Mustang from Legendary GT Continuation Cars pays homage to the one-of-one 1967 GT500 Super Snake from Shelby.
In 1967, Shelby American built one 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Super Snake with an all-aluminum 427-cubic inch racing engine. This package never made it to production due to the high cost of the build, but Legendary GT Continuation Cars built a collection of similar cars with Shelby’s permission and one of these rare big block-powered pony cars will be auctioned off later this month in Texas.
1967 Shelby Super Snake
Back in 1967, Shelby American western sales rep Don McCain pushed for a limited edition run of GT500 Mustang fastbacks with a unique, all-aluminum, 427-cubic inch V8 engine. This car, known as the Super Snake, would have been the best-performing Ford pony car of the time, but Shelby decided that the car would just cost too much to go to production. As a result, only a single 1967 GT500 Super Snake was built.
Fortunately, Legendary GT Continuation Cars was granted permission by Shelby American to recreate the 1967 Mustang GT500 Super Snake under the name GT500 CSS Continuation Series. Like the original Super Snake, these tribute cars have all of the unique physical upgrades, but most importantly, they are powered by an all-aluminum V8 measuring 427 cubic-inches.
Legendary GT500 CSS
Legendary GT Continuation Cars didn’t build many of these 1967 Mustang tributes, but in flipping through the cars being sold at the upcoming Leake Dallas Auto Auction, we came across one of these unique pony cars. This particular GT500 CSS has the 427-cubic inch V8, but it has been tuned to make a little more power – offering 594 horsepower and 544 lb-ft of torque. That power is sent to the rear wheels by means of a modern five-speed manual transmission that is joined by other late-model upgrades, such as power steering, air conditioning, four-wheel Baer disc brakes and a high capacity cooling system.
Although this car and the others like it from Legendary GT Continuation Cars are technically “clones” of the one-off original, these cars don’t come cheap. Estimated value of a GT500 CSS is up more than $250,000, so while Legendary made owning the all-aluminum-powered Mustang possible – they haven’t made it affordable.
However, for a Mustang or classic car collector, owning a Shelby-approved 1967 Super Snake is one for the bucket list for sure. Take a look at more photos of this majestic snake below.
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