A rare iconic car and how I learned the name of a jazz standard everyone knows, but I didn't

[Brother Buzz]

First the car:

Now the jazz standard, Watermelon Man, by Herbie Hancock . I recognize the song after one, to bars, but NEVER knew the name of it:

[marble falls]

1. Love Herbie Hancock, love Shelby GTs. Absolutely loathe Jay Leno. The story of 'Watermelon Man'

... was way beyond cool.

[bobnicewander]

2. Thank you.

Great post.
Makes this 80 year old happy, happy, happy.

[brush]

3. Thank you. I saw the Cobra video before but I didn't remember...

that the car had appreciated to being worth 2 million.

Talk about a return on investment. And Herbie just left it as is, kept it in original condition.

So kool.

[Brother Buzz]

5. That was filmed seven years ago. AC Cobras go for even more today

And that includes the big engine ones that were a joke. A boatload of the later AC Cobras came with 427 cubic inch turbocharged Ford mussel car engines shoehorned into the British body, and they were lousy performers.

Hancock's lightweight 'Keep it simple' car could run away from the big engine white elephant Cobras on any mountain road. Shelby knew this, but in the sixties, bigger is better idiots wanted BIG.

With it's sterling provenance, and the only known AC Cobra 260 cubic-inch engine with a two-barrel carburetor, I suspect Herbie Hancock's Cobra will command some serious jingle WAY north of 2 million dollars down the road. Way down the road, if you know what I mean.

[mitch96]

4. I was fortunate to get a few rides in a co workers '65 Cobra. When he told me what he was getting

for his birthday (16) I told him he was full of shit (yes his family had money). Next day his mom shows up with this light blue Cobra, I almost shit in my pants. This car would suck your eyeballs out the back of your head with the acceleration.. By this time Cobra's had the classic valve covers and air cleaner with a 4 bbl carb.. Good times...
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