This car started out as the first Cobra 427 prototype. The car seemed heavy and mushy comparered to the 289 and was named The Turd by the Cobra Crew. Reporters asked why that name ? Ken Miles came up with, because it shits on the competition ! The first 427 race car debuted at Sebring with a Holman Moody 427 where it floundered while the 289s soared. When it returned to Santa Monica, battered and bruised, Ken Miles rebuilt it into this Flip-Top Special with which he had tremendous success.
