CELEBRATORY Snake
A modern Shelby Mustang is a special machine, but this example is extra special, not just because it’s the desirable Super Snake version, but also because it’s a 50th Anniversary model, comes highly specified and has done virtually no miles from new.
Modern Super Snakes like this one pay tribute to a one-off Shelby Mustang that was built more than 50 years ago.
SNAKES AND HORSES
The 1967 GT 500 Super Snake Mustang was actually the second Shelby vehicle to carry the ‘Super Snake’ name. The first was a Cobra roadster from 1966.
Back in 1965, Shelby planned to build competition-specific Cobras with the 427ci V8 instead of
