1967 Shelby Super Snake

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Le modèle Eleanor "Super Snake" motorisé par un V8 422ci de 525 By www.madness-us-cars.com
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If you ever wondered what the most expensive Ford Mustang ever looks like, now you know. According to Mustang Daily, during Mecum’s Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis recently, the 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake you see above sold for $1.3 million. When Shelby first launched the GT500 Super Snake in 2007 (or relaunched, if you consider the one-off 1967 prototype), the 5.4-liter supercharged V8 was boosted all the way up to wait for it 600 horsepower. Fast-forward just five years and the muscle The Ford Mustang that portrayed "Eleanor" in the Gone in 60 Seconds remake (that's… Read more Read more That would be this one-of-a-kind 1967 Shelby GT Super Snake, which Mustangs car at the show and the most expensive Ford Mustang ever sold Roll on the 2010 Shelby Super Snake, now packing 725bhp The name Super Snake traces it’s way back to Carroll Shelby’s original 1967 GT500. A sometime supercar, the Super Snake name has enjoyed a revival on the previous Mustang series and now One-of-a-kind 1967 GT500 Super Snake will cross the block at Mecum’s Indianapolis auction in May. While working on the GT350 and GT500 with Ford back in 1967, Carroll Shelby was asked by Goodyear, who he was West Coast distributor for at the time “The GT500 Super Snake package, with its higher horsepower levels and balanced track-inspired tuning, satisfies those demands and then some … in a uniquely Ford – Shelby way.” In 1967, Shelby American built one 427-powered GT500 “Super Snake .

It’s like an automotive Rorschach test. Say “Shelby Super Snake,” and what’s the first thing that comes to your mind? A 427 Cobra? 1967 Mustang? 2013 GT500 Mustang? You road racer. If all of those are secondary in your head to one red, white Thanks to auctions such as Mecum, we get to witness some amazing, rare classics roll across the auction block, including cars like this one and only 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake, which fetched an incredible $1.3 million dollars (plus 7% seller’s Carroll Shelby is no stranger to the Super Snake concept. In fact, in 1967 he and his team built a GT500 Super Snake for Mel Burns Ford. According to a press release issued by the company, the car reached lap speeds of over 150 mph and a top speed of 170 mph. Testing the 850-HP Shelby GT500 Super Snake on Ignition (W/Video to find out if it’s worth a $40,000 premium over the standard GT500. Hot Rod Crusher 1967 Chevrolet Camaro and 1970 Dodge Super Bee on Roadkill On the most recent episode of Roadkill .