THE OTHER COBRAS
Ford put a lot into the Shelby Cobra and the company had a lot riding on
the success of Carroll Shelby with his Southern California hot rod.
However, Ford was toying with the idea of building a Corvette competitor
in-house, it only made sense that they would base it on the already
successful Cobra.
While most concepts never get past the drawing and modeling stages, at
least three prototypes were built, including the Bordinat Cobra, The
Cougar II Concept, and the coach built Ghia Cobra. Besides Ford, several
privateers built their own cars with unique bodies mounted to leftover
Cobra chassis or converted race cars.
Here are some of the forgotten Cobras.
Ford XP Bordinat Cobra, 1965
Ford Cougar II, 1964
1965 Mercer-Cobra CSX2451
Willment Cobra Ghia Coupe CSX3055
Ghia Cobra Prototype
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