Last Existing Shelby Cobra 427 Super Snake To Be Auctioned

The auction house plans to sell the Shelby Cobra 427 Super Snake during its event in Scottsdale, Arizona in March 2021.

Last Shelby Cobra 427 Super Snake left in this world will be sold again by the auction house to the highest bidder. Barrett-Jackson, who handed over the keys to the copy for $5.1 million six years ago.

Only two Super Snake were built by a now defunct brand Shelby America. One of them will soon be auctioned off in Arizona, and the other was destroyed after its last owner threw himself into the void with everything and a car from a hill near the Pacific Ocean. 

The auction house plans to sell Shelby Cobra 427 Super Snake during their event in Scottsdale, Arizona in March 2021. 

: The car has an 8-liter V7.0 engine with two supercharged Paxton and a three-speed automatic transmission. This is one of the few original supercharged cobras. 

The copy is in perfect condition and even has a signature Shelby in various places in the vehicle. It even still has the original engine block with a 1965 date code, 5M17, December 17, 1965.

The car also has its original date coded as 1965. Girling Competition CR and BR tweezers. He still has the back of a 427 Competition 377 with its pumps and original rear oil cooler.

The 3015 still has the original headers with the original chrome side pipes that were spray painted matte black.

This model was produced in 1965, it is the last of the 23. Shelby Cobra 427 Super Snake and served as a promotional vehicle in Europe before being returned to the US and modified to meet new specifications. Super Serpent.

Upon returning to the United States,  they had to increase the width of the car to accommodate the huge 7.0-liter block and wider, heavy-duty axles. was designed to withstand the enormous force that was combined with two supercharged they were able to create.

It had only one 780-barrel Holley 4 CFM carburetor, which was capable of producing up to 425 horsepower (hp) and a top speed of 480 mph on the semi-sport (SC) model.

The Cobra 427s were actually powered by the 7-litre Ford engine, a cheaper, smaller-bore, long-stroke engine designed for road use rather than racing.