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  • Shelby Cobra DragonSnake, chassis CSX2416

    The beauty of a barn find is this: sometimes you don’t even know what you have until you start the process of disassembly. Take the case of a 1965 Shelby DragonSnake Cobra for example: when purchased by a collector last year, he believed it to be one of six built. As it turns out, the car was one of just two in a specific configuration. DragonSnake Cobras are among the rarest competition Cobras produced. Built exclusively for drag racing, only seven or eight were assembled, with the bulk (six, as far as we can tell) powered by Ford’s 289-cubic-inch V-8 engine. Of these DragonSnake...

  • 2013 Shelby Mustang GT350 build photos
    2013 Shelby Mustang GT350 Build Gallery

    The 2013 Shelby Mustang GT350 is beginning to take shape at Shelby American.

  • Magnus Jinstrand's custom supercharged Mercedes V-12 Shelby Cobra
    Insane Swedish Supercharged Mercedes-Powered V-12 Shelby Cobra: Video

    Warning: these videos will make you want to sell your house, rob a bank, and sleep in your garage for the next six months. If you're OK with that, proceed. Magnus Jinstrand is the man you'll have to blame for your newly re-oriented life, as he's the wickedly brilliant Swede behind this supercharged...

  • Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori at the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans
    1959 Aston Martin DBR1 To Honor Shelby, Salvadori At Le Mans

    The 24 Hours of Le Mans runs this weekend, and as part of the festival that accompanies the event, the 1959 Aston Martin DBR1 will return to the scene of its victory in the hands of Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori. Shelby and Salvadori both passed away in the past several weeks, along with the...

  • In memory of Carroll Shelby
    Carroll Shelby Memorial To Be Streamed Live Tonight

    From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Pacific time this evening, Shelby American will stream a live memorial to Carroll Shelby. Shelby died May 10 at the age of 89. The live webcast will be hosted at the Shelby American website. There will be a run-up to the "Rev your Engine" salute at 6:55 p.m., with the actual...

  • Carroll Shelby with 3 Cobra roadsters in 1963
    Velocity Channel Working On Carroll Shelby Miniseries

    There’s no denying that Carroll Shelby permanently etched his mark on the American landscape with big, bold strokes. Over the course of his career, Shelby worked as everything from a farmer through a Formula One driver, but he was perhaps best known as the mad genius who shoehorned a Ford V-8...

  • Shelby SuperCars Tuatara

    To avoid confusion and help it stand apart in the increasingly competitive business of selling supercars, Shelby Supercars, or SSC for short, has agreed to drop the Shelby name from its official title and instead go with SSC only. SSC, as many readers may already know, was founded by a man who just so happens to share his last name with legendary American racing driver and Ford-tuner Carroll Shelby. However, now SCC’s founder, Jerod Shelby (pictured above), has officially dropped his name from his supercar business. In an official statement, Shelby said, “After several months of...

  • The 50th Anniversary Edition Shelby Cobra
    Shelby To Raffle Off Last 50th Anniversary Cobra Built

    Shelby American will raffle off the last 50th Anniversary Cobra built at next year's Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona.

  • 50th Anniversary Shelby GT350 Mustang. Image: Shelby American
    Shelby American Celebrates 50 Years With Special Edition Mustangs

    Shelby American is commemorating its golden anniversary with three special edition Mustangs, available in fast, faster and fastest.

  • 50th Anniversary Shelby Cobra. Photo courtesy of Shelby American, Inc.
    Shelby Fans: Plan To Attend The 2012 Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance

    Five collectible Shelby automobiles will be auctioned off at next year's Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance, with the proceeds going to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs.

  • 1968 Shelby Cobra Mustang GT500-KR - Photo copyright Thomas Bey
    Shelby Cobra Mustang Barn Find Nets $230K, Was Leno The Buyer?

    It generated buzz, controversy and even threats on a Shelby forum. By early Saturday afternoon, it generated $230,000 at auction. We're referring to the 1968 Shelby Cobra Mustang GT500-KR we posted about a few days earlier. Curiosity prompted a six-hour road trip to the Indianapolis suburb of...

  • Unrestored 1968 Shelby GT500KR with just 9,000 miles on the clock
    Controversial 1968 Shelby Cobra Mustang GT500-KR Barn Find At Auction

    A highlight of this year's SEMA show in Las Vegas was the original Shelby Cobra prototype on display. Unrestored and unpretentious, its presentation was in stark contrast to the event's requisite highly polished, no-holds-barred rides surrounding it. Patina be damned, its provenance commanded due...

  • Shelby Cobra Prototype No. 1. Photo by Autoholics.com

    There are hordes of hotted-up, modified, and tweaked cars at the 2011 SEMA show, but one car in particular harks back to a purer, simpler time. Despite its age, it packs no less punch: it's the original prototype chassis for the Shelby Cobra, built in 1962. Wearing chassis code CSX0001, this is the car that started a legend. Mating a lightweight British roadster with thunderous American power, the Cobra went on to dominate in motorsports shortly after its introduction. Shown at SEMA with a healthy dose of patina, particularly in the well-worn interior, the car shows that intelligent power-mad...

  • 2012 Ford Mustang Shelby GTS
    2012 Ford Mustang Shelby GTS Seeks Younger Buyers: 2011 New York Auto Show

    Shelby fans can look forward to a brand new special edition Mustang from the legendary Ford tuner following the unveiling this week at the 2011 New York Auto Show of the 2012 Shelby GTS based on the 2011 and 2012 model year Ford Mustang. Unlike this 800 horsepower GT500 Super Snake supercar, the...

  • 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 Super Snake
    800-HP 2012 Ford Shelby Super Snake: New York Auto Show Preview

    The Shelby GT500 already makes plenty of power, but for those who subscribe to the "too much is not enough" philosophy of life, a Super Snake post-title package is on the way--and it will boost horsepower to 800. That's not a typo. On sale May 1, the car will include a Ford Racing handling pack...

  • 2011 Shelby GT500
    VIDEO: Shelby GT500 Does A Lap At VIR

    The Shelby GT500 did very well in Car and Driver's Lightning Lap contest, but C/D's test drivers apparently couldn't keep up with Ford's, and there is proof on the Internet. In fact. we've posted video of the company's 2:58.5 run at Virginia International Raceway--the same one used by the magazine...

  • 1968 Ford Mustang Shelby Cobra GT KR500
    VIDEO: Car And Track Reviews The 1968 Shelby GT500KR

    Remember Car And Track? If you don't, don't worry about it. The show ran from 1967 to 1975, so it may not be fresh in many minds. Nevertheless, video has surfaced online of a televised car and Track road test of the 1968 Shelby GT500KR. Watching this video reminds us of how cool these Mustangs were...

  • Code Red Shelby/Nelson Racing GT500
    Video: Shelby, Nelson Racing Team Up For 1,000 HP TT Code Red GT500

    The 2011 Shelby GT500 is an impressive beast, as we showed you from our first drive at Virgina International Raceway (complete with video). But now Shelby and Nelson Racing Engines have decided to team up to make the 2007-2009 GT500 something truly unique, with the aid of a pair of turbochargers...

  • 2011 Shelby GT350

    Shelby American has released the final specifications for the 2011 GT350, including an option that will net buyers more than 600 horsepower. Built in Las Vegas, the GT350 will be available in both naturally aspirated and supercharged form. Naturally aspirated cars come in standard 2011 Ford Mustang GT trim for SCCA racing duties, with the option to bump horsepower to 430. The standard supercharged model makes 525 horsepower, and an optional "R" tuning package makes 624 ponies. All models have a performance suspension, upgraded brakes, performance-oriented wheels and tires, and Shelby exterior...

  • 2011 Shelby GT350
    2011 Shelby Mustang GT350: Final Specs, New 624 HP Package

    Whether it's Eleanor you think of when you hear GT350 or the racing greatness of the original Shelby Mustangs, the new 2011 Shelby GT350 should quicken your pulse. If it doesn't, there's a 624-horsepower "R" tune add-on that will do the trick. Yes, it's a Mustang, but don't let that fool you. The...

  • 2011 Shelby GT350
    Shelby Considering New Mustang Models

    The selection of aftermarket Mustangs seems endless, but that won't stop Shelby from possibly adding more models to the mix. A report suggests that the company is planning to possibly add a twin-turbo package to 2007-2009 GT500 models, and a performance package for the 2010-2011 V-6 and GT models...

  • GT500CR
    Photos: Classic Restorations Shelby GT500CR

    Mustangs Daily has a nice photo gallery featuring pictures of the Classic Restorations Shelby GT500CR with a custom paint job. This continuation version of a 1967 Shelby GT500 is powered by a 427 cubic-inch (6.9-liter) V-8 that makes 545 horsepower and mates to a 5-speed manual transmission, a...

  • 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 First Drive
    Shelby Considering Twin-Turbo Package For Ford Mustang V-6

    Smoky burnouts, lurid powerslides, brutalized rev-limiters and V-8 engines--those are the things that make Shelby-tuned Mustangs great. But as automakers and customers around the world bow down to environmental consciousness and switch to downsized engines, so must the tuning scene. According to...

  • 1965-66 Shelby GT350 prototype
    Auction Alert: Original 1965 Shelby GT350 Prototype

    The Shelby up for auction at Mecum's Monterey event is not your ordinary GT350.

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