Cobra

By: Rinsey Mills . 16/66, 16/70, 16/80, 16/90, Ace, Aceca & Greyhound This is the first ever book devoted exclusively to these six-cylinder ACs. The author opens with a review of the company's history prior to the introduction of the 16166 Sports...

By: Wallace A. Wyss . In this book are perhaps the world’s most desirable high-performance cars. From the first of Shelby’s A.C. derived Cobras up through today’s Ford Shelby Mustangs and all of the replicas and clones in between, this...

By: Brooklands Books . Articles in this book cover the new style AC Ace with with AC, Bristol and the 2.6-litre Ford Zephyr Six engines. The last AC engined ACE was built in 1960 and the last Bristol engined car in 1963. The book includes road tests,...

By: Eric Davison . Played out on the covers of Motor Trend, Automobile, and AutoWeek, the saga of the Shelby Series 1 was one of delays, price increases, and unfulfilled promises. Within the walls of Shelby American, the story was even more astonishing...

By: Frank Barrett, Boyd Jaynes . In just five hectic yet creative years, from 1961 to 1966, Shelby American successfully developed three distinctly different high-performance cars: the Cobra, the GT40, and the GT350. Combining Ford V8 power and American...