Mu rwego rwo kwizihiza imyaka 50 Cobra yinjiye mu marushanwa ya FIA, Shelby Amerika yatangije inyandiko idasanzwe isezeranya gushimisha imitima myinshi.
Mu myaka 50 ishize ni bwo Shelby Cobra yinjiye bwa mbere mu marushanwa yateguwe na FIA, cyane cyane muri Shampiyona yo gusiganwa ku magare muri Amerika. Kuva icyo gihe, intsinzi ya siporo yiyongereyeho iyindi kandi «imodoka yimitsi» itagaragara cyane yigeze gutwara igikombe cya «FIA Manufacturers Championship» nyuma yumwaka umwe gusa, muri 1965.
Twari tumaze kumenya inkuru zisigaye, Shelby yahindutse ikirangantego kandi Cobra iracyari imodoka itera imitima.
Kugira ngo twishimire kandi twibuke muburyo bwiza iyi tariki, Shelby azabyara ibice 50 bya FIA Shelby Cobra 289, icyitegererezo gishinzwe siporo nubucuruzi byatsinze. Umubare wagabanutse cyane mubice bisezeranya kongerera agaciro mumodoka yimitsi ishushanya, izwiho gusaba, gukonjesha ariko icyarimwe kunyurwa no gutwara.
Ibice 50 bigarukira bizaba bishingiye kuri numero ya chassis ya CSX7000, izagaragaza iyi nyandiko idasanzwe ya FIA Shelby Cobra 289. Ntabwo yagenewe kwizihiza imyaka 50 gusa, ahubwo izanubaha abayobora amateka bakoze kubayobora. Tuvuze amazina nka Dan Gurney, Bob Bondurant na Phil Hill.
Ubwiza, iyi nyandiko idasanzwe FIA Shelby Cobra 289 niyororoka rikomeye ryimodoka yigihe, iboneka gusa muri Viking Blue kandi irimo imirongo ya FIA yera yera. Iyi Shelby nayo yakira imbere imbere muruhu rwirabura, hamwe na badge nyinshi zerekana iyi verisiyo idasanzwe.
Hanze, usibye ibiziga bifite irangi ryifu (Powder Coating), birashoboka kandi guhitamo ibikoresho bibiri kumubiri wa FIA Shelby Cobra 289. Ihitamo rya mbere ririmo umubiri wose muri fiberglass, kuri a igiciro cya 94,995 $ nubundi buryo hamwe numubiri wose muri aluminium, bizatangwa kumadorari 159,995, muri Amerika.
Kubabishaka bose, nibyiza kwihuta kuko igice cya mbere cyari kimaze kugurishwa muri Mutarama, muri cyamunara izwi cyane ya Barrett-Jackson. Ibice bisigaye rero bigomba kuba byarangiye, niba byose bitaragurishijwe.
Nta gushidikanya, uburyo budasanzwe bwo kubona igice cyamateka yo gusiganwa ku binyabiziga hamwe nimwe mu «modoka yimitsi» yatsinze mugihe cyayo.
