Behold: Carroll Shelby’s 1966 427 Super Snake CSX 3015 – the ultimate AC Cobra – built for, owned and raced by the man himself.
Described as ‘the Cobra to end all Cobras’ this 800bhp, 7.0l twin-supercharged V8 was capable of 306km/h – quite something in the mid 1960s.
The car goes to auction in March and the final sale price of such an automotive unicorn is anyone’s guess.
Breathless promotional video here.
Behold: the Shelby Daytona Coupe Secret Weapon – a ‘continuation’ of the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe, only six of which were ever built.
Based on a modified 289 Cobra chassis and streamlined to the point where it would achieve a top speed of 305km/h (190mph), the Cobra beat the otherwise all-conquering Ferrari 250GTO at Le Mans in 1964.
The ancestor of this 7-litre V8 variant (of which only one was made) was the ‘secret weapon’ of the 1964 Le Mans team but was damaged en route to the course and never actually raced.
Yours for around €423,000.
