1965 Shelby Craftsman built GT350 R Tribute loyal to the SFM5R098 car.
VIN: 5T09A187976
Cobra is a Shelby craftsman build loyal to the seventh and most famous 1965 GT350 R SFM5R098.
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Owners Description
The 1700-hour rotisserie, ground up build used a very rare GT 2+2 donor car with Special Handling Package. Only 559 of these cars so equipped were produced out of some 560,000 total Mustangs built in 1965. This car as equipped was used as the donor car for the GT350 R.
What makes Cobra a “one-of-one” build is that she is Shelby built by Brad Hornbaker a Shelby certified career Ford Special Vehicles Team trained Master Service Technician who serviced his Ford dealership’s Shelby and Saleen cars.
Cobra is purpose built to dominate SCCA’s newest Autocross class: “Classic American Muscle.” Competitive Autocross cars must be able to aggressively “accelerate, brake and handle.”
Cobra is a 4 second 0-60 super car!!! The power needed to achieve such a stunning 0-60 time comes from a Prestige Motorsports custom built 347 Stroker making 450 HP and 427 lbs. torque. The car’s 2269 lbs. also supports such performance. Cobra’s aluminum powertrain and drivetrain components enabled a 250 lb. weight reduction enabling a 50-50 weight distribution. Shelby would be proud!!
Cobra uses “active aerodynamics” to create downforce. You will not see another Mustang with Peter Brock’s aero front fascia and air dam that accelerates air up and over her 450 HP 347 Stroker and feeds cool air thru her vertical brake scoops connected to hand formed aluminum brake ducts that travel along her front frame rails back to her big Wilwoods.
Cobra also wears Peter Brock’s air dam that creates a high pressure zone in front of the dam and a low pressure behind the dam that sends air up and over the engine and accelerates air under the car that when combined with slower air moving over the top of the car creates downforce. The rear also wears modern “diffusers” to pull from under the car reducing vortex drag.
While Cobra stands out from other GT350R cars, her new flashy livery by Florida’s Wicked Paint has people doing double takes. Cobra radiates rainbows from her Paint with Pearl’s Silver Holographic metal flake infused into her House of Kolor Show Quality Kosmic Klear. And if her metal flake rainbows fail to grab you, her black Le Mans stripes bordered in orange will make one rub their eyes in disbelief. And those stripes are not just an after thought!! They are worn by the seventh GT350 R SFM5R098, the only GT350 R to wear her sponsor Essex Wire’s corporate racing team colors!!
Cobra’s build re-engineered her powertrain, drivetrain, and suspension.
Powertrain
Cobra 347 Stroker by Prestige Motorsports
450 HP 427 lbs. torque
DART block
CNC aluminum 185 cc heads
SCAT crank.
King bearings
DSS 10:1 pistons (93 octane, non-ethanol required)
Comp Cam “Extreme Energy” Stage 4 cam with a tight 108 LSA enabling more torque to come on at a lower RPM as well as enabling power to come on more abruptly!! The 108 LSA has a choppy lope at idle
Scorpion 1.16 rocker arms
MSD black small cap dizzy & 6 AL box, 9 mm MSD plug wires
Trunk mounted battery.
Painless wiring
Be Cool three row, cross flow aluminum radiator w electric fan.
Shelby logo hoses
Shelby logo expansion tank
GT350 R Oil Cooler
Quick Fuel Black Diamond SS 650 carb
Edelbrock RPM Performer black intake
Shelby GT350 R spun aluminum air plenum.
Shelby GT350 R porthole hood
Dimpled radiator filler panel
Pro Comp 4 HP Mini Starter
Shelby TRI Y long tube silver headers and 2.5-inch side exit pipes
CVF Racing billet serpentine pulley w Gates 8 ridge wide belt.
AVIAID GT350 R oil pan
Note: AVIAID made Shelby’s GT350 R oil pan in 1965. Now that is serious provenance!!!
CVF Racing billet hood hinges.
Moroso billet catch can
Global West tubular expo brace
Drake stainless adjustable Monte Carlo bar
Drivetrain
TREMEC Super Duty Cobra T5z 5-speed
Quick Time 6060 Bell
Hydramax hydraulic actuated Mc Leod Super Street Pro 10.5-inch racing clutch
SPEC SFI rated 164 racing flywheel.
Panhandle Driveline 3.5-inch aluminum racing driveshaft SFI rated to 600 HP
Shelby 9-inch Notchback K-Code Rear
Speedway Engineering 3.89 Posi
Moser 31 spline axles
Wilwood 12.19 front drilled and slotted disc brakes.
Shelby rear drums with Kevlar and Carbon shoes by Cobra Automotive
Wilwood billet master cylinder
New stainless brake lines
New e-Brake
Wilwood swing mount billet pedals that are laterally adjustable to optimize “heel-toe” action with the billet gas pedal during the Autocross
Suspension
Front - QA1 Coil overs, Shelby Drop, Global West tubular UCA & LCA, Shelby sway bar, Race Tech billet adjustable struts, Shelby Quick Steer
Rear - Maier Racing/Chris Alston Chassis works GEN 2 suspension with adjustable panhard bar, tubular sub-frame connectors, 4.5 mid eye, 165 lb. springs, Shelby Koni shocks
US Mag black spoke machined lip wheels
Ohtsu 215 45 17 and 245 45 17 rubber
Race-Bred Cockpit
GT350 R six gage cluster with Speed Hut tach with shift lights. Her speedo is a Speed Hut 200 MPH GPS unit.
There are eight Autometer gages including gas, water, volts, oil pressure, oil temp and vacuum.
Shelby concours correct Cobra 9000 tach dash pad mounted.
Ken Miles Master Ignition Panel w red lit start button and toggle switches for the electric fan, courtesy lighting, and horn
Steering is by Flaming River electric power steering with a command box mounted under the dash with a rotary knob to dial in the driver’s desired rate of steering assist
Ididit tilt column
Shelby Cobra black leather steering wheel with Cobra horn button
Steeda Tri Ax short throw shifter
Wilwood swing mount billet pedals.
SCAT Pro Car bucket seats.
Shelby logo headrests
Simpson latch link wide belts
The custom upholstered trunk is by Mustangs to Fear with black roll and pleat naugahyde covered panels boxing in the trunk with vertical stitching that matches the cockpit vertical stitching on the door panels and SCAT Pro Car Rally buckets
Hinges are billet CVF Racing
The battery box is Taylor spun aluminum
The trunk lid is secured with a Shelby GT350 R pin and lanyard.
Livery
Custom paint by Keith Jette of Wicked Paint, Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Body color is Ford’s Ingot Silver Metallic coated with House of Kolor Show Quality Kosmic Klear infused with Paint with Pearl Silver Holographic metal flake
Black Le Mans stripes bordered in orange
Black accents: Roof and tail light panels, glass molding, wipers, dark tint glass, wheels, door handles, and Shelby Talbot Jr mirror
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