Carroll Shelby introduced the Cobra to the world in 1962. The initial motor in the Cobra was a Ford 260, but the legendary designer would soon swap this for a 289 V-8. This particular year Cobra would ...

These big block Blue Oval engines defined an era of American muscle with huge horsepower and performance that dominated drag strips, highways, and racetracks.

It's amazing what you can do if you just think outside the box a little bit. That's what Carroll Shelby did when used a hefty dose of American ingenuity to transform a little British roadster called ...

The Shelby Cobra is one of the quintessential performance cars. It’s a machine with few equals in terms of presence or engagement, and one whose historical significance is bolstered by seven-figure ...

HOT ROD's latest project car is a Factory Five Cobra that has been a long time coming. We've had the basic kit for quite some time now, but a project of this magnitude brings out our innermost ...

Introduced in the 1960s, the Cobra was the vision of a single man. Carroll Shelby asked British automaker AC Cars if they would be interested in a Ford-sourced V8 for the AC Ace, and the rest, as they ...

So last month we removed the old, heavy 390 big-block Ford out of our '67 Ford test truck and added a new Ford Racing 427 small-block crate engine. We installed the engine, and to our surprise, we ...

The Boss 429 and 429 Super Cobra Jet were both vastly underrated for horsepower. But that similarity masked huge differences ...

Carroll Shelby’s personal Super Snake is a Cobra that is indisputably one of the most important and collectible Cobras of them all. Of course, any Shelby Cobra is desirable, whether it’s powered by a ...

The formula was not necessarily a new one. Hot-rodders had been stuffing big engines in 1932 Deuce Coupes long before Carroll Shelby shoehorned a Ford small-block V-8 into a lightweight British sports ...

A clean, original, authentic Shelby Cobra is one of the most valuable American cars out there. Add the S/C “Semi-Competition” package and you have yourself a $2 million car. At least that’s what RM ...