{"id":492507,"date":"2012-08-01T13:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T20:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=25845"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:26:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:26:24","slug":"cobra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/cobra\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When I was a kid, I loved Rudyard Kipling\u2019s \u201cJust So Stories:\u201d How The Camel Got Its Hump; How The Leopard Got Its Spots. Gather round and I will now tell you How The Cobra Got Its Bite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It begins with Cooper in 1949, who realized that its simple 500-cc chassis could be the basis for a front-engined sports car. 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