Someone help me understand this one.....installing red hood and rear spoiler corners on a blue car? I know lighting can play tricks on color but these components definitely look different than the body.

Minty unused 1965 edition complete, with a spare Bad guy.

Still have mine. Parents bought it for me at a shop in the Fisher Building in downtown Detroit. No box, bad guy missing and for some reason I felt the need to color the pop-top roof panel black.

Could this be the line at AO Smith?

One of the Coolest Sexiest cars ever built !

Yes!

AO Smith took over Shelby GT Mustang production with the 1968 model

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1969/1970:

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The 1968 Shelby Mustang and the A.O. Corporation

https://www.motorcities.org/story-of...-o-corporation

Strange 427 Green Cobra in the add. It has a 289 style exit before the tire exhaust and front braced roll bar. The only 427 I know of with a front braced roll bar is CSX3002 and that has a 289 style front scoop.

That is probably not a real 427 Cobra. Shelby was famous for his ads showing artists renderings of his non-existant Cobras. In the beginning, that's all he had. No reason to change his marketing approach when he adds the 427 model.

----Wish I could remember more about my cousin's 427 Cobra comp car as it was serial #3. I road in it several times, and he throughly scared me to death more than once. It was a raced car and was said to actually have been sponsored by Shelby which was rare. Believe it or not, he decided to sell it so he could buy a Pantera. It is to this day a sore subject with him.
----Tim,,, You probably have the club book with all the various Cobra's listed by serial #. I'm pretty sure he is still listed as the owner in that time period. Soon after I went to work at Classic Motors the boss came to me and asked if I had a relative named Dave. I said yes and he said he had just bought the car from a guy outside of Washinton DC. We had the Cobra restored and ultimatly sold it. I know where the car is today in N.J. and it's not for sale, not that I could even remotely afford it now.
----When my cousin had 3003 for sale he offered it to me for $5500. I had a new 427/435 Corvette coupe and didn't have a dime to spare. Even though I tried to borrow the money, no one would trust a dummy like me so I had to pass. It should be a sore spot with me, but strangely it isn't......Bill S

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That’s me riding shotgun around 1981 in the hills of Danville, Ca.

It felt like I was riding in a large “aluminum” can with massive horsepower.
Also very warm inside that monster.

He also had a 289 cobra in the garage.

----Very cool, Chris!!!.....Bill S

Chris, that is a gorgeous car, what great pictures. It looks like it has the Starburst wheels on it due to the overhang of the fenders.

I think these wheels were called “Sunburst” as I have an old Chevron ad using a 427 Cobra.

Gorgeous Halibrand Sunburst pin-drive wheels.

They were 5 minutes from my house. Bought many parts for my 65 GTO and 72 LT1 from them.....Memories....Now long gone

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When Ford put together the Thunderbolt program to win Super Stock, Mercury also wanted to go racing. But Ford didn't want the competition. So Mercury was forced to run 10" slicks and compete in FX class versus 7" which was the max for Super Stock.

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Ford wasn't sure that the NHRA would accept the Thunderbolt Fairlanes for Super Stock competition, so to hedge their bets they continued with the 427 Galaxie Lightweight program.