A 2nd Generation 289 Cobra Competition.... [PIC]

Rich Sufficool · 2025-01-24T16:51:53Z

Carroll Shelby saved British AC Motors from extinction and made him much more than a retired race car driver. No longer driving due to a severe heart condition, his brainstorm was to take the very nimble AC sports car and power it with an American V8. He commissioned AC to provide him with chassis modified to accept a V8 and he chose to collaborate with Ford for first their 260 V8 from the Falcon Futura in 1962 and the following year to replace the 260 with the 271 HP solid lifter K-code 289. 473 of the street 289s were built. For his race team, blue printed 289s would sport multi carburetor variants like the 6 Webers on this model which could produce up to 380 HP. The 289 offered great balance and was pretty competitive with the later 427 generation. The body changed for this 289 series (CX7000) included fairly mild fender flares to accommodate meatier tires on Hallibrand wheels with the front flares completed by a riveted aluminum piece that seems to act as a gravel guard. I like the embossed "AC" pedals that were retained almost as a tribute to the Cobra's British origins. This gen also sports the new Cobra badge..I posting pics of this #98 Ken Miles car liveried for the 1963 Road America 500 event. The model is, of course, by Exoto and I bought this one for its unusual side roundels and extended push bars. (I just couldn't stop buying these Cobras! I got this one from a shop at the Indy 500 in '08 after I swore I was going to quit.)

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Marty Johnson

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31/01/2025 12:00 am

I remembered I had some photos for the Annual Fabulous Ford Forever Show in Buena Park. Here are some vintage 289 Cobras, along with one with a 427 SOHC Cammer engine.