Complete Book of Shelby Automobiles - Cobras, Mustangs, and Super Snakes

List of contents

Contents

Introduction: The Chicken Farmer Decides to Build a Race Car

Section I: First Bite: The Shelby Cobras and Other Early Projects

Part 1: 260/289 Cobras

Chapter 1: Leaf-Spring Cobra Street Cars

Chapter 2: Leaf-Spring Cobra Competition Cars Roadsters

Chapter 3: Cobra Daytona Coupes: As Good As It Gets?

Chapter 4: Small-Block "Dragonsnake" Drag Racers and Slalom Snake: Snakes for Straight Lines and Parking Lots

Chapter 5: 1963-1964 Shelby "King Cobra" Cooper Monacos

Part 2: 427 Cobras

Chapter 6: 427 Cobra Street Cars

Chapter 7: 427 Cobra Competition Cars

Chapter 8: 427 Cobra S/C and S/C Completion Cars

Chapter 9: 427 "Dragonsnake" Drag Racer

Chapter 10: 427 Daytona Super Coupe

Chapter 11: The Other Super Snakes: The Twin-Paxton Supercharged 427 Cobras

Part 3: Other Shelby Projects

Chapter 12: 1964-1967 Sunbeam Tiger: The Red-Headed Stepchild

Chapter 13: 1968 ShelbyToyota 2000GT SCCA Program: Tokyo Drift

Section II: Shelby Fords

Part 4: Seeing a Man about a Horse: The Mustang Years

Chapter 14: 1965 GT350: The Texan Gives the Pony Some Teeth

Chapter 15: 1965 GT350 Factory Competition Models (R Models)

Chapter 16: 1965-1966 GT350 Factory Drag Cars

Chapter 17: 1966 GT350

Chapter 18: 1967 GT350 and GT500

About the author

Colin Comer, respected authority on collector cars, is editor-at-large for Sports Car Market and American Car Collector magazines and a contributing editor for Road & Track magazine. Colin also regularly appears in such diverse publications as the New York Times, Business Week, USA Today, among others. Comer is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed books Million-Dollar Muscle Cars, The Complete Book of Shelby Automobiles, and Shelby Cobra Fifty Years. When not writing about cars, Colin is an avid vintage racer and pilot. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with wife Cana, daughter Remington, and a herd of dogs. Official Website: www.colincomer.com

Summary

Shelbys are the most iconic performance cars in the history of the American auto industry. This lavishly illustrated work conducts readers through Shelby American's forty-plus years. An exhaustive review of American high performance, from the first Cobra produced in 1962 through today's fire-breathing, world-beating Shelby GT500KR Mustang, The Complete Book of Shelby Automobiles offers an in-depth look at the ultra high-performance cars that have made Carroll Shelby a living automotive legend. With extensive details, specs, and photographic coverage, this book is the ultimate resource on America's most exotic performance car.
See Motorbooks author Colin Comer interviewed by Jay Leno on JayLenosGarage.com: www.jaylenosgarage.com/video/jays-book-club-lee-klancher/1211582/

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“In a few short years, Colin Comer has emerged as a leading voice when it comes to muscle cars and other high-performance American machines. Packed with great vintage images (and much current color photography), it’s perfect for anyone with an interest in great American sports and racing cars.” – Hagerty’s
“No doubt, when they say complete they mean it. The book is some serious reading at around 256 pages, but well worth it. Comer teamed up with one of my favorite automotive photographers, David Newhardt, who produces some amazing photos of various Shelby machines throughout the book. You'll also find plenty of historic photos in the mix. If you are at all interested in Carroll Shelby and Shelby American, I recommend giving this one a read.” – About.com

Vintage Motorsport
“Who needed another book on Shelby anything, yet author Colin Comer delivers in spades, taking the reader on a ride through Shelby American’s exciting 40-plus years, from the very first Cobra to the New Millennium Shelbys. Blended nicely with historic and contemporary photographs, pleasing graphic design adds to the informative and pleasurable read. Specs and details abound, so yes, it’s well worth adding this to your Shelby book collection.”

Sports Car Market
“Colin Comer may have been born to do this book…a beautiful book on every level… this book has it all – lovely writing in a tone of a friend over a pint telling you stories about cars that got away, handsome photographs, important photographs, plenty of inside information and insights, all bound up in a package as elegant and purposeful as the Cobra itself. Bravo.”

Muscle Car Enthusiast
“A lot of ink has been spilled chronicling the life and times of Carroll Shelby, so it’s not easy to produce a Shelby book that delivers a fresh take. Colin Comer’s The Complete Book of Shelby Automobiles: Cobras, Mustangs, and Super Snakes is one of those rare volumes that covers a lot of familiar territory yet finds new things to say.”

'a lavish and detailed study into the machines of the world's most famous (and fastest) chicken farmer'
'a joy to read… well-written and comprehensive’

Product details

• Authors: Colin Comer
• Publisher: Motorbooks International
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.01.2015
• EAN: 9780760346549
• ISBN: 978-0-7603-4654-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Complete Book Series; Complete Book
• Subject: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Car, motorcycle, moped