Porter Press – The First Three Shelby Cobras

This book tells the story of three remarkable cars, the first AC Cobras created by the legendary Carroll Shelby in 1962 and now favorites of sports-car enthusiasts throughout the world. Although it was built on a British AC Ace chassis with an American Ford V8 engine, the prototype CSX2000 Shelby Cobra has been described as ‘the most important modern American car’. CSX2001 was the first production Shelby Cobra and CSX2002 the first to race, leading to a series of competition successes that made the Shelbys Cobras famous and a favourite of sports-car enthusiasts throughout the world. This book is lavishly illustrated with a mix of period and contemporary images, many of which are previously unseen.