Know your role Lol

You'll be alright man. Not many people can say they drove a Cobra. RIP Voicebox though 😂😂😂😂

We are your HR

Hey this car sent you into puberty, that’s a plus😆

Hey your voice cracked and you’re probably growing hair on your naughty bits now James. It’s time we had a talk about what it means to become a man.

© that shit! 😄

That just made my laugh😂

he really do sounds like he is

@@bennetulbricht9922 kkk

😂

That’s fantastic joshua! Hope you’re having fun with it!

His long did it take?!

@@deankruse2891 I received my kit December 2019 and it was registered June of 2021. I could have been done sooner, but I moved during that time and was unable to work on the car for about 3 months. Also, the DMV was a huge delay due to the coronavirus. They say it takes about 400 hours to complete the kit. If you're interested, check out the build school that Mott community college offers. You go from bare frame to driving car in 3 days. Granted, it's not an accurate depiction of what it's like to put one together yourself. Let me know if you are planning to build one, and I can give you plenty of tips that I learned along the way.

what was the final cost of all the parts?

@@paulleatham6830 Mine was $40k before paint and body work. If you have the correct mustang for donor parts, you could build it for less that $15k. It's all based on what you have, how much work you're willing to do outside of your build, and what options you want.

Not to ruin the joke, but it was Parnelli Jones who said that. You never know if drivers are serious when they say stuff like that, though. Sometimes it's just a psyche. But in this case, I think Jones was referring to the original Trans-Am cars in particular, which were a bit crude and unwieldy even by the standards of the 1960s. IIRC, Jones won a T-A race at Riverside, in which he actually passed at least one car by going off-track into the dirt (not grass -- desert dirt and rocks). Only a Trans-Am car or a NASCAR 'stock car' was robust enough to do that sort of thing. I guarantee you he didn't drive Indy cars in the way he described. He would not have lived out a single season, maybe not a single race, at 180MPH between concrete walls or ARMCO barriers, with essentially no driver protection whatsoever.

*Hell naw*

HALELUJA!!!

who's jessica?

@@mybugatti100 that's the mystery

Now I'm picturing James in a tree outside her house. "That is Jessica and I'm James. Welcome to Extra Creepy Throttle House."

Great Throttle House lore.

Jessica is the reason James left England for Canada

🤣🤣🤣

I can't see ever being rear-ended in a Cobra, it's always too far in the lead... THANK YOU CARROLL SHELBY FOR YOUR INSANITY!

What's timestamp

@@digitalvectordrawing318 7:20

That was gold

Thanks for sharing and you're a legend and a braver man than I to put 70k on it!!

I'm glad you drove it! It's my dream car.

I can’t wait to build one myself. It’ll be a while until I’ll have time and financially secure enough to start building one and I can’t wait. I’ll put it on my last will and testament along with any other cars I might build.

what kind of engine and transmission did you have in it if you don't mind me asking

@@gallants4527 351 windsor block bored and stroked to 427. Dynoed at 503. Holley 650 DP. Transmission is a 6 speed tremec T-56. IRS with a Tbird Super-coupe 8.8" pumpkin.

Cmon Jessica it's perfectly normal

Waiting on Jessica's response.......

Who’s Jessica ? 😅 sorry but I’m new here

@@Gumbear93 Jessica is jo

@@vickykaushik8764 He didn't fall for it, unfortunately.

LMAO!! My thoughts exactly!

@@maxcactus7 Cobras ROCK

It is I drive it without my drivers license and i almost wrecked it

@@kellenfisk6596 and i’m 100% sure that it was fucking worth it

They are.

I promise you, even people that don't know about Cobras or what they are... have stories about Cobras.

I seriously doubt the same type of stories will be recounted when a self righteous Karen nearly runs you over rushing to Starbucks in between soccer games in her Tesla plaid

I mean if you gotta get groceries you might as well have some fun along the way.

Great story!! Any idea who the lady was? Curious minds want to know... ;)

Well if I owned a Cobra I'd use it for the same thing, it has a trunk and is capable of going from A to B easily, so why not use it to efficiently visit friends or grab Cosmic Brownies? We can go to the track another day.

I like them in blue with white stripes, but that’s just my opinion

I like them with the original wheel and tire package. Looks absolutely criminal to not use it.

Was driving behind one yesterday...what a car! Tried to stay behind it for as long as possible. The looks, the sound..the presence. Cobras are forever!

I agree 100%, I am 57 and have loved these since i was a little boy. I am planning a trip to Ultimate Classic Cars in Texas and hope to buy a kit within a few months.

Im sure if you speced it you would have done at least something differently

Sounded more like an eunuch to me 18:25

Well, not really sure if that is possible for either of them. Classic Low T symptoms.

James becomes AMERICAN

Best one yet!

@@Mgoblagulkablong ouch😫

Yeah, and not metaphorically... it actually sounds like a fucking lion! What an amazing car.

I had to replay it a few times, the sheer roar

No joke, my seven year old son came running in my room after that and said he heard something. I asked him what it sounded like, he said it was like a lion roaring. I had the pleasure of looking him in the eye and telling him "Son, that's no lion... that's a Shelby Cobra." LOL He was totally into it after that.

9:07 9:17 9:43 9:53 and so many.. This video of TH has one of the best sounds of joy.

10:07

Zowweee!!

Hahaha

Yep thank you our mistake! We’ve edited the video to remedy it but KZfaq takes like 7 hours to show the fix

@@jamesengelsman9369 Seven hours later and the original line is still in the video.

@@no1DdC is it? I don’t see it?

Keep in mind the 2015+ Mustang IRS components were the first that could handle this horsepower. The first three iterations of the Factory Five Roadster used Thunderbird IRS components and the axles blew up frequently.

@@jamesengelsman9369 it's at 6:50

Wait... ur the real autotrader!

I'm not really feeling that sorry for Jessica. She seemed to have been the type of nagging lady to have picked on a lot of me- uh, I mean CARS' insecurities...

@@bigmanmegee lmao wow, good catch. Whos jessica?

*Some girls like it bent.*

Hahahahahahahahaa.

Legend

Absolute top lad

Love that energy

...and there are plenty of ways to tone the car down. You'd be fine using the old modular 4.6L, very smooth, solid 300hp for instance. But that's the cool thing about FFR Cobras, you can do whatever you want!!

No one said you shouldn't. Each car has a niche to fill, was built to fill a specific need. Those needs don't always include comfort or practicality. You want a vintage race car that is wholly impractical, then get it, no one is telling you not to, no matter how much you want to feel like you're bucking convention. This car isn't for me, but even with different priorities a guy like me can see the appeal of a fast, light, powerful, and downright beautiful car that is a snapshot of auto history. Shelby didn't give a damn for comfort or practicality, he built a race car, a fast and loud monster. So go play with your expensive race car and pretend you're being persecuted over it.

Get it now start the build then it will be ready and reveal it at your retirement party

Get one and drop in a 5.0. Might cost 10k but it’ll never die

shaked his head and said no no you cant. I played it back several times had me rolling.

Imagine spinning the wheels in 3rd when you're already doing ~60km/h. One little wiggle and you're in the ditch faster than you can squeak "And I'm James!"

Ah yes. The good old days!

Ah yes the age where so many people died in racing, lovely :)

@@3xoticG4m3r died instantly doing what they loved one of the best ways to go

@@3xoticG4m3r dont be a goof

I have never driven an ACR Viper but I HAVE driven a FF Cobra with a very healthy 351W and it was NO JOKE....a car that was just waiting to kill you at any opportunity where your attention wandered for more than a tic.....

Randy Pobst said the ACR puts the power down better than a GTS or TA Viper so compared to a regular Viper it should feel much more planted and neutral.

@@aryaahmadi4029 YES. The ACR puts down the power & grip better than most, but this little light weight over powered machine would be wilder & more out-of-control. Not necessarily faster around a track.

@@barrydraper Absolutely right. It takes a Formula1/Indie car driver to get the max out of a Cobra. (in my opinion)

It's a switchblade knife disguised as a sports car.

@@andyb1653 It's more of a blunt hammer.

@@paulklp8262 All respect due, I disagree. They took the engine out of a blunt hammer, though ;)

@@moa-wg3bo definitely, savagegeese is so good too.

Oh yes.

I'm not the only one then! I've spent countless hours in car configurators messing with options.

I'm right there with ya

@Drone Strike Even a high mileage beat up terminator cobra still goes for $20k lol.

the early sn197 gt500 would be a better comparison.

They live that long ? Lol

@@AK-lw2jw How could I forget about that one, they seem so cheap nowadays that it shouldn’t be difficult in snagging one

Yep. This car would be just as exciting and much more manageable with 300 hp.

NO Way! To quote the great Tony Montana...."Nothing exceeds like excess...."

Not at the moment lol

@@peterseverin517 yeah most scared country on the planet now 😟

Didn’t your authoritarian government shut down the entire country for one “Covid” case?

Ford gt

the last few F&F movies have been garbage though. unrealistic action scenes meant to excite toddlers

I thought we got a glimpse into their poo faces.

I had to google this, and it doesn't feel SAFE at all.

@@Maxime-ho9iv You are probably correct! One thing that might slightly help is the engine builder I'm working with is putting a computer in that will let me turn on a basic traction controller system. When I turned 16 my dad let me drive all of his other really nice cars but other than pulling the Bugeye in and out of the garage to wash and wax it I wasn't allowed to drive it until I went to racing school. Even after that it was made clear to me that if he heard of me doing stupid things in it or any of the other cars and wouldn't be allowed to drive any of them. We lived in a kinda small town, Carson City, Nevada, so things did get back to him especially when I was driving cars that stood out. I remember getting home and being asked why I had the top down on the Saab convertible that was my daily in the McDonald's drive thru while it was snowing lol. He didn't care he just thought I was a bit crazy! I Bugeye probably won't be finished till next Spring but the paint is finished so I think I'm going to put a video out going over the project in the next month if you want to see more!

That's a big ol' Steak!

Hell yeah...lol. I had to watch the movie again, after I bought a sound bar for my tv.

@@BNN-hy7iz well done! how was it?

Ford vs Ferrari ❤

@KZfaq Sucks Same here but the storyline is quite nice