The First Three Shelby Cobras - The Sports Cars That Changed the Game

The story of the first three AC Cobras created by the legendary Carroll Shelby in 1962, including the prototype that has been described as the 'most important modern American car'

About the author

A 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.

Product details

• Authors: Gordon Bruce
• Publisher: Porter Press International
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781907085550
• ISBN: 978-1-907085-55-0
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 249 mm x 290 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 1128 g
• Illustrations: Over 120 colour and black-and-white illustrations
• Series: Exceptional Cars; Exceptional Cars
• Subject: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Car, motorcycle, moped