1968 Shelby : Cobra GT500KR

Seller: gt2-001
Price: $200,100
Listed: July 15th, 2006
Location: Tacoma, WA

This is a genuine documented 1968 Shelby GT500 KR Yellow four speed Convertible. It is listed on page 980 of the Shelby registry. This is one of the very few Yellow 500KR four speed convertibles ever produced. A complete restoration was completed in 2004. The original engine has approximately one hour on it since it's complete rebuild. This 1968 500KR Convertible has received a "Shelby American Automobile Club" Concours Silver Award at the 2004 SAAC-29 Competition. Included with the car is extensive documentation contained in three separate binders.... READ MORE and SEE OVER TWENTY ADDITIONAL PHOTOS

More Shelby Cobra information courtesy of Wikipedia
The Shelby Cobra was a Anglo-American sports car built in the 1960s. It was not the first car to combine a lightweight European chassis and aluminium body with a big American V8 engine, but it is possibly the most famous. The later, larger-engined cars are still among the highest-performing road vehicles ever sold.

1964 saw an even larger engine fitted; Ford's famed 427 in³ racing engine (7.0 L) developing 485 bhp (362 kW) and attaining a top speed of 163 mph (262 km/h). Even more extensive rework of the AC design was needed to accomplish this; the big-block FE-series engine was much too large to fit in the standard engine bay. The front tires were moved outward, with extended wheel-arches to cover them, and a new coil-spring suspension was designed.

The Cobra is probably the most cloned car in history; an astounding number of replica Cobras have been produced, to the extent that the originals are in a minority. Some are Shelby Cobra lookalikes, while others are perfect replicas in every detail. In some ways it could be argued that the best of the modern examples are superior to the original, having the benefit of decades of engineering advances and refinement. In 2004, Sports Car International named this car number two on the list of Top Sports Cars of the 1960s.