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CARROLL SHELBY GOES MID-ENGINE | THE COOPER “KING COBRA” YEARS « The Selvedge Yard

So he headed off to Europe and came back with two engine-less Cooper Monacos– and set out to retrofit the very capable racers with his signature formula of good ol’ fashioned Texas testosterone. His crew had just one month, a welder, and a pile of old Cobra parts to turn the Coopers into Shelby’s new lean & mean King Cobra. Get ‘er done.

Shelby/Cooper King Cobra
Shelby/Cooper King Cobra


1963 Cooper Type 61 Monaco King Cobra
http://www.supercars.net/Pics?v=y&s=c&id=2905&p=1963_Cooper_Type61MonacoKingCobra1.jpg

Having an American V8 in a mid-engine sports prototype wasn't a new idea in 1963, however the King Cobra was one of the first to utilize this concept. Much like the Shelby Cobra, it used a British chassis with a American V8, specifically a modified Cooper Type 61 Monaco chassis and the Ford 289 V8...............

http://americanclassicars.com/427shelbycobra/