{"product_id":"the-first-three-shelby-cobras-the-sports-cars-that-changed-the-game","title":"The First Three Shelby Cobras - The sports cars that changed the game","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe story of three cars, the first AC Cobras created by the legendary Carroll Shelby in 1962.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe prototype CSX2000 has been described as ‘the most important modern American car’, although it was built on a British AC Ace chassis with an American Ford V8 engine. CSX2001 was the first production Cobra and CSX2002 the first to race, leading to a series of competition successes that made Shelby’s Cobras famous and a favourite of sports-car enthusiasts throughout the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCSX2000 was the only prototype Cobra and was retained by the Shelby family until 2016, when it sold at auction for a record $13.75 million.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first production car, CSX2001, was delivered to American race driver Ed Hugus, and subsequently sold to a Frenchman, Jean-Marie Vincent, who raced in the Tour de France and numerous European hillclimbs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCSX2002 nearly won its inaugural race, at Riverside, driven by Bill Krause, but was side-lined by a broken rear hub. The first Cobra win, by this car, fell to Dave MacDonald at Tucson in March 1963.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll three cars are now the pride of car collections in the United States. CSX2000 and CSX2002 are part of the Larry Miller Collection, while CSX2001 belongs to a California-based motorsport aficionado Bruce Meyer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe book is lavishly illustrated with a mix of period and contemporary images, many of which are previously unseen.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecification\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 978-1-907085-55-0\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author – Gordon Bruce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA qualified mechanical engineer, Gordon Bruce was the Road Test Editor of Motor magazine and then a Ford PR manager before founding the eponymous marketing consultancy he still operates 35 years later. His first book concerned the Ford GT40, for which he was awarded a prize by the Guild of Motoring Writers. His associations with the AC\/Shelby Cobra date from 1983, when he won the Intermarque Championship in a 405bhp example.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Porter Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55890858508673,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0633\/0233\/6725\/files\/the-first-three-shelby-cobras-book.webp?v=1783509496","url":"https:\/\/store.hero-era.com\/products\/the-first-three-shelby-cobras-the-sports-cars-that-changed-the-game","provider":"HERO Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}