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Carroll Shelby, talented North American manufacturer, having noticed a graceful spider English manufactured by AC with a small engine at Bristol 6-cylinder in-line, thought that if they could get an interesting sports car with features far more driven; so, the fact 'Agreement with AC and supported by the Ford, which was linked by close ties, it ricavò suffered grintosissimo spider, which was in subsequent years and great commercial success, especially sports.
In his Factory, which was the name "Cobra" denotava the highly aggressive nature of his achievements, the original spider, with much more "muscular" and processed Ford 8V, reflecting the initial 260cv (4.260cc), passing through the 289cv (4.735cc), 427cv (7.000cc) Latest versions, it became a real beast of Amst of American tracks, where fagocitava often with apparent ease, all opponents.
In 1964, with the 289 Roadster, the Shelby Cobra wanted to try to get off the field in Europe along with the beautiful "sisters" coupé, earning here, although to a lesser extent, excellent placements in almost all races.
The Targa Florio, with its tormented 72 km of curves, it was not the ideal ground for strapotenti American roadster, and in fact, of the five matches, only one saw the goal piazzandosi eighth place overall, but still destarono great interest and curiosity, if only for their gritty character and pilots of great prestige that leading.
For these reasons, we decided to play the four official cars (one was headed by 'crew consisting of local pilots from Coco / Arena), present the classic Sicilian competition with the race numbers 142, 146, 148 and 150 among them the model can choose one favorite.
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