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Ford Advanced Vehicles for a
promotional tour. In late 1966
it was sent back stateside, after
which it was given the twin Paxton
surgery and reclassified as a Semi
Competition Cobra, making it
technically legal for street use.
The bodywork is a combination
of Competition and Semi
Competition Cobra features. It has
the full windshield as used on SC
Cobras, although it still has the
enlarged nose and flared fenders
of a full Competition model
and the three-point chrome roll
bar, among other race-oriented
hardware. Extra instrumentation
on the dash allows the driver to
monitor boost.
Besides being Carroll Shelby’s
personal car, the Super Snake
ownership chain is unbroken and
includes other heavy hitters. The
car was purchased from Shelby in
1970 by songwriter Jimmy Webb, by an infamous person for the
best known for “By the Time I get length of one terrifying test drive
to Phoenix,” “Up, Up and Away” before returning it to Shelby. That
and “MacArthur Park.” He owned car was sold and later destroyed
it for more than two decades until in a wreck that took the life of its
an unfortunate reckoning with the owner. Parts from it were salvaged
IRS, in which the car was seized and circulated through the hobby,
and auctioned. The Super Snake adding to the legend.
then passed through the hands
of a variety of serious collectors, Super Snake CSX 3015 has
most notably becoming part of the changed hands at Barrett-Jackson
renowned Ron Pratte Collection, before, and was always the
which sold over the Barrett-Jackson headline news of the auction,
auction block in 2015. as well as being a record-setter.
This time, it is the centerpiece of
The previous owners of CSX 3015 an astonishing private collection
have known not to mess with being offered at Scottsdale
success. The car still has its original in March. Whether from the
1965 date-coded engine block, bidding floor or watching live on
original Competition brake calipers, TV, witnesses will watch a new
original Competition rear end with headline being written and history
oil cooler and pumps, and original being made when the Super Snake
headers and sidepipes.
rolls across the stage once more.
SCAN TO WATCH
It is one of only two such twin- – Steve Statham "The Cobra To End All Cobras" In The Studio With Craig And Steve.
supercharged Cobras ever built, For up-to-date information on this vehicle, Watch this special in-depth look at Carroll Shelby’s Super Snake,
the other (CSX 3303) being owned visit Barrett-Jackson.com featuring 2007 auction footage and current scenes.

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