Adam Carolla's CarCast » Cobra http://www.adamcarolla.com/CarCastBlog Adam Carolla's Podcast About Cars Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:00:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Shelby American Collection http://www.adamcarolla.com/CarCastBlog/2011/05/13/shelby-american-collection/ http://www.adamcarolla.com/CarCastBlog/2011/05/13/shelby-american-collection/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 23:32:07 +0000 CarCast http://www.adamcarolla.com/CarCastBlog/?p=3621

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Show Summary

Adam Carolla and the Donny Misraje (The Weez) head up to Boulder Colorado to check out the Shelby American Collection. They are met by curator Bill Murray, not the actor as Adam comments. Adam, Donny and Bill take a look at many of the Museum cars from some of the rare Cobra’s to the beloved GT40′s.

Show Links and Contacts

For more information on the Shelby American Collection look no further then -- www.ShelbyAmericanCollection.org

Video

Shelby American Collection

www.youtube.com/watch?v=shYmuIK7ilw

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Adam Carolla and Dan Edmunds of Edmunds.com talk about what’s new in Cars. Adam tries to figure out what car to lease next, and why can’t he have a car with a automatic interior cooling fan! We roll out to to check out the Mini-E and a Nissan 370z that Dan brings in. We pitstop for a quick chat with Adam and legend Rick Hendrick of NASCAR fame. Then a rare opportunity opens up for the Professor to Show his VSE Cobra and then we fire the beast up. Finally and We wrap with Jeff Ross’s First Car.

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The Professor gets to show of one of his cars. He brings out his VSE Cobra. This car features an all aluminum monocoque chassis, Big Block aluminum CHEVROLET, it just ends up having a Cobra body. We take a look and fire up the stock’ish 468 Chevrolet, well all 701hp worth…

Some specs -

The Motor:
Chevrolet 468 Aluminum Block, Aluminum Heads, Forged Crank, Billet Rods, Mechanical Roller Cam, 12:1 CR, AccuSump, Jessel Belt Drive, RaceMate Alternator/Waterpump

Transmission:
Older Doug Nash 5 Speed, 1:1 Final Drive, Tilton bell housing, 7.25″ dual disc ceramic clutch pack

Chassis:
Herb Adam’s VSE Aluminum Backbone frame (Monocoque)

Suspension:
Custom independent front geometry
S.C.P. Ford 9″ full floating axle, Strange Engineering 3.89 R&P
Coil overs 4 corners

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Video of the Professors Cobra

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