The Incredible 950HP 1968 Black Mamba Shelby 490 Mustang

This would have to be one of the best Restomods I have seen on Youtube. Here are some of its specs.

Engine: Carroll Shelby aluminium 490 cubic inches. 705 HP at 6300 rpm and 639 lb-ft of torque at 5000 rpm . 900 - 950 HP with nitrous.

Transmission: Tremec TKO600, McCloud aluminium flywheel and clutch assembly, Tilton hydraulic throw out bearing and Lakewood bell housing

Frame: Art Morrison muscle car Max-G frame. Custom CAD engineered for engine, tire, front / rear suspension components and braking specs.

Suspension: Air Ride Technologies Ride Pro system.The car is capable of attaining a ground clearance of less than 2 inches.

Body: Ford Mustang body shell channeled 4" over the frame. It then was extensively modified with an Eleanor style body kit.

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The Ultimate Mustang. The 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake

This is the legendary 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake – the only one of its kind ever built.

Carroll Shelby originally assigned the car to demonstrate Goodyear’s new “Thunderbolt” budget passenger car tires in a high-profile press event, but the mission was expanded when former Shelby American sales manager Don McCain suggested that Carroll plonk a racing 427 Le Mans GT40 engine in the GT500 for the test and let him sell the car with the intention of building 50 more to be marketed and sold to the public as the powerhouse Shelby Super Snakes. 

Shelby instructed Fred Goodell, Shelby American’s chief engineer to fit the GT500 with a special engine. The same powerplant used in the Le Mans-winning GT40 Mk II, including a variation on the Mk II’s “bundle of snakes” exhaust system. It had 600 horsepower (447kw). The Super Snake had a top speed of 170 MPH (273km/h) with Shelby at the wheel for press demonstration laps before Goodell averaged 142 MPH (228km/h) for the 500-mile tire test at Goodyear’s San Angelo, Texas, test facility. The demonstration  was a success, but McCain’s plan to sell 50 Super Snakes was dashed by the Super Snake’s $8,000 price tag; even the 427 Cobra cost less.

The Super Snake had a series of owners before it was purchased by Richard Ellis, an Illinois collector of rare Shelby Race Cars. It showed 26,000 miles on the clock and almost no deterioration. “I wanted to own this piece of Shelby history more than anything,” Ellis said. “It was well cared for by its previous owners, but I’ve put a lot of effort into returning it to the state it was in on the day of the tire test. Now it is time to allow another collector or museum the opportunity to be the caretaker of what is the most unique and historically significant Shelby Mustang every built. I have enjoyed it a great deal and now it is time to move on. It will be missed,” Ellis added.

The Super Snake was put up for auction Friday, May 17 2013. It sold for $1.3 million and is the highest price ever paid for a Mustang.

The 1967 Shelby GT500 was built for one purpose, a tyre demonstration, there is only one Super Snake, the true king of the road.

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