it's a special card one of a kind it's the only one like it
we got stopped doing 190 miles an hour in nevada in it
it would do just a little over three seconds of 60 45 years ago
we couldn't have carol here again but aaron shelby is coming up here with us
the stories carol told us about this car and i didn't mention it when the 275 was up here but
the whole story of carol with his attorney going up to tahoe his attorney having a 275 ferrari
and at high altitude leaving him at 140 miles an hour we actually interviewed the gentleman that
built it lance we went and met with him and he told us the whole story it was a comp car came
back from europe after being on a pr tour it was in europe with ford's anticipation of winning
le mans in 1966 which they did when it came back this 3015 3014 its companion comp car
and two gt350rs carol after being beat by his uh attorney and friend told lance i want you to build
a car that will beat my attorney's car he took a full comp lightweight engine put two blowers on it
carol's signature automatic transmission turned the comp car into an sc so he could
plate it and then as his attorney said at 140 miles an hour this time it just exploded
as carol said he did got caught he wasn't actually caught he was actually doing a race across nevada
actually had the police chief with him in the passenger seat they clocked in doing 190 miles
an hour in the car carol told us a lot of stories going through towns in the car it uh it's a piece
of history uh when we got it we went through the car everything works on it all we did is polish it
clean it and tune it it's a fabulous car you can feel carol when you're in this automobile it's
absolutely spectacular there is only one super snake left another one was built for bill cosby
he returned it to shelby america and it no longer exists the cobra to end all cobras as was written
in rodent track in 1968 in february this is the car it's a piece of automotive history the best
cobra on the planet carol shelby's personal super snake aaron do you have anything to say
yeah sorry turn the mic off all right yes definitely if there's any shelby out there that's
going to bring some emotion this is it you played a little clip of the sale from uh from 2008 2007
yes 2007. you saw the excitement you saw carol's emotion about this car this was a special car to
carol he loved this car and this is something that he had built for himself he had a lot of pride in
this and love to tell stories about driving this car this is going to be something really special
for somebody's collection out here and looking forward to see what who it ends up with tonight
well it's a piece of history joseph let's do it again all right how did you get everybody paying
how many dollars well this this engine is equipped obviously with a couple of superchargers but to
make that possible an edelbrock xf-66 cross ram was utilized now shelby made most of his manifolds
in house but undoubtedly for this one-off or two-off situation they turned instead to edelbrock
and to make it work it's got a rather ungainly looking bulge on the hood and a scoop that goes
into it that's not about let's try and look cool that's a hall about trying to get air
into that engine and that's what it took to make it work right dear that resembles
the boss 429 scoop of two years later so you've got to wonder if maybe the ford starts and says
you know that's a pretty cool scoop make a note when craig was talking he referred to this as a
comp car it was originally built as a competition car and that's what it went to
europe for it wasn't race but it was used as a press car because of what was going
on with ford so this started life is a pure high performance piece of machinery
i don't know what else to say about it it is a one-of-a-kind car
it is the only cobra with a hood like this uh lance when i talked to him told me uh
what they did to build this car he's still available if anybody wants to talk to him
this is a crown jewel for anybody's uh collection and uh you know i had it in my garage
i'm tempted to bid on if nobody else is going to start because i love this car
well underneath this beautiful aluminum body is a tube steel frame and the 289 cars rode
on three inch diameter tubes well for the 427s all that torque and weight they went up to four
inch diameter tubes the aluminum on the body also got thicker than the 289 cars so very
unique of course the 427 cars have the big quarter panels and a much more aggressive looking car an
interesting note you'll notice it has an automatic transmission he didn't want to mess with driving
with the stick at that point it was all about pure power because he wasn't going to be racing it side
to side he wanted to go fast and make it simple i don't know what else to say about it the car
is in impeccable condition it you can sense carol in it i think steve wants to say something he said
everything he needs to say but i got something else to say that is arguably the most significant
car of its kind in the world that car literally embodies the american spirit what we're all living
and breathing today wouldn't be possible in the automotive world it wasn't for the genius of carol
shelby he harnessed all that energy and all that incredible incredible enthusiasm and built a car
that today is priceless it's one of a kind it's irreplaceable rarity collectibility desire we're
in the heart of super saturday night now here at barrett-jackson scottsdale this is the moment
selling carol shelby's super snake cobra two hours of more coverage has headed your way on fyi
steve you're exactly right again this isn't something that carol just owned
this is something what an incredible moment here at barrett-jackson scottsdale selling
carol shelby's super snake 427 cobra we are at four and a half million dollars bid and counting
we have seen this car cross the block twice before here at barrett-jackson each
time it sold for five million dollars let's see where it's going to go now
when greg was up on the block a few moments ago he made the comment you know
i think i should bid on this and it looks like that's exactly what he's done he's removed
himself from the position up above with the auctioneers and has joined the bidders
c6 automatic and this is not necessarily a negative and one for one thing trying to
control that power on the four speed not much fun ford made an excellent automatic in the
form of the c6 which is high line pressure basically a heavy duty drag race capable
transmission has been installed here the c6 is a great training absolutely historical what it
represents embodies the spirit the entrepreneurial man the carol shelby was but more importantly
shelby ford all the people that touched that car absolutely live and breathe under the hood of that
thing it's an american treasure whoever owns it will have in my opinion one of the most incredible
pieces of americana that exists regardless of the price that's history it's americana four million
there's a lot of originality still left on this car in fact they say
it wasn't restored it was renewed
the reserve is off there is no minimum bid that must be made before the car
will sell the reserve is off the high bid will take the super snake
and that's the bid five million dollars for the super snake
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