ORIGINAL COBRAS Part 1: Mind-Blowing 289 & 427 Shelby Cobras Unleashed at Lynn Park's Garage | EP20

good for me You can and are used to driving a stick shift. You can drive any of them. Oh Lord. Tell me about that car. Oh, they only built 350 of these cars and no one knows what they are. And very little left-hand drive. This car and this car are predecessors of the Cobra. You can see the similarity. Fix. They do not have wheel arches. Some people call them AC Ace if they have an Ace engine. It is an AC Bristol if it has a Bristol engine. Fix. What engine does this have? Know? Ford. Ford. Of course. 289 very

original

and I like the yellow wheels it has.

Some people come up and say, "Lynn, how could you do that?" I am a UCLA graduate and these are the UCLA colors. I like my yellow bicycles. The one in front is a replica of the 427 but... Is that one made to look old? That car...everyone takes an old car and makes it new, right? I like to take a new car and make it look old. The car was new a few years ago when I did this. And I understand that I have to argue with people if it's real or not. They think it is and I know it isn't.

The yellow car in front is 2176, an

original

car that I modified a bit. I put a five-speed transmission in because we use them on these thousand-mile trips in Montana and Idaho where you go 75 to 80 mph. It has overdrive. Yes, it's like a power play. Most Cobers are geared so low that at 70 mph you spin at 35.3800 rpm. Really hard on the engine. This is annoying. Especially since we're used to 2000 or 1500. Oh my goodness. The black one next to it is just beautiful, another very, very original 289 Cobra. It belongs to my friend. Lynn, Lynn. I know what kind of car it is.

I know what kind of car it is. This is the most if you had to say which one is the most special or unique, but probably obviously original. This is an amazing car. This car became famous because we did not restore it. And there are very few unrestored cars. But the nice thing about it is that it sat for 20 years under a blue tarp in Mr. Offenhauser's backyard in the Offenhauser family. And that's why the varnish aged perfectly and looked very bad. It's uniformly bad. When I started, I smoked worse than two hells. Wow. And I put Marvel Mystery Oil in there and after a while it doesn't smoke.

But it's Dirtbag. You need to smoke a little. Fix. It's Dirty Bag. Wow. We were at a big Cobra-only car show at the Peterson Museum and we had, I think, 75 original Cobers there. Carroll Shelby talked to me about this and said, "Lynn, look at this. There are all these shiny cars and no one's looking at them. They're here looking at this." And he used some bad words. He said, "You've got to let it go. You've just got to let it be." And I said, "Okay, I'm not going to touch anything." And I do not. It makes sense and I like it.

It just idles like a nice little car. I can't believe it's going to go off right away. Check it out. As the years went by, the "Hot Rodders" bought these cars. What do "Hot Rodders" do? They are "Hot Rod" right? After a while, all the cars that started out like this evolved to sound like this one. Hey. This is the Cid. First of all, this is one of the... Five. Five. That's for drag racing. This is one of five race cars built by Shelby. This is the Dragon Serpent. Yes. And Carroll Shelby owned this car. Carroll Shelby himself bought this car.

His friend said, "Carroll, you don't have a dragon snake. You need one." I bought one around 1980 but it needed work. He sat and sat and finally decided to sell it. And he knew I was an old man. He made me promise that he wouldn't sell it. Because everyone else wanted to buy and sell it. You know, make some money. You can make money with it. But I said, "I'm not going to sell that car." Good. I'll turn on the power for you. Well, the amazing thing about what's happening now is that I'm sitting on the Dragon Serpent and I'm going to start...

Oh my God. Where is your key? Good. Wow! Idea officially ruined. Here is your totally original 427. Except a lot of 427s didn't come with side pipes. This one does not have a protective arch. Yes. It doesn't have a scoop on the hood. Well, the traditional street versions don't have a roll bar. Fix. How many times have you sat in this car as a passenger? Never. I have never been a passenger. I was just driving it. This is a fairly original 427 engine. I replaced the valve covers because I like that cover. It's weird, but that doesn't mean anything.

I just like how it looks. But they came like that. It's really simple. Not much happens inside. It's huge, but you can see each of the s

park

plugs. You can work in a distributor. You can adjust the valves. You don't even have to stand upside down to work on the 427 Cobra. And how many horses? This one is probably 500. That's pretty much the standard. A good 427 has about 500 horsepower. And combine that with a weight of 2,500 pounds. It weighs about 300 pounds more due to the motor. That's right, these are four-inch tubular frames. It's three inches. They have large coil springs with shock absorbers inside.

The charges are different. This uses a pin drive system. These use a splined drive for wire wheels. Everything is different. Don't you think suspension is advantageous for racing? Do you like the 289 crossbows better than these? It depends on who you are and where you are. Someone can drive this car faster, someone faster than the 289. It just depends on what track and what drivers. Good. You used to make bicycles. When did you make the bikes and how did you make them? Well, originally they were magnesium. Fix. And they tended to corrode. They were damaged. They couldn't really be soldered and used.

Then we said, "Let's do cartwheels." And we made them out of aluminum, but we completely copied the original 427 bike. We don't try to improve it. And have they all, even throughout the history of the Cobras, been together? Yeah. Where you take a lead hammer and you... It's like a giant nut. Fix. None of the racing cars have it. No. They have different looking windshields. The reason they are there is so that when you walk through the

garage

you can pass by, hit it sideways and break it. And then you have to buy a new one. And then you have to buy two new ones because they don't match the other one.

UH Huh. I want to go there. I want to go there. Okay, do you want to sit on this? Yes. What I tell people who come in is that you're small, so it doesn't matter, but when a big person gets into the Cobra, I tell them to get in and out, don't touch anything red. Don't touch anything red, I understand. Because it's aluminum and it will bend. The correct way to pull it would be to grab this little knob. Move it forward a little and you will hear a click. My God. But doesn't it feel good to sit on it?

I mean, the seat is comfortable. The steering wheel is exactly where you want it. Wow. And what you don't notice when you're sitting in it is that the steering wheel isn't like that. It is not centered. That's the middle. Well, is it... is it tilted? Is it rotated? It's like this because it's not centered, so you have to have room for your hand there. Otherwise you'll be slapping your hand and yelling at the crew chief. Let's talk about your gear. When you drive a car with a stick shift, you want the knob to be right here.

Well, it's all back at 427. The transmission is longer. MMM. It would be embarrassing if we were so far away. Ranking 289 is coming... Right. ...So. It would be awkward for you so they just used it, this was originally from Galaxy where it was turned this way. Interesting. Just turn it around and put it like this and it looks very natural. Sort the gears. First. Secondly, it needs spring. Third and fourth... Very easy. ...they are very easy. And I wonder if it's because you accidentally don't go to the first one that it jumps to the third. Absolutely. Once you leave second place, you move to third place.

Take it out a little because yes, it hums in there. But you will learn that very quickly with him. He drives like a car. I'm just trying to like it for a while and realize that this is what's happening. Yes. Exactly like that. Wow. First gear, anything else I need to know? No, you're covered. Hahaha Wow. I drive Cobra 65 427 with Mr. Lynn Park's shotgun. It is quieter because it is the street version. It's quieter than the 289 race car. Yes. I guess I have a shock absorber here. These shock absorbers are there, but they are not very big.

Turn left here. But you're in good company. Yeah? Because the only other person driving that car was Linda Vaughn. Are you kidding me. No. Oh my god. Wow. Amazing. Wow. You can use that lane over there. And then we stay like this? Is it a highway? Yes ok. I'm, uh, I'm still... I can't believe I'm riding the damn 427 with you right now, Lynn. That is incredible. I feel like the cool factor is off the charts now. God is very soft. This is handled very well. It is a car for a good driver. Is very good. It's very straight.

Man. This one has coil suspension. Yes. And stabilizer bars on all of them. Do you have stabilizer bars? Yes. How are you sitting there? Are you comfortable? A different vision, yes. Other view? I appreciate you giving me this experience. Extremely rare and I enjoy it immensely. I feel like I can see over the hood better on this one because there's no scoop. Yes. Yes, I mean right now, what I see is the road, a beautiful Cobra hood and a steering wheel made of wood. I love it. Man. Horns like a teacher. What car do you prefer? 427?

It depends where you go. Good. In the long run, the 289 is simply easier to use. Wow. I'm in a small club of people who have ever driven an original Cobra. Wow. And you are very calm there. You sit there very comfortably. Well, you don't scare me. Alright. If you were, I would hug you. Oh, look at that. Wow. We did it. It is easy. What an incredible car. Well, you can see as you drive this car, it's open. It's more fun than closed... I don't care what closed car you're in, Lamborghini, whatever. It's just not as fun as an open Cobra.

There are many things that cannot be experienced. Yes. The smell, the sound, of course, its crushing vibrations, I mean, you don't get that in an electric vehicle. No, You can not. It's very generous of you to spend this time with us, Lynn, and let me drive your cars. I really appreciate it. Again, it's fun for me to share these things. I love it, but not everyone. Well, you're a legend in your own right, Mr. Cobra. Thank you. And you, you know what? It was a truly unique experience, a truly special day. Let me know what you think of all this and Mr.

Cobra and we'll see you next time. Hey, do I look cool? "Hot Rodder" Lynn Park. No. And it's a Ferrari and it's going to drive people crazy. Shelby Cobra. I don't like. Speed ​​means going. Oh thanks. Twenty hundred dollars. Here we go. It worked!