Is this the most compelling ad for an engine ever? The chap selling his 426ci Ford V8 is doing so via a
YouTube clip
explaining exactly why he no longer needs his 7.0 litres of stroked Windsor V8 and Tremec five-speed gearbox.
The reason is fairly obvious once you’ve watched his jaw-dropping crash at Willow Springs Raceway in California.
“On the front straight doing 130mph, something breaks,” says the vendor. “The Cobra veers hard right and off track. The car leaves a 6O-foot gash in the asphalt as it veered before leaving the track and continued for an additional 500 feet off track to its resting point. I received only minor injuries to my left knee and bruised ribs.”
Blimey. Quite a testament to the quality of the Cobra’s rollover hoop (not to mention the tenacity of the GoPro camera doing the recording).
The chap in the video (who we must presume to be called Pete Tryce) also asks how many spins, rolls and cartwheels he manages. We lost count, but the answer must be ‘a lot’...