Weirdest Stories in Car Collecting
May 6, 2008 7:13 AM Subscribe
Incensed that comedian Bill Cosby had an affinity for European sports cars, Carroll Shelby vowed to build him a twin-supercharged custom Cobra that would go over 200 mph - faster than any car Steve McQueen owned.
The car Shelby built for Cosby, with a reputed 900 bhp was downright scary. In his comedy routine, “200 MPH” Cosby described it this way: “The car was idling, I was in neutral, I hadn’t put my foot and the gas pedal, and already, the car was killing people.”
I find this to be an incredibly strange concept and I'm having a really difficult time wrapping my head around it.
Bill Cosby actually being funny?
Oh, the things I could do with a 900hp Shelby Supersnake.
Mainly: crash. And then die.
posted by quin at 8:03 AM on May 6, 2008
The car Shelby built for Cosby, with a reputed 900 bhp was downright scary. In his comedy routine, “200 MPH” Cosby described it this way: “The car was idling, I was in neutral, I hadn’t put my foot and the gas pedal, and already, the car was killing people.”
I find this to be an incredibly strange concept and I'm having a really difficult time wrapping my head around it.
Bill Cosby actually being funny?
Oh, the things I could do with a 900hp Shelby Supersnake.
Mainly: crash. And then die.
posted by quin at 8:03 AM on May 6, 2008
Interesting read. Thanks Floydd.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:13 AM on May 6, 2008
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 8:13 AM on May 6, 2008
Great follow-ups to several stories I've read over the past years. I was hoping for more info on the Belvedere though. Last I heard Foose was going to try to restore it. Or at least chop, channel, and smooth it out. Then paint it with a hideous multi-color pearl paint job.
posted by Big_B at 9:11 AM on May 6, 2008
posted by Big_B at 9:11 AM on May 6, 2008
When I read the title I thought, hm, that sounds interesting! I mean, how weird can a car-collecting story really be?
"Not very", it turns out.
posted by unSane at 9:20 AM on May 6, 2008
"Not very", it turns out.
posted by unSane at 9:20 AM on May 6, 2008
The Mohs Ostentatienne : My new goal in life is to own one of these.
posted by drezdn at 10:23 AM on May 6, 2008
posted by drezdn at 10:23 AM on May 6, 2008
I guess you had to be square.
That's cool... it's hip to be.
posted by stenseng at 2:17 PM on May 6, 2008
That's cool... it's hip to be.
posted by stenseng at 2:17 PM on May 6, 2008
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