Cobra Man: The Automotive Odyssey of Dick Cohen, from Corvettes to the Ken Miles GT40

by Jim Kreuz, Dick Cohen

Overview

Dr. Richard "Dick" Cohen temporarily stepped away from his successful tenured university professor's position in 1980 to venture into the auto salvage business with a friend. At the same time, they began buying, driving, vintage racing, and later selling Shelby Mustangs, Corvettes, Cobras, and GT40s. Among these sales were several extremely rare Corvettes, Shelby Cobras, Ford GT40s, '37 Cords, a '63 Galaxie 500 Lightweight, '70 Hemi 'Cudas, Panteras, and three '65 Shelby R-Models found in Lima, Peru—and that's just the start. But the most prized of them all was the '66 Ford GT40 that Ken Miles drove across the finish line at LeMans that year, as depicted in the movie Ford v Ferrari. Dick often vintage raced this stunning and historic auto. This book tells the full story of how these desirable cars were acquired, as well as Dick's impressive (and unexpected) life. The stories herein are shocking, exciting, at times puzzling, and all true. Included are over 180 first-hand photographs almost every car Dick has owned dating back to 1963.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476697598
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	11/13/2025
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.24(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Jim Kreuz lives in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He has more than 40 magazine articles published relating to classic and muscle cars, as well as a number dealing with old baseball players. He has also self-published three photo-history books on iconic homes and buildings in Fort Smith. Dick Cohen was a tenured professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and, upon moving to Florida, was full professor and dean of the College of Education at Lynn University. There, he helped develop master’s and Ph.D. programs, wrote numerous grants and publications, and was honored as Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the student body.