Dave MacDonald, ever the mechanic, helps the crew build the King Cobra-Lang Cooper. Lang (without hat) and Dave is to his left

The finished product. This is how the Lang-Cooper looked for its maiden race at Phoenix Raceway in April 1964. Dave won handily!

Unfortunately this is how it looked in May after Bob Holbert lost it in the rain during pre-race testing for the USRRC Championships
at Kent Washington. Dave MacDonald was scheduled to drive the car at Kent but while he was at Indy qualifying for the 500, Shelby
had Bob performing tire tests. With the Lang totaled, Carroll had Dave drive Bob's King Cobra at Kent and Dave won the race.

Shelby and Pete Brock reassembled the car using salvaged parts and a new body. Here it is as it remerged painted and ready for the
LA Times Grand Prix in Oct 1964. By this time Shelby American had lost its #1 driver as Dave MacDonald perished in the Indy 500.
Shelby selected Ed Leslie as his new team driver and Leslie drove the new Lang Cooper to a strong 4th place finish. Photos Friedman

Richie Ginther in #92 King Cobra, Jim Clark in #15 Lotus, Ronnie Bucknum in #95 King Cobra & Ed Leslie in the Lang King Cobra

This is what the car looks like today. Current owner Claude Nahum hired Pete Brock to do a throrough restoration and the King Cobra
Lang Cooper looks as stunning today as it did in its glory days.

And yes, the Lang Cooper King Cobra does a little vintage racing these days