Ed Hugus poses with one of his early production Cobras. He was to install the Ford V8s and finish off the first few Cobra 260s for Shelby. Author Robert Walker tells the story in Cobra Pilote, The Ed Hugus Story.
Cobra Pilote: the Ed Hugus Story
By Robert D. Walker
Hard cover with dust jacket 280mm by 230mm
304 pages
328 black and white, and color photographs
12 MyRewards points with purchase
ISBN 978-1-85443-283-4
US $89 plu shipping
Daltonw Watson, 2017 1-847-945-0569
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Review by Pete Vack
All photos from the book
Ed Hugus drove Alfas, Porsches, BMWs, Lotus, Ferraris and Coopers over his 15-year career as a race car driver. He also drove a Cobra at Le Mans in 1963, where it retired.
So one might wonder why his biography is entitled Cobra Pilote; the Ed Hugus Story. Probably because the author, who once lived close to Hugus and became a close confidant, is enamored with Cobras, and no doubt wanted make sure Ed gets the credit for being the first one to install a V8 into a production Cobra. In fact as Robert D. Walker tells us, Ed’s shop actually created about six or seven of the first Cobras, taking in the A.C. bodies from the UK and installing the Ford 260. Walker, for good reasons, wanted to set the record straight. It’s an interesting story, and never before told in such detail. [Read more…] about Cobra Pilote: The Ed Hugus Story Reviewed