1965 Shelby Cobra vs. 2013 Shelby GT500, C63 AMG, Viper SRT-10 - CAR and DRIVER 

Me too

Agree 100%.

Same

My favourite car of all time.

Yep.

you just got destroyed XD mattorama

Oscar DeRoche And by simple inflation figures, a V8 Mustang from then cost $18,000 in today's money. Anyone with a brain can realize that cars cost relatively less back then even after inflation is calculated, and my point remains that seven thousand bucks was a ton of money for a car in 1965.

Oscar DeRoche uhh hu

Right before he said that, he was comparing its performance to Ferraris of the time. A bargain compared to those, not compared to a Mustang.

Welcome to the era of fiat currency.

+Coolrockndad dude the curves and lines of the ace body and the power of the ford v8, makes the cobra the most beautiful and deadly car ever made, my ding dong tingles everytime i hear one of them start up lol

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+Coolrockndad dead right the original cobra is the most masculine sports car ever made nothing even comes close to it,

+Jeremiah Greenawalt seriously tho... its a boner inducing car.

Coolrockndad ofc. British design, always the best

Even after 50 years

Then DISLIKE this crap and perhaps they will get the message.

thanks for saving my time!

All the car shows seem to think the guy talking is more important than the car they are reviewing. Swords and beer steins... really?

We all did.

Yeah, me too.

Same here!

Heat -- I learned the hard way. My 65 289 I encountered a problem. My foot came out of my shoe. I was wearing desert boots which were some kind of crepe sole. The heat coming through the firewall melted the crepe or whatever were those soles.

I thought the only narrow bodied examples were the 289 ones!

Ford GT40 crushed Ferraris too!

MrTheMark21 the shelby and gt40 were both english cars with american engines , AC made the cobra , and Lotus designed and built the gt40 .

jerry henderson Actually, Lola, not Lotus, built the GT40. Lotus wanted in, they were going to shoe-horn a US V8 into a Europa. (What a beast that would have been!) But Colin Chapman and Henry Ford2 argued over who could sell it under what label and who got credit, so Ford kept looking. Lola had a 'production' car (they'd made about 6 of them) and with a bit of head scratching, you could slot a British Ford V8 in. That became the GT40 mk 1. It was the best looking and handling, but slightly down on power. So they crammed a bigger Ford V8 in. That had power, but it was heavier, which threw the handling for 6. The car you see in the pictures, mostly, which looks so good - that's a mk 1. The car that won at LeMans, several times, that was a later mk with a big bulge or two at the back. They were faster, but not as nice to drive. I did once saw a mouth watering photo. It was a Lotus Europa with a (Brit) Ford DFV engine, out of a formula 1 car. It was a test & dev mule at the Lotus factory. All work on that stopped when Chapman and Ford argued. Today we have the little Lotus Exige. Imagine one of those with the last of the Naturally Aspirated F1 V10 motors...

AC made the bodies, the frame, suspension is pure Carrol Shelby.

@@OlderthanIlookyoungerthanIfeel the shelby was an a,c, bristol. but the gt40 was all american usa designed and built car.

It is the only reason I buy lottery tickets

That's funny cause in Germany they think that the Mustang GT is the mans machine

Have you heard the story of Chrysler and the Sunbeam Tiger? Sunbeam wanted Shelby to do something with their sports car similar to what he had done with the AC Cobra. Shelby responded by putting Ford small blocks in the Sunbeam Alpine. The result was called the Sunbeam Tiger. Things were going great until Chrysler bought Sunbeam and decided to put their small block LA engine in the car. They soon found that the LA small block was larger than the Ford small block and would not fit. Oops! They were in the embarrassing position of selling the cars at Chrysler dealerships with a Ford engine inside. When the stock of Ford small blocks ran out, the model was discontinued.

@@ksman9087 too bad they could not make the inner fenders or front tires slimmer

it true it is way that it is the only car I have ever wanted from the man Shelby.

there was the Super Snake back then...only 2 made. Twin Turbo 428 Ford. 750 HP. Shelby gave one to Bill Cosby and he drove it once and sold it...it killed its next owner as he drove off a cliff. They salvaged it and rebuilt it. It was claimed to go 1.9 seconds 0-60 and do 9.50 in the quarter...faster than this new Demon crap

@@netrioter auto.howstuffworks.com/1966-shelby-cobra-427-super-snake.htm While your commentary is mostly correct, you are incorrect in that it is a twin-turboed 428. It actually is a 427 with 2 Paxton Superchargers which gave it a 0-60 time of a little over 3 seconds. Lastly, Bill Cosby returned his to Shelby after one drive... evidently it scared the hell out of the future Jello-hawking, sexual predator.

You guys are clueless. The newer cars have to meet a long line of laws to even be on the road, the Cobra was a fiberglass shell, on a fucking awful twin tube chassis (they handled like spaghetti), and a big engine. No safety regs, no emissions, no crash test etc, etc. You crash the Cobra at just 40 mph and likely you will die.

Yes, and kill you quicker than any of them too...Also, you better be 5'10 and 150 lbs max or it's an uncomfortable ride.

Correct

SkyDemon You and approximately one hundred million other American males.

Tom Swinburn one hundred million? where did that number come from

SkyDemon He just made it up. He just means that most American males love the Cobra.

You're spot on. It was a complete waste of time. Measurable comparisons between these cars?? Where were they??

I agree I always thought shelby should have modified a tall deck small block to 406 cubic inches.

I tried to explain this to a young kid but he didn't get it. I think most Japanese & European cars are ordinary, cookie-cutter, family sedans. My 2014 Dodge Challenger R/T is a head-turner. I get compliments every day. By the way, I used to own a '77 Dodge Power Wagon. That was a beautiful truck.

OddTimeMan I drive a subaru WRX sti and I kind of like that when people see it go by they say oh thats just a.... wait what was that, and why did it sound so crazy and have a hood scoop. Eh just different types of head turning. But I also appreciate the different of not having an everyday car but you can get that with Japanese cars too like my 1977 Datsun 280z.

***** I grew up in upstate N.Y. Datsun is a name that inspires only laughter there. They did not handle the N.Y. winters very well at all. Then again, almost none of the foreign cars did. Sometimes you still see old SAABs or VW Beetles or an occasional old Mercedes there though. Anything else (older foreign cars) requires a garage at least 6 months out of the year there.

***** Its a RWD Front engine lightweight 2 seater, not designed for winter. Thats why I have an STI for that. I would laugh if I saw soomeone trying that too, but at the person not the car. Its like someone driving a corvette around in snow.

***** You can do it but you will get the same laughs as someone driving a datsun Z in it. Also even without the bags of sand that car weighs more than a Z car.

Was his name Shelby?

I like turtles

reg barnsdale No, but he repairs boats and cars when their broken. He also restored a Volkswagen for my aunt.

My grandfather built a 1964 shelby cobra

My grandmother built a 1956 Shelby.....

Plus you have the fun, learning experience, and headaches of building the thing yourself!

Only the earlier models are that expensive. Their are some for as little as 150,000. I saw a 1967 shelby cobra 427 csx4860 for 130,000 for sale.

+Oducks58 The CSX4000 series are called "Continuation Cobras" and are build by Shelby American today. I think they start at around 80k without the engine and trans.

I know a guy who has a 427 side oiler in a factory five....

Or get a Kirkham Bros. continuation car - in polished aluminum, copper, or brass.

+kingv911 send me your name, credit card info, and social security number, and I'll make you the co-beneficiary of unclaimed funds in Africa.

+Ed Baker lol

Ed Baker I've been fooled twice before -- never again!

+kingv911 Third time is a charm

Get a replica Cobra ;)

+be cool Back at you, fool.

+be cool And you'd wise and smart, if that falls into your world, to change your moniker (look it up) to Not cool at all, or maybe FOOL.

+David Ingham Well actually a 64 Fairlane 500 does get a bit moore

I like the stacked headlights, David. Bright yellow!

Nice, but you need to get rid of the pizza cutter back tires and put some fatter tires out back. Helps the look, handling and acceleration.

Nooo... I just labeled the American goofs in this video ... There are many terrific Americans... but this presenter is a grating stereotype....

Edward Lees SunRiseCars Fuck Off Ed Lee

Would you care to occasionally engage us youtube comment readers with stories of decades past, involving the man himself and you? It'd be much appreciated

viperfanacr x2 i want to hear some weird things about the cobra and mr shelby

Michelle Unis

Harry Godson I don't think it's a particularly attractive care either. It's a matter of taste.

prunga308 Judging from the way you talk about the C63 I very much doubt you ever worked for Carroll Shelby. Someone with even a limited amount of knowledge about cars would not talk that way about a Mercedes AMG C63.

the dodge viper is basically a modern cobra anyway :)

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nah, its way heavier

Yea its pretty cool for an old school British car ...but its no Saleen S7

It's worth a hell of lot more as an original and they're a blast to drive. I have a replica

Just two spoiled white muricans having fun...

They don't own the cars. Also why does it matter if they are white?

Yep, a whole bunch of nothing. Boo!

@@aperson4933 actually buddy in the 'white' shirt owns the Cobra.

You're a girl car.

555Tbird what? lol

555Tbird honestly he's right but the shelby gt500's have never been even the new ones

Mauro Monroy That's not what I meant, and that's mean. Who says things like this?

TheNIftyNinja Last Mustangs turn no heads at all.