Mercer-Cobra

By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

Virgil Exner figured heavily into the early Special Interest Autos articles, including at least one pair of stories in back-to-back issues: the Imperial Parade Phaeton story in SIA #38 and the story of the Mercer-Cobra in SIA #39, March-April 1977. Yet another real-life result of the Exner father-and-son team’s Esquire neoclassic sketches (along with the 1966 Duesenberg), the Exners relied on the Copper Development Association to provide the funding, Carroll Shelby to provide the chassis and on Italian coachbuilder Sibona-Basano to provide the body. Continue reading at Hemmings