Kukondwerera zaka 50 za Cobra kulowa mumipikisano ya FIA, Shelby America yakhazikitsa pulogalamu yapadera yomwe imalonjeza kusangalatsa mitima ya anthu ambiri.
Zinali zaka 50 zapitazo kuti Shelby Cobra adalowa nawo koyamba pampikisano wokonzedwa ndi FIA, ndendende mu U.S. Road Racing Championship Series. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, kupambana kwamasewera kwawonjezera chimodzi pambuyo pa chimzake komanso chizindikiro cha "minofu yamagalimoto" omwe adapambanapo mpikisano wa "FIA Manufacturers Championship" patangopita chaka chimodzi, mu 1965.
Tikudziwa kale nkhani yonseyi, Shelby adakhala mtundu wachipembedzo ndipo Cobra akadali galimoto yomwe imapangitsa mitima kuusa moyo.
Kukondwerera ndikukumbukira bwino tsikuli, Shelby apanga magawo 50 a FIA Shelby Cobra 289, chitsanzo chomwe chimayang'anira bwino zamasewera ndi malonda amtunduwu. Chiwerengero chochepa kwambiri cha mayunitsi omwe amalonjeza kuwonjezera phindu la galimoto yodziwika bwino ya minofu, yomwe imadziwika kuti imakhala yovuta, yosangalatsa koma nthawi yomweyo imakhutiritsa kuyendetsa galimoto.
Magawo ochepa a 50 adzakhazikitsidwa pa nambala ya chassis ya CSX7000, yomwe idzazindikiritse kope lapaderali la FIA Shelby Cobra 289. Zapangidwa osati kukondwerera zaka 50 zokha, komanso kulemekeza otsogolera omwe adapanga mbiri pamayendedwe awo. Timalankhula za mayina ngati Dan Gurney, Bob Bondurant ndi Phil Hill.
Mwachidwi, kope lapaderali FIA Shelby Cobra 289 ndikusindikizanso mwamphamvu kwagalimoto yanthawiyo, yomwe imapezeka mu Viking Blue yokha komanso yokhala ndi mikwingwirima ya FIA yoyera. Shelby uyu amalandiranso mkati mwachikopa chakuda, chokhala ndi mabaji angapo ozindikiritsa mtundu wapaderawu.
Kunja, kuwonjezera pa mawilo okhala ndi utoto wa ufa (Powder Coating), ndizothekanso kusankha zida ziwiri za thupi la FIA Shelby Cobra 289. Njira yoyamba imaphatikizapo thupi lonse mu fiberglass, pa mtengo wa 94,995$ ndipo mtundu wina wokhala ndi thupi lonse mu aluminiyamu, udzaperekedwa kwa $159,995, ku United States.
Kwa onse omwe ali ndi chidwi, ndibwino kuti mufulumire monga gawo loyamba lidagulitsidwa kale mu Januwale, pamsika wapamwamba wa Barrett-Jackson. Chifukwa chake mayunitsi otsalawo ayenera kuti atha kale, ngati onse sanagulitsidwe kale.
Mosakayikira, mwayi wapadera kupeza mbali ya mbiri ya magalimoto anagona ndi mmodzi wa bwino kwambiri «minofu magalimoto» nthawi yake.
