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Stuffing a large American V8 into a lightweight British sport car is a time-honored automotive tradition, and few cars exemplify that more than the short-lived Shelby 427 S/C Cobra.
The story goes that 100 Competition models were planned for the Mark III Cobra, but after not building enough to meet homologation rules for the 1965 racing …