But off the stage, he enjoyed his extensive collection of classic cars, shining in a powerful 1964 Shelby 289 Cobra, a sixties car that captured the star's heart. Neil Peart, the legendary drummer ...

By 1961 they’d gone and a tie-up with Ford in America and Carroll Shelby ... driven a Cobra 427 and don’t think it’s any more characterful than this. It just has history on its side.

The first thing Shelby did to build the SS was strap a pair of Paxton superchargers to the side-oiler under the hood of the Cobra Comp. Combined with the pair of rabid two-barrel carburetors ...