When you look at this car, with the crazy wheel wells and massive wheels and the subtle, yet elegant curve of the body line from the front to the back of the car. What started out as one of the many revenge projects started by the masterminds called Carroll Shelby and Henry Ford II. After Ferrari pulled out of a deal with Ford, the american car company owner went to racing legend Carroll Shelby and asked him what they could do to beat Ferrari at their own game. Carroll took this challenge and created some monstrous machines. The body of the AC Cobra came from a British Sports car combination of cars, including the AC Ace Racer. Then, Carroll Frankensteined a massive 427 cubic inch engine with as much violence and brute force going on inside those cylinders as a freight train crashing into a brick wall. The end result was a legendary car, whose according to it's name (the cobra) virtually came up and bit the balls off of every prancing horse and bull emblem that it encountered on the road and on the race track.
The wrath and mind boggling power and acceleration of this car along with the great history of what this car represented is what makes it so desirable even today. With original numbers-matching cars calling for easy six digit prices and many rarer ones like Carrol Shelby's personal AC Super Snake fetch a price of well over $5.5 Million dollars at auction. These cars are extremely fun to drive, and the people who own these cars definitely know how to drive them. If you ever get the opportunity in your lifetime to drive this american icon, I would highly recommend it.
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