Description
This 1966 Shelby GT350 was purchased new by Don Nesbitt of Salisbury, North Carolina. It was restored during the 1980s, then converted for vintage racing at the beginning of the 1990s. It was further tuned for competition by Cobra Automotive in Connecticut, then sold to a new owner who continued to race it. Over the years it has competed in events under the auspices of the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association, Historic Sportscar Racing, Sports Car Club of America, Vintage Sport Car Drivers Association, Vintage Sports Car Club of America and the Shelby American Automobile Club. One of the first cars to be built up by Cobra Automotive, it carries their serial plate #004 and Vintage SCCA log book #031-901. As built by Cobra Automotive, it had a vintage-legal 289 cubic inch engine with a Motorsport block, billet main caps, JE pistons, Crower rods, 351W heads, a roller cam, ARP studs, Aviaid oil pan, MSD ignition, a blueprinted Holley carburetor, billet March pulleys, Hooker headers and an R-model oil cooler. The current owner raced it in the Reno and Portland Historic Races, and at the Coronado Speed Festival at San Diego in 2006. In 2007, it ran in the Wine Country Classic at Infineon Speedway, formerly Sears Point, and achieved second in class at Reno. Events for 2008 have included the Wine Country Classic and the Reno Historics. It has but two hours on a rebuilt engine, including new pistons, rods and crankshaft, and is now configured to Historic Motor Sports Association General Racing specifications. Painted in correct Shelby red with a black interior, it is competition ready, a turn-key vintage race car.
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