Shelby Cobra Chassis CSX 2011 was purchased for $7,471 by John A. Everly, of Winfield Kansas, on October 23, 1962, and with that, it became the first Shelby Cobra race car to be sold to the public. Everley, a seasoned racer, traded his Ferrari 375 MM Spider for the Cobra, and it soon replaced the Ferrari as his racing car of choice.
The car was finished in red with a black interior when new, but it was repainted blue and white when it appeared at its first race, the Nassau, Bahamas Speed Week in December 1962.
Ron West, also of Dallas, purchased the Cobra in 1965 and would own it for over thirty years. From 1965 through 1967, he entered several SCCA events with considerable success, winning repeatedly and finishing several times in the top five. In fact, he finished third for 1967 in the SCCA's Southwest Division and was invited to the 1967 American Road Race of Champions in Daytona, Florida. As per SCCA rules, the dual-quad setup was replaced with a single four-barrel piece. Mr. West finished a respectable 8th in that particular race.
By 1971, the car found its way into storage although it was brought out for several SAAC conventions. Unrestored and finished in white with black upholstery, it retained its 289 cubic inch V8, with two Carter carburetors, kidney-bean Halibrand wheels, a hood scoop, side exhaust, original full windscreen, and a driver's roll bar that still bore a Bahamian inspection sticker dated 1963.
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