| Web Extra: Cobra® Selected Bibliography -- Magazines and Articles |
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Magazines About Cobras and Cobra Replicas: Cobras: High Performance Automotive Legends
A magazine devoted to Cobras -- originals, replicas, history, etc.
Published by McMullen and Yee Publishing, Placentia, CA Kit Car
A magazine for kit-car and auto-replica enthusiasts; frequently features articles on Cobra replicas.
Published by Petersen Publishing, Los Angeles, CA Magazine Articles and Road-Tests -- Original Cobras: "AC Cobra: Car and Driver Road Research Report"
By John Jerome
Car and Driver, March 1963 "Carroll's Cobra Works"
Car and Driver, September 1964 "The Ford in Carroll Shelby's Future"
Car and Driver, June 1965 "Cobra 427 Road Test"
Car and Driver, November 1965 "Le Mans 24 Hours"
By Brock Yates
Car and Driver, September 1966 "Comparison Test: Sam Posey and the C/D Staff Compare Detroit's 1970 Performance Cars -- SS454 Chevelle, Duster 340 and Mustang Boss 302 -- to the Ultimate of the '60s: Shelby AC Cobra"
Car and Driver, February 1970 "Testing the Legend: How It Was When Horsepower Ran Free"
By Rich Ceppos
Car and Driver, September 1974 "1964 Shelby-American Cobra Daytona"
By Len Frank
Motor Trend, January 1983 "King Cobra -- Shelby Cobra, Classic American Sports Car"
By Kent Black
Gentleman's Quarterly, October 1990 "Snakes Alive! Cobra Meets Viper"
By Kevin Smith
Car and Driver, July 1992 "Shelby Cobra 427 S/C: The Loudest Road Test You'll Ever Read"
By John Lamm
(includes short article, "Carroll Shelby -- Straight from the Heart")
Road and Track, August 1992 "Top Ten Cars of 1965: Shelby Cobra 427"
By C. Van Tune and John Pearley Huffman
Motor Trend, November 1994 "Survival of the Fastest: '97 Dodge Viper GTS vs. '64 Shelby Cobra Daytona"
By C. Van Tune
Motor Trend, May 1996 "When Legends Collide: '65 Shelby Cobra S/C vs. Dodge Viper RT/10"
By Jeff Karr
Motor Trend, September 1997 "Stars & Stripes Forever"
(Vintage US racing cars; includes related article on the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe)
By Dennis Simanaitis
Road & Track, January 1998 "Road Testing a Ford/Shelby AC Cobra -- Motor Trend Tests Hot Detroit"
By Jim Wright
Hot Rod, February 1998 "Cobra vs. Copy"
By Patrick Bedard
Car and Driver, June 1998 "The First Shelby Cobra"
By Matt Stone
Motor Trend, September 1999 "The Car That Lived Up to Its Legend"
By Peter Brock
Car and Driver, July 2001 "Death, Deception and the $4 Million Cobra"
By Steve Spence
Car and Driver, July 2001 Magazine Articles and Road Tests -- Cobra Replicas: "They Xerox Cobras, Don't They?"
By Patrick Bedard
Car and Driver, August 1981 "ERA 427 S/C -- Doctor, Doctor, Give Us Another Shot of That Horsepower Magic"
By Rich Ceppos
Car and Driver, October 1983 "AC Mark IV -- A 1984 Cobra in Everything but Name"
By Csaba Csere
Car and Driver , March 1984 "Inside Shelby's Latest Cobra Pit"
By Csaba Csere
Car and Driver, July 1992 "Snake Dance -- Road Test of a Dodge Viper and a Second-Generation Shelby Cobra 427 S/C"
By Jean Lindamood
Automobile magazine, August 1992 "Shelby Cobra 427 S/C"
By Michael Jordan
Automobile magazine, August 1992 "Cobra 427 Reborn"
By C. Van Tune and Jeff Karr
Motor Trend, August 1992 "Performance Test: Excalibur Cobra"
By John Pearley Huffman
Motor Trend, September 1995 "Shelby's New Cobra" (Cover Story)
By Paul Lienert and Mark H. Schirmer
Automobile magazine, January 1996 "Cobra vs. Cobra -- Slithering Heights: Bondurant Superformance Cobra 351 and the Ford Mustang Cobra"
By Barry Winfield
Car and Driver, July 1996 "Carroll Shelby Update No. 337 -- Oldsmobile Signs Deal with Shelby to Provide Engine for Cobra Model"
By Howard Walker
Car and Driver, October 1996 "Silver Bullet: A Unique Tennessee Terror"
By Jim Youngs
Kit Car, January 1997
(Article about a Cobra replica built by Butch Capps, featured guest in the DIY Build a Kit-Car workshop.) "Polish Jet Maker Re-Creates Classic Cobra -- Former Aircraft Factory, PZL-WSK Mielec SA, Converts to Produce the Shelby Cobra"
By Daniel Michaels
The Wall Street Journal, March 28, 1997 "Shelby Cobra 427 Competition Roadster"
Motor Trend, July 1999 "Factory Five Racing Spec Racer"
By Larry Webster
Car and Driver, November 2000 Magazine Articles -- Carroll Shelby: "A Couple of Cart Springs and a Piece of Trace Chain -- Carroll Shelby"
By David E. Davis Jr.
Car and Driver, September 1974 "Shelby Plans All-New Cobra"
By Jack Keebler
Automotive News, April 11, 1994 "He Triumphed Over Fear -- Automobile Entrepreneur Carroll
Shelby (Great Comebacks)"
Success , August 1997 "25 Questions with Carroll Shelby -- In-Depth Discussion with Legend of American Automotive Industry"
(includes related article in timeline format charting Shelby's career)
By C. Van Tune
Motor Trend , December 1997
RESOURCES :
cobracountry.com
Premiere online resource for all things related to CobraB. reproductions. Established by enthusiast Curt Scott, and maintained by Crown Communications of Santa Clarita, CA, the site contains news, articles archives, a directory of Cobra-replica specialists and manufacturers, aftermarket sources, announcements of upcoming shows and rallies, listings of Cobra clubs, links to other Cobra sites, and more.
Cobra Country
Website: www.cobracountry.com
The Carroll Shelby Web Site
The official web site of the man who created the legend.
Includes biographical information, a historical timeline, information about new Shelby cars and products, news, links and more.
Web site: www.carrollshelby.com
Shelby American Inc.
Carroll Shelby's company specializing in manufacture of a new series of authentic Cobras.
6755 Speedway Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89115
702-643-3000
Web site: www.shelbyamerican.com
or
"http://www.shelbyamerican.com/cobra/">www.shelbyamerican.com/cobra
clubcobra.com
Clubcobra.com is an online resource for information on Cobras and Cobra replicas.
Web site: www.clubcobra.com
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