For That Spoiled Kid We ALL Know: Kid Sized 1965 Shelby Cobra 289

[BGlover67]

Kid-Sized Shelby Cobra Comes with 7 Horsepower and Swag for Days

It may be a little early, but we're already nominating Ernesto Frietas for dad of the year. Why? Because he built his son this amazing Shelby Cobra toy car with 7 horsepower and a 25-mph top speed. According to Carscoops, this independent Portuguese engineer and designer has been working on kit cars and other interesting builds for a number of years. But Ernesto admits that it was one of his favorite projects to work on: "It was a time consuming but very rewarding process, giving me much pleasure and experiences that no other project could allow."

Built from the ground-up, the car consists of a tubular chassis, independent suspension, rear-wheel drive and the aforementioned 7 horsepower 50cc gas engine, with a top speed of 25 mph. And the body — it's hand-crafted completely from fiberglass and finished off with Cobra racing stripes. PHOTOS: See More of the 1965 Shelby Cobra 289 In total, the project took Ernesto over 1,600 hours to complete. And while at first it may have just been a fun side project, he's looking to capitalize on the one-of-a-kind toy car with production possibilities:


"I'm in a plan to develop a 'production' version of this 'toy'...prices would be in the range of €16,000 (approx. $21,000) for a turn-key car, but will also provide kits in several stages of assembling." It's cool to be sure, though for $21K, we might buy ourselves some sort of used sportscar beater. But we're selfish like that. PHOTOS: See More of the 1967 Shelby Cobra 427


https://www.motor1.com/news/72168/kid-sized-shelby-cobra-comes-with-7-horsepower-and-swag-for-days/

[Shelby_r_b]

...$21K?!?!  Wow. I had the wrong parents. 😉

[Don Johnston]

My grandson is waiting for the aluminum body version.

[Kent]

I know a guy who has a aluminium cobra body in 1:2 scale. Its for sale. If my daughter would get such a toy I can promise you guys she will kill this thing in hours.

[CSX 4133]

Very nice..... although something a little more reasonably priced like the Shelby Licensed version or how about the large 24Volt car (sorry no Shelby's) for kids.

https://www.bigtoysgreencountry.com/ride-on-cars/

[BGlover67]

Very nice..... although something a little more reasonably priced like the Shelby Licensed version or how about the large 24Volt car (sorry no Shelby's) for kids.

https://www.bigtoysgreencountry.com/ride-on-cars/

Nice Steven.