Last year, we saw the Shelby American bless the world with the 2017 Shelby Super Snake wide body concept along with a Shelby F-150 Super Snake street truck. Earlier this year, we saw the 1968 Shelby Continuation GT500KR rise from the dead. Now the automaker has announced a 1967 Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake at the Carroll Shelby International in Gardena, California.

Shelby American president Gary Patterson elaborated on the decision.

“We’re fulfilling the dream of Carroll Shelby and Don McCain. Shelby built an engineering study dubbed the ‘Super Snake’ for high-speed tire testing by Goodyear in 1967. When that successful test ended, Shelby American offered it to Mel Burns Ford in SoCal to retail to the public.
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Former Shelby American employee Don McCain approached Shelby about doing a limited run of cars. They carefully studied the idea but sadly, the timing did not work because the car was too expensive. The program never came to fruition, until now.”


A very limited 10 Shelby Super Snakes will be reincarnated, each based on a donor 1967 Ford Mustang. Each example will have a Shelby serial number and a signature by Carroll Shelby and Don McCain.

In terms of power, the continuation vehicle will have a four-speed manual transmission powered by a 427-cubic-inch V-8 pushing 550 hp. This is close to the 1967 model that Shelby chief engineer Fred Goodell modified, swapping out the original engine with a modified 427 race engine capable of around 520 hp.

Each Super Snake will be built to order in Pennsylvania at the ripe price of $249,995. Get them while supplies last.