMedicalParts And? I’m not sure what you’re driving at.

Would love to see a S.O.H.C.S/C Please make this happen !! Jay’s personality and real love for all things mechanical has done sooo very much for our automotive hobby. There may be others with more cars but there just ain’t nobody else that’s more of an enthusiast.... Jay is the “Charley Daniels” of us auto freaks - for any of y’all that ain’t “cultured” enough to understand that it means that Mr. Leno is Da’ Man !

He's already done it. It's out there somewhere. When he lifts the hood he says his trademark "I live in a hilly area..."

No one would ever drive a real one

Actually I'd much rather have a well done replica. I would never feel comfortable driving a "1 of 23" $2.3M Shelby, and for me driving it would be the point of owning one.

@@fmcdomer except Jay! What a beast!

I have only seen one. It was real and I was fortunate enough to ride in it. Absolute joy to experience. When the driver floors it your shoulders are hitting the five point safety belt. I swear it felt as if I would have flown out if not wearing a belt. The power is amazing.

Honestly, if I saw Jay Leno driving it, my first thought would be "that's probably a real one". I like the fact that there are so many replicas because that means the car is accessible to average people like me and a lot of other people get the chance to experience driving a true classic race car, not just millionaires.

I remember the ads for that car. "0 to 100 mph and back to 0 in 13 seconds." Mind blowing at the time. And, it might have been with the 289 cu in engine.

@@davidmcnair1455 it was the 427 i think the 289 was close tho it was a little lighter

@@williamwinslowhansen Thanks, Bill.

@@Mick_A_Knuckle yes its exactly what i meant lol . i payed the price for saying dont type canon ball run over and over before commenting . lol

William, I agree about Gumball Rally. Saw it on the late night TV movie in the 70s and have been a Cobra lover ever since. Although a few scenes with the Ferrari Daytona were pretty cool too.

I would try call you out for exaggerating but nope

I believe that "Road&Track" just gave this car NUMBER ONE out of the all time great sports cars. That's really saying something.

It was great to see it running fast with the Ferrari in 'The Gumball Rally'! ;)

You must be trapped inside a room somewhere watching 60s and 70s reruns. In the actual world today, dozens of cars will trounce this car and they get better gas mileage and are a hell of a lot safer than this death can!

You mean by American.

Agree. Started a replica in 98. Divorce forced sale. New wife says start buying parts

Except half of that thing is really is modern beginning with the engine.. He was pacifying the owner.

That is super awesome.