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With all this Barrett-Jackson brouhaha around here, we mustn't forget that there are other places to spend torrents of money on a vintage car. Say, on eBay Motors, where $3,000,000 will buy you the only GT500 Super Snake that Carroll Shelby ever made. You get the 520-horse 427, the rights to the SuperSnake.org website, and about a million tons of history with the deal. But still, we can't help wondering how many Omni GLHSs you could buy with 3 megabucks and still have enough left over for a mansion and a couple of Zimmer Golden Spirits- probably all of them! [eBay Motors]
World's Only 1967 GT500 Super Snake Could Be Yours... For $3 Million
With all this Barrett-Jackson brouhaha around here, we mustn't forget that there are other places to spend torrents of money on a vintage car. Say, on eBay Motors, where $3,000,000 will buy you the only GT500 Super Snake that Carroll Shelby ever made. You get the 520-horse 427, the rights to the SuperSnake.org website, and about a million tons of history with the deal. But still, we can't help wondering how many Omni GLHSs you could buy with 3 megabucks and still have enough left over for a mansion and a couple of Zimmer Golden Spirits- probably all of them! [eBay Motors]
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What Would You Bury In Tulsa?
As you're aware, they just exhumed a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere in Tulsa, OK. Apparently, this is pretty big news as KPCC (an LA public radio station) sent kitsch archivist extraordinaire Charles Phoenix all the way to the Sooner State to cover the muddy dig. Which got one of our readers thinking. Given a big hole in the ground and several square yards of bubble wrap, what modern car would you bury? As Kenny J explains, "So that when the days of MAD MAX are upon us, you are ready to hoon with the baddest Oakland Raider Fans." Well, if doomsday is the case, we're sinking the 725 hp Super Snake. But we're spraying it matte-black, first. How about you? And you have all weekend to ponder. More »
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Snake-Spotting: 725 HP Shelby GT500 Super Snake Slithers Out Into The Open!
The site that's all about the Evolution of the Mustang just whispered with forked tongues into our ears about some shots of the Shelby GT500 Super Snake which seem to have slipped out onto the internet. Carroll's costly upgrade to his already up-powered pony car was spotted as it gets ready to head out to the Mid-America Ford Performance and Shelby Meet in Tulsa, OK this weekend. If you'll remember, this pricey piece of pumped-up solid-rear-axled snake meat may wrap itself around your wallet like a boa, but it'll give your GT500 a boost to either 600 or 725 HP depending on which package you choose. If anyone gets a chance to snap some more shots in Tulsa this weekend, feel free to send them our way, just don't complain to us if you also come home bitten by this crimson cobra commander. More »
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Where Did You Get Your Automotive Dogma?
Yesterday, the Postfather hipped all us Jalops to the very real possibility that Cadillac's next CTS-V will come packin' 600 Horsepower. The collective response was, "Yawn, me want an M5." Then, ole Werty Wert put up a post about the new Shelby Super Snake with 725 fucking horsepower! The second response was actually, "yawn." Only our Canadian buddy Danio3834 came to both of these insane machines' defense. But I am not praising Danio. Why? Because I've heard him say too many times that he wouldn't pay for an M5 or an RS 4 because they don't have Chevy small blocks. And yes I'm half-Canadian, so according to the Provincial Fairness Act I can single him out. More to the point, we're all guilty to some degree of motorized fundamentalism. More »
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The 725 HP Shelby GT500 Super Snake Can Be Yours For Just $72,000!
According to the folks at the site who always have the scoop on the next evolution of the Mustang, you'll have to fork over some serious dough to make your GT500 slither. They've somehow managed to get pricing from the folks at Shelby on the Super Snake GT500 package that we've been told is capable of making your standard every-day 500 HP GT500 into a pony-car with (reportedly) over 725 HP, making it the highest horsepower street-legal warranty-carrying Mustang ever. The folks at Shelby will take your $45,000 GT500 and for just $27,995, they'll boost the engine performance via a Shelby supercharger upgrade, a Borla cat-back exhaust system and a cold air intake and then they'll work on the handling a bit by dropping in a Shelby/Eibach coil over suspension to lower the 'stang a little over an inch-and-a-half and then by adding Shelby/Eibach sway bars to reduce the body roll. In addition to some Pirelli P-Zero Nero 255/35ZR20 front and 275/35ZR20 rear tires, Shelby will pretty up the exterior by slapping on some carbon fiber, a KR-like Super Snake hood and some super striping and badging, then call it a day. We're even told they'll throw in some satin door lock knobs and some Shelby floor mats at no extra charge, but we're pretty sure they'll charge you if you ask for a Cobra-Kai karate gi to wear out on the road while driving your "Snake." Photo gallery of the Super Snake look-alike "King of the Road" below and full details on what else you'll get below the jump. More »
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