Lot S154 1965 Shelby 427 Competition Cobra
CSX3016, 1966 Sebring Class Winner
Kissimmee 2014, #WhereTheCarsAre
January 17-26, 2014
This Lot scheduled to be sold SAT 3:15PM
After Cobra racer Tom Payne injured himself in a garage accident, his friend, Ferrari driver Bob Grossman, offered to drive Payne’s Cobra at the 1965 Nassau Trophy Races and wound up winning his class. Upon returning home Grossman immediately sold his Ferrari 250LM and ordered a production Competition Cobra from Shelby, one of only 23 of a total of 343 427 Cobras eventually built. CSX3016 was shipped to Grossman’s Foreign Car City in West Nyack, New York on February 28, 1966. More recently, CSX3016 was purchased by a private collector Now finished in its original livery as raced, it is a showcase factory Competition Cobra ready for both show and competition.
HIGHLIGHTS
- 1965 Shelby Cobra CSX3016
- 1 of 23 factory competition Cobras
- Class winner 1966 12 Hours of Sebring
- Driven by Bob Grossman
- Broke track record at Watkins Glen in 1966
- Raced at Lime Rock and Bridgehampton, NY
- Restoration done by Shelby experts Mike McCluskey and Billy Andrews
- Painted in Original Sebring winning colors
- CSX listed in both Shelby Registry and Shelby American Guide 1st edition, pg. 47
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