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Slash has a thing for early Shelbys, In one of their early videos he drives a supposed 66 off a cliff... BUMMER!

That was a DEAL/STEAL for new owner. Congratulations!

Hemmings is the wrong place to sell anymore?

Well I thought I would wait a few weeks to see if anyone had some input to the fastest Shelby from back in the day. Apparently, pics and info are as rare as a CHUPACABRA/BIGFOOT sighting. Seems the car went thru some changes as all the specialty performance cars that came out of Shelby American did. Good news is I dont need to adapt High Riser components to my existing set up. If anyone is good at locating vintage archival info on the Super Snake, a few of us would be very interested in its changes along the way! Thanks...

Therein lies the problem... ALL members dont have to, nor do they want to block anyone or anything. It is like that dive bar on the lower south side of town, if you dont like what goes on there... SIMPLY STAY AWAY. Where is that we welcome all attitude, that this was built from?

BUMMER..... Thanks for looking! Those that were around back then, would be probably 80 plus years old- that eliminates many from the pool of street racers back then.

Tony- That was the rough street racer crowd that my car ran with for 5 years, before it was involved in an incident that took it off the road for many years. It prowled the streets of the BADLANDS... New York, Philly, Jersey. Hoping someone has some info of BLUE CHEER from back in the day! Great vintage pics!

So PETE is this all a figment of someone's imagination? This never happened...

For more then 40 years I have read various articles on this car stating that it originally ran a 427 High Riser for maximum performance after its original anemic 335 horsepower 428 was removed by Mccain and the boys for its original owners the 2 airline pilots... that wanted to Drag Race the car. A High Riser would have been the first choice for that application No? The Thunderbolts already had a proven track record in Drag Racing so as I was told that it was a simple thought process not to put in a lesser Medium riser Version of the 427. Race cars were always evolving so what was run at this test or at that track may have been completely different then what first was used. I dont think anyone is still alive that would have personal first hand knowledge of how things were in the beginning of 1967 on that car.

Maybe someone can copy and paste the written article here that we are talking about. The tire test that made the car famous... Seemingly 4 months BEFORE the article you are talking about.

HI BOB- Type in SHELBY FORUMS 1967 GT 500 SUPER SNAKE... Car of the month back in 2006. It shows an original article of SHELBYS tire test in 1967 it is a Competition press/ A publication dated April 15 1967. Scroll down to the article showing pictures of the car on track doing the tire test which yielded the 170mph speeds, clearly stating that it was High Riser powered because that was what Mccain and the boys at Shelby American felt was the best engine for that application.

I have spoken to a few that were around in the Hey Day of SHELBY production and it was said that the High Riser was the way to get to 170mph. Much has been written and changed about some of the facts, around all things SHELBY over the years. Over the decades there were some spotty specifics on this car so I did a little searching though I am not into archival discoveries. On the SHELBY FORUM they posted an article about the SUPER SNAKE on APRIL 15 1967 That MCCAIN and OL SHEL put a HIGH RISER in the 67 to get the most power out of it that was available at that time, long before stretched stories/half truths or just plain whoppers before they became the norm..... Check it out, curious what everyone thinks-

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Well the old car has been parked for the last who knows how long due to many things but here is a picture and wanted to ask those that have tried to make a barn door... Vintage Shelby a little more aero dynamic say with vintage parts that maybe OL SHEL might have used. I have NO INFO on that day at the Goodyear test track with a 427 High Riser.. 67 Shelby and what else did that car have on it for that test run? Is my 67 making enough steam to get to 177... hopefully, any and all input gladly accepted.

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Well the old car has been parked for the last who knows how long due to many things but here is a picture and wanted to ask those that have tried to make a barn door... Vintage Shelby a little more aero dynamic say with vintage parts that maybe OL SHEL might have used. I have NO INFO on that day at the Goodyear test track with a 427 High Riser.. 67 Shelby and what else did that car have on it for that test run? Is my 67 making enough steam to get to 177... hopefully, any and all input gladly accepted.

RAPIST?