Ford and the Cobra R

[97snakedriver]

Originally posted by Unit 5302:
The Cobra R is a race car. Probably less forgiving than the 427 Cobra's. I think it's a joke and Ford never should have built it the way they did. At 55k you could build a regular Cobra that would look better, beat the crap out of it, and pamper you too.

I run stiffer springs then the Cobra R. Its not that bad really.

The Cobra R is a dumb name as well. Why does Ford want to copy the import names? Why not resurrect Mach 1, or Boss?

Its the other way around. The original "R" was the 1967 Shelby Cobra Competition. One of the ways to distinguish a CC from a fake was that it had a 'R' in its serial number in a certain location, so it became known as the "Cobra R".