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here are cars, and then there are cars. In man whose name was on the factory, Carroll Shelby
this second category you’ll find the truly himself. He ordered its creation to give himself a Cobra
T unique, one-of-a-kind, fire-breathing with second-to-none performance, and he definitely
motorized chariots that it’s hard to believe were achieved it. He personally drove the car to 190 mph at
ever legal to drive on the street. the Turismos Visitadores, a Nevada open-road event, an
The 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra Super Snake, the famous unforgettable experience even for the former 24 Hours
CSX 3015 offered for sale at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale, of Le Mans winner. “It’s a special car. There was never
is just such a car. Featured in their February 1968 issue, anything else built like it,” Shelby said to a packed
Road & Track famously called it “The Cobra To End All Barrett-Jackson audience when it first rolled across the
Cobras.” Pedigree? It was built for and driven by the Scottsdale stage in 2007.
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