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Shelby Cobra coffee table joins the Autoblog fantasy living room

The Autoblog fantasy living room keeps on growing fuller (and tackier) by the day. And while we may pine for the occasional item from our growing list, most of the time we're thankful our significant others (or our own sense of good taste combined with our blogger's budgets) keep us from going overboard. Our virtual furniture shop already includes such items as Porsche 917, Aston Martin DB6 and custom hot rod couches, tables made from reclaimed body panels and engine blocks, chairs made from sportscar seats and others made to emulate F1 seats, ... Read more →

Woodward 2009: A corral of Cobras and not a real one in sight Sam Abuelsamid

Someday, many decades from now, after all historical records of the late 20th and early 21st centuries have been extinguished by the great internet crash of 2012, someone will be trying to figure ...

eBay Find of the Day: The 'Nunrunner' V10-powered eight-door Dodge Dart Limowagon [w/VIDEO] Jeremy Korzeniewski

And now for something completely different. We can't recall ever seeing another vehicle quite like this 1962 Dodge Dart, which was converted into a limo wagon that was supposedly intended for the ...

Old is New Again: AC Cars unveils Cobra MkVI gullwing in Monaco Noah Joseph

Chevrolet Corvette engine? Porsche brakes? Assembled in Germany? This doesn't sound like the AC Cobra we know, but lo and behold, it is what it is. Amidst the myriad Cobra replicars on the market, ...

Original Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe up for auction in May Drew Phillips

The month of May is looking to be a historic one, with not one but two cars having the potential to smash record prices at auctions on the very same weekend. We already reported on the Ferrari 250 ...

SEMA 2008: Sean Hyland Motorsport GT500-powered King Cobra 1 year ago on Autoblog

Big engine, small car. This simple idea was such a successful formula for Carroll's Cobras in the 1960's that it still lives on today. In addition to numerous kit cars available, Shelby offers his own version that comes with a CSX4000 chassis number. It's up to the owner to decide what engine to ...

Shelby Racing returns to the track 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for more classic Shelby race photos from the Ford archives When the vintage racers hit the track for the 2008 Kohler International Challenge at Road America this weekend, the Shelby Automobiles Racing Team will be officially represented for the first time since the late 1960s. Ford is ...

Rendered Speculation: Cobra Venom 1 year ago on Autoblog

click the picture for a hi-res gallery of the Cobra Venom V8 The Cobra formula was simple: small British roadster + American V8 drivetrain = racing success. Early Cobras sought balance by utilizing Ford's modest 260 cubic-inch small block V8, but all Hell broke loose when a hairy-chested 427 cubic ...

Jensen Interceptor returns with LS2 V8 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the V Eight Jenson Interceptor Any automotive enthusiast can quote you the story of the Cobra; the British AC Ace stuffed with a Ford V8, a strategy that was equally successful for Sunbeam with its Tiger - right down to the Ford small-block V8 - though the Cobra ...

A tribute to Shelby: Larry H. Miller Auto Museum 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high resolution gallery of the Larry H. Miller Auto Museum We've all imagined what we would do with a winning lottery ticket or limitless amounts of money. For us here at Autoblog, that fantasy usually involves a large number of automobiles in a multi-car garage. Larry Miller is ...

Caroll Shelby takes delivery of paddle-shifter-equipped Superformance Daytona Coupe 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click the image above for a high resolution gallery You might expect that Carroll Shelby has quite a collection of cars. He's even put up a few for sale recently, including his personal 1969 GT500 Convertible that he's owned since new at Barrett-Jackson this year and the unique Cobra Supersnake ...

Iron Man's garage contains more than just an R8 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click image to enlarge The next television spot for Jon Favreau's Iron Man will debut this weekend during (what else) the Super Bowl. Quint at Ain't It Cool News posted a screen capture released by the studio that shows our billionaire industrialist hero, Tony Stark, working in his garage on the ...

2007 Barrett-Jackson, Scottsdale: Carroll Shelby's personal Cobra brings $5 MIL 2 years ago on Autoblog

1966 Shelby Cobra 427 Supersnake -- Lot #1301 Sold at $5,000,000 The only surviving dual supercharged factory Cobra, this Supersnake was Carroll Shelby's personal car. "When I built this dual supercharged 427 Cobra in 1966, I wanted it to be the fastest, meanest car on the road," said Shelby. ...

Shelby takes second swing with Series 2 3 years ago on Autoblog

Remember the Shelby Series 1? It was a modern day Cobra that spewed the venom of a 400-horsepower 4.0L V8 and was wrapped in carbon-fiber skin with a aluminum honeycomb skeleton. A Series 2 model is set to debut at the 2006 Concorso Italiano in mid-August that will cost $220,000. Though the has not ...

AC Cobra returns to kill replicas in the U.S. 3 years ago on Autoblog

British sports car manufacturer AC has signed a new a distribution deal to sell an updated version of the iconic AC Cobra called the Mk V in the U.S. A new factory located on the Mediterranean island of Malta will begin production of the Mk V soon that features an all carbon fiber skin on a ...

Hot Rod builds a LS7-powered Solstice 3 years ago on Autoblog

There are a few power-addicted types on Autoblog's staff that aren't impressed with the stock Pontiac Solstice's output, and apparently the guys over at Hot Rod magazine feel the same way. Bless their hearts, they decided to stop complaining and do something about it-- ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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