1964 Shelby Roadster

Make

Shelby

Model

Roadster

Year

1964

Listed price

$985,000

Location

Morgantown, Pennsylvania

Transmission

Manual

Mileage

1 miles

1964 Shelby Cobra Roadster Even before he started racing professionally and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Carroll Shelby had a dream of building sports cars under his own name. In 1961, he got the news that AC Cars from England would stop production of their AC Ace model since the Bristol six cylinder engines weren't available anymore. True entrepreneur at heart, Shelby realized that the light and nimble British roadster could be a perfect match for a powerful American V8 engine. With some help from Ford Motor Company and a small team of mechanics, the first Shelby Cobra was introduced in 1962, and the rest, as they say, is of historic significance.