One of the year's big celebrations took place this weekend at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California, where dozens of Cobra owners gathered for a 50th anniversary reunion put on by the Team Shelby Pacific Coast Division.
In all the event attracted 1,000 visitors, 150 cars including Cobras, Shelby Mustangs and more, and such luminary guests as Parnelli Jones, Bob Bondurant, Pete Brock and Don Prudhomme.
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http://www.museum.nhra.com/apcm/templates/general.asp?articleid=50030&zoneid=41 Autoblog USA has posted a wonderful gallery of 60 photos:
http://www.autoblog.com/photos/shelby-cobra-50th-anniversary-reunion/#photo-4979419/. Here are some highlights.
The very first production Cobra (
CSX2001)
The Shelby driving school car (
CSX2005)
Two original-owner cars (
CSX2006 owned by jazz musician Herbie Hancock, and
CSX2227 owned by Hank Williams)
A 289 FIA factory team race car (
CSX2259)
The only Stage 3 factory-prepped Dragon Snake (
CSX2427)
Three 427 competition/semi-competition roadsters (
CSX3016,
CSX3026 and
CSX3047)
And two Cooper Monaco King Cobras (
CM/1/63 and
CM/6/64)