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Old 01-29-2007, 05:48 AM
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Originally Posted by mikecg
No, different car. The Super snake is a real Cobra. Only 2 were ever made. 1 for Shelby himself, and the other one origionally went to Cosby, but he returned it. The Cosby car was total in a wreck and rebuilt by the A/C people and now sits in there museum. The Shelby car had the origional motor destroyed. It was bought by some star. The IRS went after the guy and he took off to Canada. The car disappeared for about 10 or 20 years before the IRS located it in a storage ben and confiscated it. It was auctioned off by the government for over 100K.

The Super Cobras used a 428 Cobrajet engine with supercharging to make the 800HP. I've heard it used twin superchargers.
So this one that sold for millions does not even have the original motor?

It was interesting to see the old photos the guy found from many years ago in the links, thanks for that Crusader.

And sorry to see the trouble he and his wife are having with his wife's surgery after a bad accident. I wish them well.

I take it back. If Carroll Shelby can drive 800hp and live to 84, then we all should have one!

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