I’m not a professional, but I was on the 405 freeway here several months ago, and I heard the roar of some beautiful piece of machinery, and I turned around to find out. It was exactly what I was thinking it was a 427 cobra roaring down the freeway, most fucking beautiful sound ever makes me cry

I was at college in the early sixties in Kingston. We made a visit to the original AC factory in Thames Ditton where they made the Cobra. Panels were hand beaten, and the rear leaf springs were coated in grease and wrapped in some kind of cloth. Cars were rolled around the workshop on temporary wheels. Amazing how their cars ended up so special.

Sadly these cars will not be driven, only collected 😮

Your "BOT" still has pronunciation issues.

Mecum and Hemi are hard for AI to say...

@lilorbielilorbie2496

Ай бұрын

LostandFoundTravel So is the number 427. Not 4 2 7.

@BobbyTucker

Ай бұрын

@@lilorbielilorbie2496 , Where did you come up with 427? maybe a part of the pervious commenter's post?

@lilorbielilorbie2496

Ай бұрын

@@BobbyTucker The AI voice could not say 427 like a human can. It said it one number at a time.

@Loulovesspeed

Ай бұрын

Well then, AI needs to go back to school and work on the intelligence part of its name!

@lilorbielilorbie2496

Ай бұрын

@@Loulovesspeed No. We just need to turn off AI .

The very first Daytona Cobra sold for $20 million.

"Guardsman Blue" was one of Fords best colors. I knew some early Mustangs came with it, but didn't know Cobra had the same option. The twin super charged 427 Cobra is not painted in "Guardsman Blue." The GT-40 prototype is painted in "Guardsman Blue", I think the commentator got them mixed up, quite sure of it actually.

The GT40 was based on the English Lola GT Mk76 & was engineered & built in England... Thanks to Ford money etc of course...😊👍

@Johnnycdrums

Ай бұрын

The body looked similar, and different underneath.

I quote: ''The rare 1935 Duesenberg SSJ recently earned the title of most expensive American car to ever be sold at auction. It sold for an astounding $22,000,000 at the Gooding & Company auction during the 2018 Monterey Car Week, which is 60 percent more than the previous most expensive American car, the 1962 Shelby Cobra CSX 2000.''

I got to see and hear a SuperSnake in about 1968. A Old School Master of Aluminum fabrication who worked on exotic cars at his shop in Torrance,ca had one in for body work. As I my dad worked at McCulloch Corp, I was very family with the Paxton Supercharger. The engine idle was very lumpy and the whole tin building shook when he put it in gear. I was not thrilled about the C-6 Automatic in a Cobra. That power train did not make much sense back in the day. Slush boxes did not make for fun on the street in the 60’s. But it was a beautiful car, with a powerful motor that I would like to hear again.

@Loulovesspeed

2 ай бұрын

@nrakma - Shelby used an automatic because he didn't feel that a standard shift could handle that amount of torque and horsepower at that time.

@Johnnycdrums

Ай бұрын

C6 can handle it.

@Loulovesspeed

Ай бұрын

@@Johnnycdrums - Yeah, in your dreams. I love it. You never have to wait long for the typical Geriatric Motors fan to make a ridiculous statement whenever a Ford powered car is on stage! Please admit that your just a Troll and not a real, ignorant Dilbert. C6? Hell, the C7 got its butt kicked by a Ford V6 powered car. LOL

@Loulovesspeed

Ай бұрын

@@Johnnycdrums - That's a really weak joke Dude. Really weak!

I've said it before I'll say it again, I'm a GM Man dyed in the wool, but, there's one vehicle that would lead me astray, that would be the Ford GT-40. It would be a difficult choice to make for number 2, with all the beauty sitting on 4 wheels here at the auction, so I'll leave that decision for someone else, lol. I sincerely thank you for sharing this video of all the historical vehicles, they truly are works of art in their own way.

Gotta get me a "heemy" engine !

AI generated vid.

The Miller collection IS spectacular

Whooping? Can't we get anyone without an English accent to narrate these things?

@ItsJustCars.

2 ай бұрын

Sure, I'll be implementing these on my upcoming videos. Thanks for your feedback!

@stewartw.9151

Ай бұрын

That is not due to an English accent, but a bit of "bot-speak" mispronunciation!

all were awesome stevo

You can never go back

4:00 And got crashed, no longer exists. Bill Cosby once owed it, wrote the comedy skit "200 MPG" aka the car that scared me to death about his brief ownership experience. Carroll owned the original one himself.

The supercharged "Super Snake" were the last of the original run of Cobras. One was for Carrol Shelby, the other for Bill Cosby!

@BobbyTucker

Ай бұрын

Bill Cosby was so scared of his 427 Cobra somehow he got it home and sold it. That came from the mouth of Bill Cosby, lol.

1:10 "Under the hood, you'll find a 425HP seven point zero liter he-me engine". He-me? 2:09 whooping?! Mekham?

@Loulovesspeed

2 ай бұрын

That's computer generated British voices for you!

@BobbyTucker

Ай бұрын

I've encountered that kind of speech error in many UK created narrations.

Narrator - The word is pronounced whaahpping, not whooping, like the crane. Also, the famous auction you cite is pronounced Meeecum, not mekkum!

@robertpearson

Ай бұрын

Ai voiceover is terrible.

@Loulovesspeed

Ай бұрын

@@robertpearson - Hopefully these clowns that use it in their videos will smarten up and realize that the viewers all hate voiceovers, and figure out it is hurting them as many won't watch them because of that, and obviously, they will get no Likes!

I wonder how much one of the 6 Shelby Daytonas would bring or better yet, the winning 68-69 GT40 would bring if it ever went on sale.

I did not know the Super Snake had an automatic.

I think that Gary Cooper's 1935 Duesenberg SSJ should be included, as it was certainly "THE" muscle car of its era and at 400HP, the most powerful production car in the world...by far! Only 2 were ever built with Clark Gable having the use of the other one, but not owning it! In 2018, Gary Cooper's sold for a record price for any American car at auction - $22,000,000! By the way, its 420 cu. in. DOHC straight 8 engine was a hemi head!

@BobbyTucker

Ай бұрын

Does the car still exist? Just another curious mind...

@Loulovesspeed

Ай бұрын

@@BobbyTucker - Yes, both still exist.

A HE-ME engine. Wonder what he thinks that is?

@ROBCAR30GMAIL

Ай бұрын

Even cars can pick pronouns? Just a theory...

The Shelby Cobra Super Snake producing 800bhp in 1966!! Can you even begin to imagine the ABSOLUTE adrenaline tush!!❤

@meesterp

Ай бұрын

One of the two was Bill Cosby's. He did a comedy monologue about it.

@earlpitsch2149

Ай бұрын

Rush?

@BobbyTucker

Ай бұрын

@@earlpitsch2149 , I believe the author is using his/her PC to do the spell-correct.

@Johnnycdrums

Ай бұрын

@@meesterp ; He was funny, and great In "I Spy." First time I heard terms like "Persona non gratis", and "Agent provocatuer." Very advanced show with complicated themes and nuance, kind of educational for a kid of my age.

If only he would fit in the car now

PUBLIC SALES... there are private sales which are never reported.

CARROLL DID NOT PARTNER WITH AC CARS, HE WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN 1 OF THEM AND WHEN THE CAR GOT HERE, HE BASICALLY REIMAGINED/BUILT THE CAR TO HANDLE THE NEW FORD 260 V8 HE PARNERED WITH FORD

I'll take a red 88 Fiero GT with T tops any day

I am not willing to pay more than 30k USD for each of this cars

@Loulovesspeed

Ай бұрын

Well bully for you, oh frugal one!

Sorry, but the Cobra is not a muscle car, it’s a sports car. A muscle car is considered to be a production-based midsized car with a large v-8 shoehorned into it.

@Johnnycdrums

Ай бұрын

It can only be a muscle car if on a 116' wheelbase. Everything else fails the purity test.

Dana Mecum owns the rarest streetcar The one of Two 1970 ZL1 Corvette which are PRICELESS!

@renatolobue

Ай бұрын

I am sure the 2 Corvette ZL1's were 1969 model year.

@user-nl7we4fq1e

Ай бұрын

@@renatolobue NOPE. They were both 1970 registration plus they have the molded in splash guards; one is white and the other is Daytona yellow…

very beautiful work guys

I'm only 2 minutes into this video and the computer voice has already mispronounced a ton of words.

There is something seriously wrong with those who will pay that kind of money for a car. This is coming from an old dude who would be thrilled to own a 1968 plain Jane Roadrunner. And would donate my other millions (if I had it) to worthy causes.

GT40 is right hand drive !

@Loulovesspeed

Ай бұрын

@rtalbot87 - For a couple reasons, most all of the GT40s other than the MKIII road cars, were right hand drive. The car began construction in the UK which utilizes RHD. The reason they remained RHD later was it was more suitable for racing, particularly at Le Mans which had mostly right hand turns. The other reason was Le Mans used to have an open pit area with the left side of the cars exposed to the track, obviously a dangerous situation. RHD made it a bit safer in the pit areas.

That prototype cobra was tested in the uk before going over to america it was tested on public roads namely the new M1 motorway and was clocked at around 165 mph and that very car is the reason we have the 70 mph speed limit in the uk on motorways

@denniswashburn9662

Ай бұрын

NO, IT WAS NOT. YOU ARE MISIMFORMED.

Do they come in red? If they do I'll take 4

Speculator prices 😢

Looks like an ac most of which was made in England

@Loulovesspeed

Ай бұрын

Very perceptive of you! You apparently know little or nothing about the Shelby Cobra, one of the most iconic sports cars in history. Suggest you read up on it as it is a great story. It was started utilizing an AC Ace body and chassis with an American V8 transplanted into it. The power and torque of the small V8 - 4.7 liter and then the brutal 7 liter engine proved very destructive to the lightweight, comparatively fragile chassis, that previously contained a far less powerful six cylinder engine. This necessitated a completely new, substantially stronger one. Even the AC's original body was enlarged to accept the 427 cu. in V8. By then, there was really nothing more than the pedals that remained from AC Cars. A failing British company that had lost its engine manufacturer coupled with a bold, creative American with a specific goal in mind lead to the Shelby Cobra being produced. The rest is history as they say. It is the most copied car from an aftermarket standpoint in the world!

@npco

Ай бұрын

@@Loulovesspeed If it wassent for Carroll Shelby novbody vill remember the AC ACE from 1962 today

@Loulovesspeed

Ай бұрын

@@npco - Only the British probably, as it was a British car for 10 years prior to Carroll Shelby creating the Cobra out of it.

A Pony car, 3 Sports cars and a racecar... not a single muscle car in the bunch.

@Loulovesspeed

Ай бұрын

@BubbaSmurft - I believe you should take the time to look up the definition of the slang expression "Muscle Car" so that you do not appear so......uneducated!

@BubbaSmurft

Ай бұрын

@@Loulovesspeed Methinks y'all need a history lesson lou... a muscle car is an intermediate with a big block. None of those are that. Most think that the GTO was the first, some the 300C.

@Loulovesspeed

Ай бұрын

@@BubbaSmurft - Yeah, well, if you think the term muscle car is purely defined as only intermediate car with big block engine....... you're not quite there! In any event, there is no exact or definitive definition of exactly what makes a muscle car. If it were only as easy as you suggest...But it's not! It has and will be debated forever. Example: 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 is considered the first muscle car by some "authorities." The Pontiac GTO is also considered the first muscle car according to others. The South shall fall again! LOL

@Johnnycdrums

Ай бұрын

@@BubbaSmurft Let's be clear, 116" wheelbase or it does not pass the purity test period.

@Johnnycdrums

Ай бұрын

@@BubbaSmurft ; Everything that is not 116" wheelbase sucks, because by definition it is a non-muscle car.

You need to learn how to pronounce the word hemi

English, You're doing it wrong.

Whooping ?

What about the 1970 ss Chevelle 454 LS6 Convertible

@JamesWoodring-mu2iz

2 ай бұрын

lol what about it?

@BobbyTucker

Ай бұрын

@@JamesWoodring-mu2iz , lol

@JamesWoodring-mu2iz

Ай бұрын

@@BobbyTucker convertibles are for pansys

@Johnnycdrums

Ай бұрын

I don't know, does the wheelbase = 116" plus or minus nothing?

Heymi engine??????

@BobbyTucker

Ай бұрын

lmao!!!

Great cars; TERRIBLE narration!! Do better!

it is pronounced "hemmie" not "heeemy" it is pronounced "WOP--ing" (like mop) not "whoooping" (like whooping crane) it is pronounced "MAY--come" not "mekk-come"

First, the Super Snake pictured was Carrol Shelby's personal car. It's shown in the condition it was in when they got it. Mr. Davis did not scape any paint. It is one of two, the second one was built for Bill Cosby. Second, the most expensive car I know of is a 1962 Ferrari GTO last sold for over $51 million. Nice try Baiter...

@tonydellaquila4299

2 ай бұрын

Look at the title. "Most expensive American Muscle Car". I don't think the Ferrari was built in the U.S. plus it was built for GT3 class racing. Not really an American muscle car.

@onazram1

2 ай бұрын

Carrol sold his Super Snake to Jimmy Webb for 14k, Webb crashed it racing a built Camaro. Webb had the car repaired and had it painted Blue with real gold flake...

shame commentator cannot speak english

@duviworthing

2 ай бұрын

He is speaking English, It's American he can't speak 😅

@stewartw.9151

Ай бұрын

The commentator is a piece of software in fact - a bot!

Mr Shelby doesn’t own anything .He is dead

@kurtbarrett6785

Ай бұрын

Oh fun! Yes I am... I know how 2 have fun 2

@jacobadkins2912

Ай бұрын

Why wud anyone say that ur so disrespectful

@denniswashburn9662

Ай бұрын

@@jacobadkins2912 HE DID PASS AWAY IN 2012

@claudiusconruton2720

Ай бұрын

A McLaren F1's now go for $20 million,, they will be worth $40. million in 20 years.. True engineering

@Johnnycdrums

Ай бұрын

@@claudiusconruton2720 ; Without 116" wheelbase it doesn't qualify.

This is an extremely annoying voice for a muscle car video. Only watched for about a minute.

It’s

Well, I was never a muscle car fan; but they sure as hell are ten times better than these vegan, soyboy, jelly beans they make now.

cobra is nothing but a European a c bristol ACE that shelbie bought the rights to and put a ford boat anchor motor in it. not even an american creation.lolol

Sorry guys but I hate AI voices on videos

Well even then ---- its a complete fool and the bravest of the fools to pay such a ridiculous amount for a car ---- if I had the means i would buy a beautiful house or a yacht or an airplane --- even a beautiful helicopter ---- NEVER for a car ---- doesn't matter who drove it or who died in it or puked on the steering wheel

@wizzard5442

14 күн бұрын

But whoever bought it probably already owns a beautiful house and yacht and plane and helicopter.

Fire your camera man. He sucks. Knows nothing about camera angles or cars for that matter - completely blew the Ford GT by showing only close up shots.

errrrr, AC cars were built in West Bromwich, England, shelby just put the motor in it.

Worthless inaccurate video as usual. 90% of all automotive videos are trash. They fail to identify critical information of the specifications and engineering to be admired or criticized. The beauty of their design and features is subjective................