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    rshelby ShelbyForums Admin Staff Member

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    Shelby Forums Holiday Giveaway 2012

    Win a Shelby Cobra at ShelbyForums.com!


    Just stop by Shelby Forums, sign in and post a few messages during the month of December and you will be eligible to win a 1:18 model replica of CSX2002, made by Exoto, maker of the finest scale models available today. So, swing by shelbyforums.com and help somebody out by answering a question. Give us a link to an interesting article. Comment on a car or other item for sale on eBay. All you need is 5 posts during the month of December and you could win this amazing Shelby Cobra!

    Details for Shelby Forums Holiday Giveaway are as follows:

    • All posters with at least 5 posts for the month of December will be eligible. (5 posts is not much for a month, just welcome new members, help answer a question, provide some useful information or tell us about an event and you’ll reach that 5 post goal in no time)
    • You must be a registered member before December 1, 2012 to be eligible for this giveaway.
    • Winner will be determined by random selection from the automatically generated list of users with 5 posts.
    • Winner to be announced in January.
    • Prize will be mailed to the member.

    The winner will receive a 1:18 model of CSX2002, made by Exoto!
    CSX2002 - 1962 L.A. Times Grand Prix, driven by Bill Krause, First Racing Cobra
    The second Cobra ever produced was the first Cobra ever raced. Peter Brock put the early development miles on chassis CSX2002 before the younger and more aggressive Bill Krause took over driving duties. Modified only with higher compression and Spaulding Flamethrower ignition, the 260 c.i. engine was virtually stock. Fat exhaust pipes hung below the door sills, and air scoops were added to cool the brake discs, and a roll bar installed. Add a little more ventilation in the bonnet and a small racing screen, and you have yourself a racing Cobra 260! These modifications were more than sufficient for performance. Reliability would prove to be another matter.

    That the Cobra was allowed to race at Riverside at all is attributable to Shelby's ability to charm. SCCA rules required that production cars must have been built in minimum numbers... and the Cobra far from met this criteria. The race stewards had received a great number of entries by Corvette 327 drivers, however, and opened up a class for them. Partly as a result of their curiosity and partly as a result of Shelby's gift of persuasion, the race organizers let the Cobra start.

    At the start, Krause hounded the leading Corvettes. As he grew comfortable pushing the Cobra in competition, he pulled ahead of the field and by the end of an hour had a mile and a half lead! But in its maiden race, a rear hub carrier broke, putting the Shelby American team out of the race. It didn't take a genius to realize, however, what the future held for the Cobra once the bugs had been worked out.

    The real car is currently owned by the Larry Miller Museum.
     

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    rshelby ShelbyForums Admin Staff Member

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    Only a short time left to become eligible to win this exemplary Cobra! Best of luck to all who are in the running. :thumbup:
     
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    rshelby ShelbyForums Admin Staff Member

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    And the winner is....mrmustang! Congratulations! :thumbsup:

    Keep an eye out for another message from Shelby Forums; we will give away another great Shelby related item soon!
     

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