DYFEA definitely using a shell

DYFEA I think they’re making them 100% from scratch using the the old molds for the body

Each car is 100% from scratch on the company's own rolling chassis, and built under licensing agreements with the original models' trademark owners, GM, Shelby, etc.

@@drive thats so awesome, i was HOPING youd say that

Yeah -- it's a lot of money (around $175k as shown), but the quality's there.

Better quality than anything Chevy or Ford ever made

The 427 was built for Le Mans. That’s how ford won in 1966-1969

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the original Cobra's you're talking about didn't make 600 horses. Not even the 427s, and the 289s were the ones that won races. They have made a couple million vettes in almost 70 years, but they ain't all 60s models. Still a rich man's toy to have a C2 Corvette.

Bobby Tucker - you forgot the Daytona

You’ve got a lot of money my friend

if only superformance could make an affordable Ferrari 250 GTO similar to how they build the Grand Sports and Cobras.

Correct, everything Shelby was producing was destroying the Corvette even the GT350. The only thing left to do was go back to Europe and settle the score with Ferrari. The rest is history.

@@kc-km8du its a shame the grand sport program was shut down by gm because when the Grand Sports were dialed in they were kicking absolute ass. in nassau speed week they were 10 seconds a lap faster than Cobras and Ferraris. The Grand Sports struggled long distance endurance racing though the car was in lack of a better term, too powerful for its own good long distance atleast, the car would break down and retire before it could finish simply because it was that fast and not exactly built to withstand it for a very long amount of time. but in a short race the Grand Sport was an absolute monster.

I got one for sale

That's the Ford-fan theory. Another is that GM pulled out of factory-backed motorsports in '63 because -- with U.S. market share closing in on 55% -- GM management was concerned the government would break up the company (under the Sherman Antitrust Act), and so was becoming more sensitive about adhering to the so-called "gentlemen's agreement" (created after the '55 LeMans tragedy) that was supposed to keep U.S. automakers out of motorsports.

@@drive It came straight from the mouth of Carroll himself followed by the words it was a shame because it would have been fun to compete against them. Shelby already dominated North America and went on to win the GT class at Le Mans by 64. What I would take as fan theory is the story about Shelby Racing Team drivers flipping coins to see who would win. Perhaps you are right, but maybe Shelby was the nail in the coffin.

@@kc-km8du Carroll was the greatest, and an epic smack talker. No doubt he had the upper hand in racing, and an excellent partner-in-mayhem with Hank Ford II. Chevy was dealing with a boardroom full of GM stiffs. Would have been fun to see what happened if Chevy/Pontiac stayed in it for real. (Furtive boxes of parts to TransAm teams, nothwithstanding.)

Same people refused to put a motor above 400 inches in a midsize car!

Everyone knows? How much winning do you honestly think the 427 cobras did? The 289s did all the heavy lifting in competition.

That is a continuance of a C-2.

The original Grand Sports had Girling fixed caliper disc brakes, originally solid rotor, very much the same as the Cobra.

id rather have one with a 377 550hp like the original cars, something about 60s race cars and american ones in particular, sound so nasty i absolutely love it. for me the 377 is the only way to go for this car.

Sean Ryan - it’s a complete rolling chassis ready for drive train

Did beat them by like 10 seconds though.

Sovereign Knight your right it was wayyyy sexy

It beat them by 10 seconds at Nassau speed week in the Bahamas. And the Ferrari GTO’S it beat by 10 seconds as well

Cobras are good looking but it’s always bugged me that they don’t look good as a coupe which yeah that sounds stupid but I looked it up what a Cobra coupe looks like and it’s pretty goofy looking. And they Cobra got its looks from the AC ACE which is British and not Fords design

No it's not , how many decades did it take to catch up w the AC Cobra lol

@@timlink341 true

@@timlink341 it did beat the cobra though.

It beat up the Cobras.

It beat the cobras easily, I believe I read that it was 10 seconds ahead of the cobras and Ferrari GTO’S at Nassau speed week in the Bahamas

Plum Bum history says yes in Nassau speed week in the Bahamas, I read that it was 10 seconds faster than the Ferrari GTO’S and cobra

Lol

The rolling chassis (no engine) starts at $114,000. This one is a bit more than $175,000.

@@drive Fuck that man ill get a viper ACR instead. I'd rather have a Toyota supra with a clean built motor than this thing 🤔

well thats cause youre a generic, tasteless, sack of common dog shit.

@@drive to rich for my blood but sexy af

That's a lot for a replica. It does look cool.

Les Grant they weren’t in the same league... it was better

But I love cobras, I love the grand sport and the cobra

10 seconds faster at Nassau Speed Week, the Grand Sport beat both Ferrari and Shelby

michaelpace64 - $185k

and certainly never raced a cobra daytona coup.

They did race a Shelby cobra. At Nassau speed week in the Bahamas they were 10 seconds faster than the cobras and the Ferrari GTO’S

Because that vette sits as high as a 4wd pickup...

Nico Five’0 even tho this can beat it easily?

I’m not saying anything is wrong with the cobra, I love the cobra and this, these are both iconic pieces of history

I’m not saying anything is wrong with the cobra, I love the cobra and this, these are both iconic pieces of history

Rob 72 indeed it is a cobra killer

It beat the cobra and Ferrari GTO’S in Nassau speed week in the Bahamas

These things raped cobras.

Jonathan Bachman That was the hope.

You need to do some research.

You are also missing the point of what superfirmance is trying to do

Actually it was built to beat the “baby” Cobra (289), the problem was that it was leaked to Shelby pretty quickly so he had enough time to respond with the 427 Cobra before the Grand Sport could hit the track. When GM heard about the 427 Coba the pulled the plug on the Grand Sport. So it never became the Cobra killer GM was hoping for.

@@jameswestfall8028 The Grand Sport was ten seconds faster than Cobras and Ferraris at Nassau Speed Week. The Grand Sport was cancelled because of GMs self imposed racing ban, the only reason the program even took off in the first place was because Zora did it behind there backs. Carrol said himself that the 427 hindered the handling of the Cobra and the 289s actually performed much better on the track than the 427, so actually a 427 Cobra would probably lose by an even larger margin to a Grand Sport than the 289s did.

gatorayde2005 there is. There was 5 original corvette grand sports in 1963. At Nassau speed week in the Bahamas they were 10 seconds faster than the cobras and Ferrari GTO’S

answer: Nassua Speed Week, beat Ferraris and Cobras by ten seconds lmao.

Gabriel Najerra these aren’t bought for the blue chip value, they’re bought for the ride.

@@f2detaboada i know but if you don't drive it often and then decided to sale it your gonna have a hard time selling it since it's a replica I've seen a dealership drop the price of Ferrari testa Rosa replica down to 17 thousand dollars because it's been sitting there for over 6 years

I wouldn't buy a Ferrari Testarossa replica in the first place, I *would* buy a licensed continuation car. The biggest difference between a replica and a licensed continuation car is that these cars go on the serial number record of the company that originally produced them. Another continuation car company is Revology, they do Mustangs, and their continuation Mustangs have all the latest tech luxuries. So technically speaking, and I truly mean in a technical sense, these are pretty much originals.

@@f2detaboada it sounds cool and all but most these companies make replicas and it isn't made by the real company

And that's what turns off alot of buyers

You don't understand what a kit car is

80% of kit cars went unbuilt. The rest look like they were built by Mickey mouse. This is a professionally built replicar.

"C-o-n-t-i-n-u-a-n-c-e"

how so