SOLD!!! $1.3MM ~ 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake (Mecum Auctions)

HIGHLIGHTS - The one and only 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake - GT40 Mk II 427 engine, built specifically for this car - Purpose-built for the Goodyear Thunderbolt tire test - Original Shelby invoice, MSO and Goodyear tire test photos - One-off chrome inboard headlight surrounds - Unique Le Mans Blue hood striping to distinguish the car - Fitted with passenger car, 7.75x15" Goodyear Thunderbolt whitewall tires - The Super Snake drove 500 miles at an average of 142 MPH and retained 97% of the original tire tread - The Super Snake was never mass produced because the projected retail price would be over twice the price of a baseline GT500 and more than a 427 Cobra - This prototype was sold in August 1967 for $5,000 - Featured in many magazines and My Classic Car DESCRIPTION ESTIMATE: Available Upon Request  When Ford redesigned the Mustang in 1967 to take the 390/320 HP big block V-8, Carroll Shelby took the next logical step and introduced the GT500, the first big block Shelby GT, powered by a modified Police Interceptor 428 CI engine rated at 355 HP. Buyers took to the new car immediately, and the car outsold its small block GT350 stable-mate 2,048 to 1,175 units. In addition to his partnership with Ford, Shelby was also the West Coast distributor for Goodyear, who in February asked Shelby to take part in a promotional event for its new Thunderbolt line of economy tires. Shelby judged that the GT500 would be the perfect choice for an extended high-speed demonstration of the new tire, but the decision took a twist when former Shelby American sales manager Don McCain approached Shelby with the idea of building a supercar that would outperform anything else in the world. Then employed by Dana Chevrolet in South Gate, California and Mel Burns Ford in Long Beach, McCain suggested that Carroll put a racing 427 in the GT500 for the test, let him sell the car and then build 50 more for Burns. FULL ORIGINAL POST AND MORE PHOTOS HERE