A Hardtop COBRA is leaving The ⛽.  

😂

Pass up all but a gas station, lol! All about the smiles not miles lol

To be fair, when you drive a car like that you don’t worry about money. Sometimes it’s just nice to cruise the coast.

Así pensaría un pobre😅

You sound like someone who would rather travel from charging station to charging station 😂

😂😂😂😂

They run out of gas that quick?

​@@cosgroveme2489its not slow. (Unless the engine has been remodeled)

​​@@cosgroveme2489 it literally uses a 7 liter ford gt40 racing engine of course they run out that fast

Doesn't it seem like bottom of the barrel of humor for vintage cars? That's like telling a skater to do a kickflip.

Lmfao

It needs a High torque starter as the engine has too much static com for the one it has.

Source link? I would love to know why the owner chose to go SBC over a ford engine. I have my own hunch (simply the owner/builder have more experience with SBC's and it wasn't going for authenticity anyways). But it would be cool to hear from the owner themselves. Also I'm loving that hardtop variation. It's like the Corba Le Mans hardtop blended with the Cobra Daytona roofline. Only thing that would make it better was if the hardtop& rear deck lid were blended and opened together like a hatch.

@@asymsolutions I dunno if you are in Britain or the USA bud, but here in Britain ( where the car is) I can find out that info just by searching the registration number in the DVLA ( driver vehicle licence agency) website. SBCs are easier to source and cheaper to tune than old big block fords on the whole outside of the USA ( and also the big lower weight difference enhances handling) 👍 so that’s my sources and the reason it’s not got an expensive boat anchor engine over here and I’m sure the owner will be just as fine not talking to you about your nonsensical illinformed hunch 😂

How much is this car worth

@@russnunn2456 The lowest recorded sale price was $660,000 for a 1965 Shelby 427 Cobra Roadster on Jan 14 2023. The average price of a Shelby Cobra 427 is $2.2 million… if it were an original. Fewer than 100 of those estimated to remain. In 2021, the prototype 1964 Cobra 289 “CSX2000” sold for $13.75 million. More common small-block Cobras tend to sell in the $2 million range today. The 427 engine commands higher prices, generally speaking. This being a one-off custom (as far as I know) AC Cobra, was still probably several hundred thousand dollars to own and build. 😅

@@valentine--vincent4590 but this isn’t a cobra, it’s a fibreglass kit car/replica ffs the only thing truly “custom” on it is possibly the roof ( it’s either custom or a DAX “le mans” roof but I can’t confirm which 100% but I think it’s the DAX roof) The rest is a complete fully supplied kit by one of the most respected kit manufacturers in the world, AND YET you wrote all that under a comment that told you exactly what it is!!!!ffs, are you all there in the head bud? 🤦‍♂️ 😂!!! Ok here’s how it really is, in general like everything it’s worth what someone wants to pay but roughly a nicely professional built and SBC engined car like this ( less roof ) goes for 40-60k in the UK ( where the car is) this one might achieve more if someone really fell in love with it obviously, but it’s a very subjective thing with no correct answer, however if you were to build one yourself in the UK , depending on specs obviously, it could be anywhere from 20k ( 2nd hand components and most likely a 4 cylinder engine (yuck) up-to getting to the stage when you run out of money, lose yer house and the wife and kids leave 😂 😂 😂 So in short and wildly simplified, $50k - $75k less roof in the UK where actually DAX Cars originate from and they were incidentally the first company in the world, (before the hundreds of firms worldwide followed later) to make Cobra Kits ( DAX cars first cobra kit launched 1968) lastly I’ll point out that on the whole, building one would be a bit cheaper in the US (especially when considering the engine and many of the cobra replica specific parts cost price and add to that simply brilliant off the shelf availability over there for example) but in no way ANYWHERE in the world is this particular car worth “several” hundred thousand dollars, whether you are talking cost to build or cost to buy, that’s just a ridiculous comment and shows you have nothing but a complete lack of knowledge on the subject 😂

100% agree

Hell yeah! That thing baaaad!

Damn straight

Not seeing the front I did not recognize it. Hard to believe it’s the same car. Looks like a Euro custom. Italian or French.

Absolutely awesome

Ikr!! Never gonna catch me coppas!😂

Sounds kinda like it didn't want to go

Or 007

​@christinaeckley7146 very high compression motor is hard on a battery

It's a kit car. Not a cobra.

7777 HAHAHAHAHA SUPER!!!!!...

@@asymsolutions OK

@@asymsolutions cool so it's a cobra thanks

@@BIackCadillac nope try again.

Looks like a 911 Porsche & A Cobra 🐍 had a baby. Very beautiful creation.

Same here. Is this original or some sort of kit

Don't think the originals were ever made with one, that's probably a custom fab job since it doesn't look like a removable top

Rule of thumb: 99% of the cobras you see are kit cars

They're all kit cars, so there's a million variations.

This is an insanely ugly home build

Marvelous* Sharp is an understatement.

Indeed!

I was taken aback by how beautiful this thing is.

It is nice but why is it two different colors

​ not even close to matching 😂

I love this feel when you never know thout your engine start ;)

Yeah I guess so that thing was struggling.

The timing is advanced too far thats why its struggling ​@Micscience

@@user-ip3to4bq1xOh I see for performance reasons I'm assuming. I am not a performance guy I just do basic bolt ons. Thanks for sharing I might use that one day and sound smart.

@@user-ip3to4bq1xif you explain to me what this means I’ll be grateful. If not I’ll be google I suppose

Fact. Whoever did the work on that car. put a lot of passion behind it and it shows.

"Work of art" for trailer trash 😂😂😂.

@@jturino2531 Obviously this car isn’t for you. But I really like it.

Because its a muscle car? Or what makes it unsimilar to art? ​@@jturino2531

Amen, it is man art! I get the same wood when I look at a B2. 😎

100% but in terms of technology there are hundreds doing better

А как же тойота королла?

​@PowerrangerBro keep the shell upgrade everything else inside outside and underneath 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

My favourite shape is the 67 corvette or whatever year it was, but this is fkn awesome (I said shape).

​@user-mm6kj5ev5m 😂😂yes, the Toyota corolla is the ultimate buy, but we're talking about things we can afford here.

Fr fr. By a mile too

It's likely a replica

1000x better than anything 'we' design nowadays. We've gone backwards since the 50s and 60s on so many levels

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 NO LIES HERE....

Its not real lmao

Same it really has a whole different look. Especially from the rear! 😮

Kit car I assume from factory five. Not bashing on it, it's gorgeous, just saying why most people haven't seen one.

@@MrNater41 actually it’s a DAX tojeiro kit with DAX’s “le mans” roof option ( that’s what DAX call their roof) 👍

Other than the fact that the paint on the body panels isn't even close to matching.

@@Christoph-sd3zime when I don’t know what old fashioned two tone is

They made a 65 cheetah to compete with the Corvettes, check one out . Pretty cool looking

imo the hard top ruins the body shape

@@thedandy6765 nah, it completes it

No.lamborghini miura #1

Agreed. I prefer this to the convertible 100% In saying that, the convertibles are badass, but having seen a hardtop version a few years back, I’m in love.

British design but with a bit of the American muscle car flare. Beautiful.

I agree. And the back still inspiring manufacturers.

​@@morbideddieThe otter way around... more an American muscle car with British design.

Absolutely. I have a real 427 one and a hi grade kit car. I'd trade both for that

💯 % Facts

English car 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😊

@@jackworsley2562how is that an English car

Awesome cobra 🙌👍😍

This is an american car 😂

AFINAL É INGLÊS OU AMERICANO? A coisa mais terrível q vai haver é deixar de Salvar a sua Alma e pra salva-la basta entregar a vida À JESUS CRISTO e procurar ser fiel À ELE 🌎🇧🇷💚🐑💛 🇧🇷

Plenty of them raced in GT Class.

No kidding

I don’t remember the coupes looking like this. The ones I remember had a Kamback or flat rear end that helped with aerodynamics and downforce.

@@Bobbyo60you talking about the Shelby Daytona coupe?

They’re Daytona gt not cobras and that’s a kit I think so Pennie’s in the dollar.

Duuuuude!😂 it was about 1/12 of my phone screen.

DOH!!!

He had all focus on driver, not once to show front end, what a clown

Yeah

I bet he holds it horizontally when filming skyscrapers.

It really is. And the video didn't even show the beautiful hood. Do yourself a favor and google Shelby Cobra to get a better view.

I'm thinking the same thing.

I am thinking the same thing. Hence: This is the most beautyfull car that you have ever seen.

Nice lines, awful paint!

one of the most beautiful ever made.

They enjoy making electric cars that almost nobody wants.

​@@darkspark5770I'm not understanding you everywhere I look someone's driving a tesla

aerodynamics

Aerodynamics, crash protection, protecting pedestrians if they're hit by it etc etc

Looks more aerodynamic than some "boats" out there haha, and they could modernize the on board system with sensors and what not to make up for the areas needed, then use safer/lightweight polymers or whatever for the body panels/frame. Doesn't seem like a big engineering or cost feat but idk

I really nvr liked the roadster, but hard top looks too good

@@Davidhillborn reminds me of an old skool cartoon villains car😂, mean as f

And he's filling up with pump gas? Pretty soon he's about to blow a head gasket or knock a hole through a piston or suck the valves through the seats from the insane amount of detonation and spark knock from running 93 or less octane fuel, an engine with enough compression to make the starter load up like that needs at least 100 octane fuel to run for any prolonged period, especially under load. Someone needs to tell him he should be running avgas or racing fuel if he doesn't want to trash his super expensive engine

@@TactaGhoul to be fair that station has a triple hose setup, they could have high octane. I've seen it at a few locations where one pump was 84/5, 87/9, 93/4 on one hose, 97 on the second, and jp/av on the third.but they were also near a raceway park.

​@@BrookNBones😂😂😂 80what oktane, in Germany we have 95 up Oktane. That's bad. But the price is nice.

​@@einervonvielen8869EU 95 = US 91, and EU 98 = US 93 But yea, we still have 87 which is considered "regular". Newer US GTIs are designed to run on US 87 octane, so now I'm wondering why. Are they tuned differently in Germany where the equivalent octane doesn't exist?

​@@rjmarithat's interesting, I didn't know octanes were regional. In New Zealand we have 91, 95, and some stations also have 98. Would these be equivalent to the EU?

He was edging it

😑

It's got a racing cam. Low RPMs is not in it's comfort zone.

It was actually the first two credit cards declining, then the third was accepted and then she’s off and running.

😂😂😂

Says the beta liberal

@@jakeryan2184lol what??? He’s insinuating that thing gulps gas.

​@@rdpillsforall6884yeah, we get that. But he doesn't drive it for fuel mileage

@@minter_fab_mafia you guys are totally overthinking it.

Faster than a speeding, well anything!

My sentiments exactly❤

​@@Phil-tl8vp Mine, too! 👍

Absolutely is...the white wall tires are like the cherry on top ..Absolutely gorgeous I wish they enjoy it and keep it clean!

Gave me a woody when it started up.

They are not whitewall, just white lettering.@@Mufes-hv5cz

Nice one ..

Front engine to be exact😊

Route 66

This comment is exactly why I came digging in the comment section. This is what made America great back in the day. The fact that they used to let civilians be civilians. Rock n Roll was being made by Chuck Berry, around the time the hot rods nation that birthed the muscle car generation we learned to love and hate was just around the corner. Man I bet it must’ve been amazing growing up a privileged white Christian male in middle America. Mind the last thing I said, everything else though, is spot on.

The paint job is awful, the door is completely an other color

@@ommachining154 blame it on the assembly, the color differemce is from the door not lining up with the body. It isn't even visible under shop lights or sunlight. Only at sunset do you see this unfortnunately

@@ommachining154 its a panel alignment issue im pretty sure. Common on custom jobs like this.

@@Kreege and teslas apparently :-)

Yeah for sure mine.

Better than your mama?

You notice the door is a shade darker than the rest of the car? Maybe just the lighting.

Nahtzi Ukraine will bow to their conquer

​@@danothemano1- Yes , the door paint not blending in was the first thing I noticed , so then I went right to comments ,Yours was just a few down , I felt sorry for the person who commented that they think this is the nicest ride they've ever seen, I thought , how sad if thats true , Now I also feel a little sorry for myself I just remembered I am checking out the REPLIES to that very comment NOW and I almost forgot that's where I am Now - THATS sad..LOL @roelvinckens5553 your reply asking" better then your mama?" Is very funny and it also made Me consider that My Friend @justindo6 , the Man whom got ME to bite , hook , line and sinker , IS JOKING LOL !! Good one : ) Before I knew You are @justindo6 I ended saying this: " I'll just finish with this : a paint job that bad is likely just the tip of the iceburg for a sub par restoration , and You need to get out more , Guy who commented it's the nicest ride he has Ever seen lol" And NOW Justin , I Think I need to get out more thank You Justin , My Friend , well played. and thank You also @danothemano1 take care

Agreed. True work of art

@@brandonhubley7467really, even with that paint?

@@aspman97I was just gonna say: that paint job is shyte. The door is a completely different shade from the panel next to it

Super styling!😎👍🖤⭐️🕊🦋🕊🙏✌️🌅🎉🇺🇸

It hardtop almost allways beats convertibles

Convertibles look like shit

​@@inksankebabpizzeriayt4551Truly. With aero being so relevant, hardtops are just the more convenient option. Plus, they look better.

The aero is obvi more functional but, for some cars (eg: S2000, Z4,) its looks are definitely more subjective, imo the Cobra as well... @@ossimlz

Mike did your dad teach you body work and paint? I’ve been doing it for 44 years myself.

Cute and adorable...like me!

​@@dogdue4588no

Unreal he must have some deadly cars

@@Rigmor_Talonbeard that’s your opinion. Bye now

Sounds like an old ass pickup truck 😂

Is that why it sounded like it didn't want to turn over?

@@timothyengland3 yes

​@@timothyengland3 most high compression engines start this way.

​@@jhawk1985yes I've seen plenty of high compression engines over the years, I always thought it was the compression, starter, battery condition,,, but the timing comment was what got my attention

​​@@timothyengland3 It may very well be timing. Who knows ? Its prolly a combination of all. Semi weak battery, high comp, timing off. The farther the timing is advanced the harder the start

It's a modern replica.

@@1972Rayof a body style AC never built as a Cobra.

You see it now right? ^^ Even back in the days, the chances to see it in person, in everyday life, were slim to none. If you see it now, it's thanks to the internet. Back in the days, you wouldn't even know that it exists, except if you're a true petrolhead, who goes to events and read magazine. Every day cars were still nicer than what we have today. For these, i wish i was born at that time. And also for the music. ^^

They still make them so go buy one , plenty of kits out there. This one is a kit also

@@rneoman Even kits are quite expensive though. You can make some decent deals if you look at some ads on pistonheads (at least some years ago). But if you want Superformance, you gotta have loads of cash at hand ^^

they still make them. This one is made today.

There's way more of these cars around today than there ever were back in the day.

Music to my ears 😊👍👍👍👽

True, pops just had to clear his throat as all 😊

i mean most cars didnt have a lot of power back then theyd have a 7.2L v8 that puts down a blistering 250hp meanwhile my 2.0L 4 cillinder puts downw 170hp and i can easily pull on them

@@thedandy6765 thats because their technology wasnt as advanced today as it was then so engines didnt always put out much horsepower, but even then their engines are built far more reliable than they are today as most vehicles seem to last 2 years with 120k miles and completely give up

​@@deluxalpha4138 100k miles was incredibly high in the 1960s. People bought new cars every 2 years or so.

That's because the rat bastards that run the world have about used up all the planet's oil and have decided that we will all soon be driving electric cars once the cost of removing oil is more than the profit and is no longer worth drilling for. I just LOVE how they make all these decisions for us lol. California, by like 2030 or 2035 will MANDATE that car dealerships are only allowed to sell electric vehicles. It's coming whether we want it or not. I wonder what kind of consequences all these old dead batteries from new electric cars will have on our planet??

Cut the top and make a rat rod

@@holoholohaolenokaoi2299🤫

Pls dont​@@holoholohaolenokaoi2299

That's just your imagination

Noooooooooooooooooooooo!​@@holoholohaolenokaoi2299

Becuase there wasn’t ever a hardtop version. This is a replica

@@cheesecakevanila5624there were plenty of hardtop Cobras raced from the mid '60s right up until today. Google is your friend yeah 👍

The hardtop is removable.

@@claytonstallings1514 So SWEET!!

@cheesecakevanila5624 that makes no sense, how can it be a replica if it didnt exist lol

I was thinking that as well but didn't want to hear the haters. Good eye.

How do you fix it??

Re spray it?

@pkboy5617 blend the transition from the fender and the door so its not so subtle

Driving me crazy as well.

Газанул разок и полбака как Фома фуем

Ахеренный

British.

​@@DmSlieve-me1dx brits created it, some american guy made it look good :)

They didn’t. They built the Daytona coup but that’s not this.

@@krzyryry8382what? U mean that hard roof for a cobra is not made by company officially? Is that what u mean?

@@lestionual1369 yes. Those were all convertibles except for the Daytona coups. This car is a replica not a real cobra. I think people are getting things confused here.

@@krzyryry8382 ooooh I see. Thanks Bro I never knew this

@@lestionual1369 no problem. I’m not a “Shelby guy”. But I know there are a lot of companies selling replicas. I would say 90% of what people see on here are replicas. The originals are too valuable for most people to be out throwing them around.