Hot Rods Hot Rod Sports Cars

Carol Shelby laying rubber at one of his driving classes

 

Photoshop rendering of a 544 I found.
I like it so much I am going to build a similar one from a 1958 444.

Sitting in bare metal on a custom 2x3x11ga tube frame, IFS, 4 bar parallel in rear dropped about 4 inches (channel body 2" over new frame/ floor, 2" drop in suspension).

 

The rear section looks bitchen but the front without the fenders looks like a dolphin with the nose sticking out waaaaay past the hood. IMO, that is one place to make changes / improvements.

- EM

 

Rick thats from Dover dragstrip, mid to late 60's.

Pat

 

The Coco/Arena car entered in the 1964 Targa Florio by Shelby American for Ford Italia. The car dropped out on lap 7 of 10 with a broken oil line. The Gurney/Grant car was the best finishing Cobra in 8th outright and first in the over 3 litre class.

Roo

 

1953 Allard K3

 

Flying cobras LOL

 

Hot rod sports cars a.k.a. kids and cars...

 

I thought you quit Smoking............... LOL

 

The one and only Cheetah in Europe I believe, and it lives not too far from me here in Austria. This was uploaded on a FB group for a local equivalent of Cars & Coffee, hope to find out more about it next season.

 

Duncan Pittaway of "Beast of Turin" fame, also owns one in the UK.
Cheers,
Stewart.

 

@ Limey Kid: I didn't know about that one. Oh and strictly speaking you're about to leave us soon

 

Interesting photo. The #98 was Ken Miles' car in the USRRC but it always ran with longitudinal stripes (in wide body configuration).

Roo

 

England?

 

De Mortemart/Vincent at the Paris 1000Kms at Montlhery Autodrome in 1964

Roo