Maybe we’re weird or have a slightly macabre view of the world, but every time we see a Shelby Cobra replica rolling down the road, we always think, “Wonder what one of those would be like after a wreck?” Well, our answer is painfully illustrated below with a series of photos we found on the Copart.com website of a Cobra replica that is absolutely mangled. Literally nothing left of the “car” that is identifiable outside of the rear quarter panels, the motor (which is completely free of the chassis) and the wheels/tires. Obviously we have no idea on the back story of this mess but since it is being sold as through Copart’s network of wrecking yards, we’re guessing the insurance company wrote it off. The photo of the bent portion of the steering wheel is kind of creepy due to the fact that it looks about where someone would have been holding it. Yikes.
Interestingly, the listing states that the car is a “1964 Ford Cobra” but it is obviously not a real car as the jagged shards of fiberglass give away the fact that this is not an aluminum body. As we write this the bidding for the car pile that used to be a Cobra replica is at $525. Maybe there are some good pieces in the motor? Hey one wheels looks alright. Ok, we’re stretching.
Thanks for the tip Frank!
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http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/144109246.html
Story for above car.
That’s about what I thought. No chance anyone survived in the Cobra.
Or a Vette or Viper either.
Not a pleasant story.
Depending on what state you live in might be the cheapest way to get a 1964 Cobra Title. The Pink might be worth more than the Pile.
Sold as destroyed..no VIN
The means to an end!
I never like seeing this kind of thing. Driving something like this should be treated like riding a fast motorcycle. Overpowered fun, but just waiting for a chance to bite you.
Here’s the owner’s page at Superformance. http://www.superformance.org/ownersgallery_MKIII/756.html
Looks like he used it hard and really enjoyed it. Rip.
Water pump looks good.
Looks like a Doug Nash trans
I have a cobra replica and have been around them for years. I don’t remember ever seeing one quite that destroyed. Sadly, this seems to happen at least once a year.
Gotta love the damage description: ALL OVER
But it’s still sad that the poor guy died in the crash.
It would make a nice piece of art for a rich car enthusiast.
Although kit Cobras are so cliche. I would still love to own one. Now I have reservations as to their structural integrity. Yes I know this was a relatively high speed head on but this thing looks like it crumbled like a potato chip.
Roll bar’s not even mussed? Wow!
On that Superformance site where the car is in the water it looks like that might be a Gainesville Raceway truck. If so how do you get into water with that at a dragstrip that runs 330mph dragsters?
It’s one thing to wipe out yourself but totally another to hurt innocent by standards. Hope they have recovered.
Gas cap looks OK
roll bar worked good
It doesn’t say if he was drinking. I’ll bet he was.
Anyone that considers one of these shit piles a race car has a death wish.
I’ll bet he achieved maximum ball shrinkage before his lights went out for good.
Ive seen pics of real 64-67 Cobras that died on the track or the street. Other than the Fiberglass they dont look that much different.
Ive seen crashes of Factory 5 kits and they seemed to hold up better than the real ones. There was allot of energy dispersed in this crash the speed must of been really high or it was a freak high speed head
on crash.
I helped fit and paint a couple of these,The ones my friend and I did were The Carol Shelby csx 4000..It was the later models produced by Carol shelby in Arizona as I recall….that’s one handful to drive…short wheelbase…no side and very little rollover protection.
I hate to be a jerkwad but, at 56 years old you oughtta know better. This selfish prick almost took out an entire family because of his small penis. This hits home for me because not long ago some 50-something in a Mustang GT creamed my girlfriend while she was pulling out of my driveway in my subdivision. Speed limit is 25 on my street. Dude hit her doing 80+. If my son was in the back seat, he probably wouldn’t have made it– thank God he was already at day care. I effing hate people that drive like morons because they think their car (or bike) is hot shit, and I think this guy got exactly what was coming to him.
Your real big on compassion dude,