Courtesy of Mecum Auctions
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Mecum Auctions Racing’s famed Essex Wire Cobra, a 1965 Shelby 427 Competition Cobra Roadster, will be offered through Mecum Auctions on January 18.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Mecum Auctions After Ken Miles tested the car, it was campaigned from 1965 through 1982.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Mecum Auctions Under the hood is Ford’s thundering 427-cubic-inch big-block, side-oiler V-8.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Mecum Auctions The simple, no-frills racing livery was limited to just a single Raven Black stripe with orange borders and “Essex Wire” in black letters on each side.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Mecum Auctions After its remarkable motorsport career, chassis No. CSX3009 was given an exhaustive, five-year, no-expense-spared restoration and returned to its original Essex Wire racing spec.
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Image Credit: Bill Dobbins Photo via Steve Knoll, courtesy of Mecum Auctions Ed Lowther driving chassis No. CSX3009 in the 1966 Governor’s Cup Nationals.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Mecum Auctions Racing the Essex Wire Cobra in period.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Mecum Auctions In its day, the car won two SCCA National Championships and an SCCA Production Championship, along with garnering numerous individual race victories.
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Mecum Auctions The new owner of the Essex Wire Cobra will also get a highly detailed 1:5 scale model of the car, created by master-modeler Jorge Sordelli.
