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Shelby Cobra 427 S/C
The Cobra’s rear tyres have taken charge of this toy.
The silver Hot Wheels Fatbax Cobra looks as though the rear tyres submitted the design brief and everybody else had to fit around them. There is still a tiny open roadster between the rubber. I wanted to know how much of the real Cobra story survived this rather enthusiastic exaggeration.
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