8. The Name ‘Cobra’ Came To Mr. Shelby In A Dream
Carroll Shelby’s first every Mustang went by the name Shelby Cobra. According to Mr. Shelby, that name and that animal came to him in his sleep. “I woke up and jotted the name down on a pad which I kept by my bedside — a sort of ideas pad — and went back to sleep,” Shelby said, “Next morning when I looked at the name ‘Cobra,’ I knew it was right.”