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AMT SHELBY COBRA 289 1:25 SCALE MODEL KIT
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A CLASSIC KIT FOR EXPERIENCED MODELERS: AMT’s 1/25 scale 1963 Shelby Cobra 289 is a great project for any experienced builder who likes a classic roadster. Add it to your collection today!
FEATURE PACKED: The 1963 Shelby Cobra 289 Roadster custom kit features eight real metal injector stacks, a 289 cu. Inch engine, fastback top, GT steering wheel, drag grille and drag fuel tank, tonneau cover, pad-printed drag slicks, and more customizing options! This kit also includes a huge 6” x 8” BRAND NEW colorful decal sheet loaded with options and comes in new vintage style AMT packaging.
QUICK SPECS: 1/25 Scale, 150+ Parts, 6 Inches long once assembled. Parts molded in white and clear with many chrome plated parts, eight metal injector stacks, two metal axles, and eight vinyl tires. Plastic model kit paint and cement required. Skill Level 2.
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The AC Cobra, sold in the United States as the Shelby Cobra and AC Shelby Cobra, is a sports car manufactured by British company AC Cars, with a Ford V8 engine. It was produced intermittently in both the United Kingdom and later the United States since 1962.

Like many British manufacturers, AC Cars had been using the Bristol straight-6 engine in its small-volume production, including its AC Ace two-seater roadster. This had a hand-built body with a steel tube frame, and aluminium body panels that were made using English wheeling machines. The engine was a pre-World War II design by BMW which by the 1960s was considered dated. In 1961 Bristol decided to cease production of its engine.

In September 1961, American retired race car driver and automotive designer Carroll Shelby wrote to AC asking if they would build him a car modified to accept a V8 engine. Bristol engines for the AC Ace two-seater sports car had recently been discontinued so AC agreed, provided a suitable engine could be found. Shelby went to Chevrolet to see if they would provide him with engines, but not wanting to add competition to the Corvette they said no. However, Ford wanted a car that could compete with the Corvette and they happened to have a brand new engine which could be used in this endeavor: the Windsor 3.6-litre (221 cu in) engine – a new lightweight, thin-wall cast small-block V8. Ford provided Shelby with two engines.

A few changes were made to the production version:

The inboard brakes were moved outboard to reduce cost.
The fuel tank filler was relocated from the fender to the center of the trunk. The trunk lid had to be shortened to accommodate this change.
AC exported completed, painted, and trimmed cars (less engine and gearbox) to Shelby who then finished the cars in his workshop in Los Angeles by installing the engine and gearbox and correcting any bodywork flaws caused by the car's passage by sea. A small number of cars were also completed on the East Coast of the US by Ed Hugus in Pennsylvania, including the first production car; CSX2001.

The first 75 Cobra Mk1 models (including the prototype) were fitted with the 4.3 L (260 cu in).[10] The remaining 51 Mk1 models were fitted with a larger version of the Windsor Ford engine, the 4.7-litre (289 cu in) V8.

In late 1962, Alan Turner, AC's chief engineer completed a major design change of the car's front end to accommodate rack and pinion steering while still using transverse leaf spring suspension (with the leaf spring doubling as the upper suspension link). The new car entered production in early 1963 and was designated Mark II. The steering rack was borrowed from the MGB while the new steering column came from the VW Beetle. About 528 Mark II Cobras were produced from 1963 to the summer of 1965 (the last US-bound Mark II was produced in November 1964).