Equipment
Upgraded to 289/271hp, chrome wire wheels, narrow whitewalls, tinted sun visors, grille and trunk guards. wind wings.
Condition
Finished its second restoration in 2013, correcting any number of modifications including big hip flares that it had acquired in prior years. Excellent paint, chrome and lightly stretched upholstery. Freshly restored to like new condition.
Market commentary
Sold by Auctions America at Ft. Lauderdale in 2013 with wide hips, flared fenders and wide Torque Thrust alloy wheels for $533,500, then a year later at the same venue for $825,000 with the excressences removed, but still with its replacement 289 engine. A 289 was what you did with a Cobra in the Sixties and while it may not get points from SAAC, it is how it worked. The result here more than adequately compromises the value for the replacement engine and represents a quality early Cobra at a realistic discount from one of the rare, surviving pure one.