Dam Problems Dear Editor Pete Lyons article (Fast Lines, Dec. 2012) was interesting because I was involved with both Jim...
Bob Bondurant, who led the Shelby American Cobra team’s successful 1965 World Manufacturers Championship effort, and later established one of...
Founded originally in Massachusetts in the 1980s, SLR Automotive Restorations started out specializing in Mercedes-Benz. In particular, their work with Mercedes-Benz 190 SLs garnered the now North Carolina-based shop numerous Best of Show and class victories in Mercedes-Benz national meets. Current owner Bjorn Nordemo says he purchased SLR in 1996...
Pete Brock, stylist for the Corvette Sting Ray, designer of the Cobra Daytona Coupe, founder of BRE and a multi-disciplined...
Phil Remington, universally recognized as one of racing’s finest craftsmen, has passed away at the age of 92. Remington left...
Phil Remington From hot rods on California’s dry lakes, to the Scarabs (both sports cars and Formula One), to the Cobras and Ford GT40s (Marks I, II and IV) all over the world, Phil Remington stood on the leading edge of racing technology for some seven decades until his peaceful...
Mecum Auctions’ record-setting 10-day auction, held January 18-27, broke the record for the largest collector car auction, based on the...
The over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports;...
Living in Southern California, we’re admittedly pretty jaded when it comes to the classic cars we see on the road, on a day-to-day basis. Porsches, Ferraris, Cobras (real and re-imagined) for sure, but even exotic pre-war machinery. It’s like living in an alternate dimension when you see a Type 35...
• The 12th annual Winter Park Concours d’Elegance, will be held Sunday, November 10, 2013, on Winter Park, Florida’s scenic...
Photo: Casey Annis History is a curious thing, we tend to think of it as fixed and absolute, when in...
Paternity Test Dear Editor, While Carroll Shelby was undoubtedly involved in the Italia project (to a greater or lesser extent), claiming an Italian/American hybrid to be the Cobra’s daddy might be a bit of a leap. Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More)...
As a follower of hyperrealism—a genre of art similar to photorealism—Henry has produced a high-definition body of work, as evidenced...
Photo: Pete Austin Legendary, iconic, brute and monster are all words that can be used to describe the world’s ultimate...
• Historic Sportscar racing (HSR) will sanction a vintage/ historic sportscar race as part of the 62nd Annual 12 Hours of Sebring, America’s oldest endurance race, on the weekend of March 12-15, 2014. The race meeting will also mark the debut of the newly reunited Tudor United SportsCar Championship for...
Daytona Cobra coupe of Jo Schlesser/Allen Grant at speed. Photo: Ford Motor Company The prototype Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe (CSX2287) designed...
In many ways the racing career of Dave MacDonald embodies the image of the light glowing twice as bright, lasting...
Over 2-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports for, successively, the World Sports Car Championship from 1953-1961, the Speedworld Challenge from 1962-1963, and the International Championship of Makes from 1972-1981. This included racing in the great endurance races such...
Masha Pasichnyk is a 23-year-old artist living and working in Kiev, Ukraine, who is presently visiting the USA. Masha’s interest...
Rudy & the ’Ring Dear Editor, I love reading Mike Lawrence’s comments every issue! I always learn something. I believe...
With this month’s cover Profile of the King Cobra, it seemed only natural to access this site where one can find out almost anything about the man who created it, Carroll Shelby. In that context, when reaching the home page, click on the period 1961-1964 on the blue bar across...
Author found the King Cobra to be a rewarding handfularound Sonoma Raceway. The late ’50s and early ’60s were a...
The epic battle between Ferrari and Cobra had begun, but initially the Italian cars were still the best. The winner...
While it is true that this January’s onslaught of annual auctions held in Scottsdale, Arizona, set a new combined record total of $292.8 million (compared to last year’s $248.6 million), this new combined record was made possible due to Barrett-Jackson’s special consignment of the Ron Pratte Collection which tacked an...
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Shelby Mustang GT350 the third annual Carroll Shelby Tribute and Car Show intends...
The third annual Carroll Shelby Tribute and Car Show is aiming to host the largest Shelby GT350 gathering in history...
Bring together Ford-powered special interest cars, Carroll Shelby’s Original Venice Crew and happy enthusiasts, and you would say the Third Annual Shelby Tribute at the Carroll Shelby Foundation and future museum in Gardena, California, last Saturday, May 16, was a raving success! Racing history’s great Mustangs and Cobras blended with modern...
The year was 1965 and I was going to drive a ’64 Porsche 904 owned by Porsche Car Pacific, the...
As part of its annual time-warp journey through the past, this weekend’s Goodwood Revival will feature a 50th Anniversary Reunion...
Continuing the tradition of bringing together the former employees of Shelby American from the 1960s, this 17th edition of the reunion was held November 6 and 7, 2015, at the Cobra Experience Museum (www.cobraexperience.org) in Northern California. With more than 65 former mechanics, drivers, shop workers, craftsmen, managers and staff...