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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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