what is a shelby cobra
History of the 1962-1967 Shelby Cobra Carroll Shelbyâs 1962 Cobra represents the pinnacle of the Anglo-American sports car, which combined a classic aluminum roadster body (in this case cribbed from a 1950s Ferrari Barchetta) with a tube space frame and lightweight American V-8 engine. Shelby Cobraâs donor chassis came from AC.