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• Features 1965 Shelby Cobra s/n CSX2538. A well-documented, matching-numbers rack and pinion Cobra 289. New in red with black and Class “A” accessories, including white sidewall tires; a luggage rack and five chrome wheels. Sold new on 03 March, 1965 to Andrew Kreider II.

  Although the 289 High Performance block has a unique part number, it was not a unique block. The only difference was its wider main bearing caps. According to the 289 High Performance Mustang book by Tony Gregory, the 289 2V and 4V engines have 151/416-inch main caps that taper to 51/48 inch at the top.

  Sold to noted collector John Fergus in 1979. In storage until June 2008. In May 2011 it was sold to the current owner in Phoenix, Arizona.

  Older red re-paint on a very good body. Black leather with good patina, black carpets, wood steering wheel. Matching-number Ford 289 engine with twin-4-barrel Carter AFB carburetors. Starts instantly and drives very well. Has a bulletproof top-loader gearbox and the original Borg-Warner T-10 gearbox. Serviced in June and October of 2011 for a total of $6,238.75. Invoices on file.

  Has the side curtains, the top bows, black canvas top, jack kit and chrome wheel spare. Very original, well sorted and ready for this year’s “Cobra 50th Anniversary” at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion weekend. History S/n CSX2538. 1964 production. Early rack and pinion car. New in red with black leather.

  Chrome wheels, white sidewall tires, luggage rack. 1964, 01 Sept., invoiced to Shelby American. 1964, 15 Sept., shipped to L.A. Same trailer different park kacey musgraves rares.

  (Long Beach) aboard the “SS Diemerdyk”. 1964, 11 Jan., invoiced new by Shelby American to Ray Hunt Ford, Daytona Beach, Florida as: 1 Cobra-Ford chassis CSX2538, red/black, $5,195. With class “A” Including white sidewall tires and a luggage rack ($280.50); 5 chrome wheels ($105); antifreeze ($3.55) and air freight ($295), for a total of $5,879.05. Delivered to Florida via the Holman-Moody truck.

  1965, 03 Mar., sold new to Andrew Kreider II, Lake Worth, FL. Total invoice $7024.87. Kreider traded a 1964 Corvette in on the Cobra. 1965, 07 Nov., back to Ray Hunt Ford with 1,423 miles for a new windshield. 1966, 11 June, sold by Hardy-McNeil Motors, Pensacola, FL, to Richard E. Parker, Huntington Beach, CA. Total invoice $5865.21.

  Richard Parker purchased the Cobra en route from Florida to Huntington Beach, CA to get married. Shortly following the car’s arrival in San Diego, Parker was shipped to Vietnam, and the chore of driving the Cobra was assumed by Parker’s wife.

  Cockpit insulation and a side-exit exhaust were installed by 1967. The car’s red finish had been damaged at the wedding by the attachment of a “Just Married” sign along with miscellaneous rings, cans, bottles, etc. 1967, 10 Feb., serviced by Quality Foreign, 3464 Kurtz St., San Diego, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. Lube and oil, total invoice $26.32. 1967, 03 Oct., serviced by City Motors, 1401 National Ave., National City, CA, 92050.

  

  Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. Replace speedo drive gear, total invoice $313.

  1967, 17 Apr., serviced by Quality Foreign, 3464 Kurtz St., San Diego, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. Replace right rear hub., total invoice $83.75. 1967, 21 Apr., serviced by Quality Foreign, 3464 Kurtz St., San Diego, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. New brake pads, total invoice $23.62.

  1967, 26 June, serviced by Quality Foreign, 3464 Kurtz St., San Diego, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. Repair carb linkage, total invoice $11.08. 1967, 28 Dec., serviced by Downey Auto Center, 9500 Lakewood Blvd., Downey, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, CA.

  Repair speed, total invoice $4.53. 1967, offered for sale, a prospective buyer lost control on a test-drive, sliding the Cobra into a curb and necessitating replacement of much of the right rear suspension. 1967, 29 Dec., serviced by Quality Foreign, 3464 Kurtz St., San Diego, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA.

  Rebuild gearbox, brake pads, replace left rear “A” arms, align rear suspension. Total invoice $340.57. 1968, hit in the right rear by a 1950s Cadillac that led to a repaint in Firebird metallic green in 1968. 1968, 06 June, serviced by Quality Foreign, 3464 Kurtz St., San Diego, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. Adjust shift linkage, repack front wheel bearings, total invoice $32.32. 1968, 27 Aug., serviced by Quality Foreign, 3464 Kurtz St., San Diego, CA.

  Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. Top bows, front hose, temp gauge, lube and oil, total invoice $46.74. 1969, 10 Mar., install four new Polyglass tires by Carroll Shelby Enterprises, 1036 Garnet, Pacific Beach, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. Total invoice $195.85. 1969, June, sold to the son of a Phoenix, Arizona Ford-Mercury dealer. 1970s, as per Don Roberts in Mesa Arizona: in pieces and sold to the owner of American Fiberglass, Phoenix, AZ.

  ...'>289 Engine Serial Number(21.10.2018)

• Features 1965 Shelby Cobra s/n CSX2538. A well-documented, matching-numbers rack and pinion Cobra 289. New in red with black and Class “A” accessories, including white sidewall tires; a luggage rack and five chrome wheels. Sold new on 03 March, 1965 to Andrew Kreider II.

  Although the 289 High Performance block has a unique part number, it was not a unique block. The only difference was its wider main bearing caps. According to the 289 High Performance Mustang book by Tony Gregory, the 289 2V and 4V engines have 151/416-inch main caps that taper to 51/48 inch at the top.

  Sold to noted collector John Fergus in 1979. In storage until June 2008. In May 2011 it was sold to the current owner in Phoenix, Arizona.

  Older red re-paint on a very good body. Black leather with good patina, black carpets, wood steering wheel. Matching-number Ford 289 engine with twin-4-barrel Carter AFB carburetors. Starts instantly and drives very well. Has a bulletproof top-loader gearbox and the original Borg-Warner T-10 gearbox. Serviced in June and October of 2011 for a total of $6,238.75. Invoices on file.

  Has the side curtains, the top bows, black canvas top, jack kit and chrome wheel spare. Very original, well sorted and ready for this year’s “Cobra 50th Anniversary” at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion weekend. History S/n CSX2538. 1964 production. Early rack and pinion car. New in red with black leather.

  Chrome wheels, white sidewall tires, luggage rack. 1964, 01 Sept., invoiced to Shelby American. 1964, 15 Sept., shipped to L.A. Same trailer different park kacey musgraves rares.

  (Long Beach) aboard the “SS Diemerdyk”. 1964, 11 Jan., invoiced new by Shelby American to Ray Hunt Ford, Daytona Beach, Florida as: 1 Cobra-Ford chassis CSX2538, red/black, $5,195. With class “A” Including white sidewall tires and a luggage rack ($280.50); 5 chrome wheels ($105); antifreeze ($3.55) and air freight ($295), for a total of $5,879.05. Delivered to Florida via the Holman-Moody truck.

  1965, 03 Mar., sold new to Andrew Kreider II, Lake Worth, FL. Total invoice $7024.87. Kreider traded a 1964 Corvette in on the Cobra. 1965, 07 Nov., back to Ray Hunt Ford with 1,423 miles for a new windshield. 1966, 11 June, sold by Hardy-McNeil Motors, Pensacola, FL, to Richard E. Parker, Huntington Beach, CA. Total invoice $5865.21.

  Richard Parker purchased the Cobra en route from Florida to Huntington Beach, CA to get married. Shortly following the car’s arrival in San Diego, Parker was shipped to Vietnam, and the chore of driving the Cobra was assumed by Parker’s wife.

  Cockpit insulation and a side-exit exhaust were installed by 1967. The car’s red finish had been damaged at the wedding by the attachment of a “Just Married” sign along with miscellaneous rings, cans, bottles, etc. 1967, 10 Feb., serviced by Quality Foreign, 3464 Kurtz St., San Diego, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. Lube and oil, total invoice $26.32. 1967, 03 Oct., serviced by City Motors, 1401 National Ave., National City, CA, 92050.

  

  Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. Replace speedo drive gear, total invoice $313.

  1967, 17 Apr., serviced by Quality Foreign, 3464 Kurtz St., San Diego, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. Replace right rear hub., total invoice $83.75. 1967, 21 Apr., serviced by Quality Foreign, 3464 Kurtz St., San Diego, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. New brake pads, total invoice $23.62.

  1967, 26 June, serviced by Quality Foreign, 3464 Kurtz St., San Diego, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. Repair carb linkage, total invoice $11.08. 1967, 28 Dec., serviced by Downey Auto Center, 9500 Lakewood Blvd., Downey, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, CA.

  Repair speed, total invoice $4.53. 1967, offered for sale, a prospective buyer lost control on a test-drive, sliding the Cobra into a curb and necessitating replacement of much of the right rear suspension. 1967, 29 Dec., serviced by Quality Foreign, 3464 Kurtz St., San Diego, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA.

  Rebuild gearbox, brake pads, replace left rear “A” arms, align rear suspension. Total invoice $340.57. 1968, hit in the right rear by a 1950s Cadillac that led to a repaint in Firebird metallic green in 1968. 1968, 06 June, serviced by Quality Foreign, 3464 Kurtz St., San Diego, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. Adjust shift linkage, repack front wheel bearings, total invoice $32.32. 1968, 27 Aug., serviced by Quality Foreign, 3464 Kurtz St., San Diego, CA.

  Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. Top bows, front hose, temp gauge, lube and oil, total invoice $46.74. 1969, 10 Mar., install four new Polyglass tires by Carroll Shelby Enterprises, 1036 Garnet, Pacific Beach, CA. Owned by Richard Parker, San Diego, CA. Total invoice $195.85. 1969, June, sold to the son of a Phoenix, Arizona Ford-Mercury dealer. 1970s, as per Don Roberts in Mesa Arizona: in pieces and sold to the owner of American Fiberglass, Phoenix, AZ.

  ...'>289 Engine Serial Number(21.10.2018)