Whether called the “Essex Wire Cobra” or “Ollie the Dragon,” the car being referred to is revered as the winningest Shelby Cobra of all time. This legendary racer tore up America’s racetracks for over ...

A Shelby 427 Competition Cobra, billed as the winningest Cobra of all time, is headed to auction The car will be sold at Mecum's 2025 Kissimmee sale Mecum's estimate is between $4.5 million and $6 ...

Hot-rodding has long been tied to racing and motorsports. As the saying goes, “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.” Seeing factory cars that they could actually own running on track and winning gets people ...

It started with a British sports car that was never intended to endure the wrath of a 7.0-liter American V8, but in 1965 the Shelby Cobra 427 had become the world’s quickest production automobile in a ...

The famed Essex Wire 1965 427 Competition Cobra Roadster, numbered CSX3009, was the lead element in Ford’s max-effort racing efforts of the day, which included a Shelby GT350R and two GT40s. They ...