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The SHELBY AMERICAN
Fall 2016 5
COULD THIS BE THE MOST ORIGINAL 427 COBRA OF ALL ?
In the month before Monterey car
week, auction companies, concours
shows and just about every other au-
tomotive event pull all out stops to get
as much publicity as they can. And no
wonder: there is so much going on dur-
ing that long weekend that enthusi-
asts have to pick and choose what
events they wish to attend, because
it’s impossible see everything. This
picture of Lynn “Mr. Cobra” Park, with
CSX3346 in his shop, was used in an
extensive
New York Times
article in
their “Collectible Cars” section in the
July 28th edition. Titled, “At Pebble
Beach, Where Rare Is Common, a
Shelby Cobra Stands Out,” it de-
scribed a 427 Cobra that will be en-
tered in the Pebble Beach concours in
the Postwar Preservation class.
The car, with less than 3,000 miles
on it, has been judged to be absolutely
original and authentic by every Cobra
expert worthy of the title. Presently in
the hands of its fourth owner, Evan
Metropoulis of Beverly Hills, who
bought it in 2009 for $1.3M, none of
the other three previous owners saw
fit to drive the car very much, and it
1966 and essentially not drive it. And
two other people could also purchase
it and, likewise, keep it in storage. And
we’re betting that Metropoulis isn’t
about to make up for lost time and
start racking up the miles. The second
thing that is hard to believe is that
this car will not leave Pebble Beach
without a top award in the survivor
class. (PS: it didn’t.)
the freedom of unlimited imagination
Khyzyl Saleem is a 22 year-old concept
artist in Guildford, England who spe-
cializes in taking today’s exotics and
making them even more wild and out-
rageous. Unlike someone working in
metal, fiberglass or carbon fiber who
faces certain physical limitations im-
posed by the medium they handle,
Saleem has no limits other than his
imagination and the rendering soft-
ware he employs. He has dozens of
samples on his website and it’s worth
a look. khysylsaleem.artstation.com
shows. Metropoulis is a preservation-
ist who values the car’s pristine condi-
tion over just about everything else.
Every part on the car, from radiator
hoses to wiper blades are the same
ones that came on the car when it was
new. The paint is all original.
There are two things about this
Cobra that are hard to believe. One is
that someone could buy this car in