200 Miles Per Hour!

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1. my man Bill

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2. Indeed!

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3. the vinyl copy is stored in a hutch in my dining room

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4. Mine's on the shelf under my turntable.

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13. wonderful

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all the rest of mine are in the cabinet and hutch,
and boxes in the hallway closet.

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5. Killer trivia:

Another non-competition 427 roadster, CSX3303, was converted and given to Shelby's close friend, entertainer Bill Cosby. Cosby attempted to drive the super-fast Cobra, but had issues with keeping it under control; he recounted his experience on his 1968 stand-up comedy album 200 M.P.H.. Cosby gave the car back to Shelby, who then shipped it out to one of their dealers in San Francisco, S&C Ford on Van Ness Avenue. S&C Ford then sold it to customer Tony Maxey. Maxey, suffering the same issues as Cosby did with the car, lost control and drove it off a cliff, landing in the Pacific Ocean waters.

The 427 AC Cobra had a "very favorable Power-to-weight ratio" and more than one owner failed to live long enough to make the first payment.

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6. "I just turned it on,....and it was killing people!"!

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7. From what I've read in some forums...

...it's taken years for some folks to get the "fire extinguisher" line.

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9. Indeed!

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8. More trivia...

Elwood Blues gives a fake address when paying the $5k. The address is that of Wrigley Field.

"We're on a mission from God."

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10. 18, 19 diameter inches cubic centimeter PIPES! PIPES!!!

"Just pour it all over the car, maybe it'll soak in somewhere".


"Just put it in second gear and do maybe a hundred miles per hour."

"Oh really? Where am I going to find a place to do a hundred miles an hour?"

"Any side street."



"I swear they're hiding out in my trunk!"

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11. There are two basic fundamental flaws with all fast street cars

One is when you get the thing up to about 55mph and pull back on the steering wheel, nothing interesting happens.

The other is no matter what the top speed is, finding a place where you can realize that top speed is problematic.

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12. Bill Cosby's answer to problem #2:

"Any side street."