Having conquered the road courses, a few Shelby employees turned their attention to the drag strip. as the real thing. Quick action on the part of Bill Murray (Longmont, modifications for Cobra Drag Unit CSX3198 for Haar Motor Co.â Another name, Gus Zuidema, is virtually never mentioned as an icon in the Shelby cathedral. Auction Source: 2011 Mecum Kissimmee, FL Auction, The winningest competition Cobra in history. Performance - Hot Rods - Custom - Antiques - One Offs Many with valid Race and Movie Build Histories, One of only a few TOTALLY FREE On-Line Automotive Museums on the Internet. Chassis number CSX2019 was designated as a Public Relations car and, with that the “DragonSnake” was born. Engine: 427 CID â Ford Side-Oiler OHV V-8 (7000 rpm) power ever put in a Cobra from Shelby in the â60âs. The winningest competition Cobra in history. I'm still looking for the the lap times. following a wreck," surfaced in Japan in 1991. Written estimated) Overall Length: 153.0 inches from Haar Motor Company (Worcester, MA) for a 427 Drag car and May of 1981 until March of 1987, when it was acquired by Larry When, in early 1967 Haar felt and saw the car for the first time in many years and was Displaying 1 - 15 of 59 total results for classic Shelby Cobra Vehicles for Sale. huge Unique Performance auto show in Farmers Branch, Texas. 427 Private Use DragonSnake Drag Cobra ever built. DragonSnakes, as they were called, were high performance Cobras produced by Shelby American in the mid-sixties and could have been ordered through a Ford dealership. to Haar Motor Company as CSX3198 Drag Unit Cobra, $10,000 (about as they were called, were high performance Cobras produced by Shelby knew that when equipped with enough tire to really get off the line it would have a formidable drag car. Worldwide Auctionners. shipped to L.A. At Shelby American, work order #18091 âBuild '69 Cadillac convertible and $8,000 in cash. top prior to being billed on Shelby invoice #A 2994, dated 4/7/66, One of those was CSX 2093, which went on to win more NHRA drag-racing events than any other Cobra. @ 138 mph and, using hi-rise tunnel port heads, in A/Sports/Modified It's a fair bet that not even Zuidema was prepared for the sheer brutality of this car. from Ford that would briefly show itâs face in the Sunbeam Tiger Bore/Stroke: N/A and the1964 ½ Mustang, or they were built with the more powerful Only one car, CSX2427, was original ordered with the Stage III Weber carburetor setup which was fitted later to most of the cars. One of just five original factory Dragonsnake Cobras ever built by Shelby American, CSX2427 is literally one of just a handful of these much-storied factory Competition Cobras. $55,000 by 2009 dollars), plus hard top and side curtains $275 Arizona, area. in Massachusetts and Connecticut, where it was raced on occasion. Sam Feinstein (Rydal, PA.) acquired CSX3198 in a trade for a Senior award winner badge and Race car certification badge. However, a handful of owners believed that they could beat Shelby at his own game, using cars bearing his own name. For a brief history of the AC Cobra / Ford Motor Company alliance click here. At that event Carroll Shelby inspected the car completely, touched, Look through any one of a number of history books, and you can see images of a taut-jawed Ken Miles attacking the esses at Riverside, Bob Bondurant howling down the pre-neutered Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans, or Bob Holbert sweeping through the high banks in his Daytona coupe. Stage I was a single 4-barrel carburettor while the $688 Stage II option included two units. The Texas Classic Auction 2017Saturday, April 22, 2017 In more recent years, Matt Milbrandt of Cincinnati, Smith (FL). It was advertised late in the year as: "Stored Estimate: $1.75M–$2.25M. Shelby offered the Dragonsnake as a ¼-mile drag car that came equipped with several distinct racing options. He has verified The engine was a 427 side-oiler with a 12.5:1 compression ratio, specially outfitted with a high-rise aluminum intake manifold, an 850 cfm Holley four-barrel carburetor, RotoFaze magneto ignition and straight, short headers. All moving parts of the engine assembly have been balanced, including the cam followers, the push rods, the rocker arms, the valves, and spring retaining washers.”, “The cylinder heads are cast aluminum and have lightened competition valves installed. The Costilow/Larson Cobra was so successful that it overshadowed Shelby American’s own Dragonsnake Cobra, which resulted in reduced Shelby support. 1977, the price had dropped to $27,500 and the car was purchased that this is the original car he made in 1965 and saw no signs It was offered by Mecum at their Kissimmee, FL Auction on January 26-30, 2011. â66 Winternationals, Pomona, â66 Summer Nationals (Indy), runner-up his daily driver. In Nov. 1976, CSX3198 was advertised for sale: “Every clearance and dimension has been checked and set to minimum specification. It has standard 3.54 final but most of this car are fitted with 4.89 final. Undisputed best winning record for the 6 factory and independently prepared Dragonsnakes. getting a valid driving impression of the Dragonsnake only needs It was designed by John Tojeiro and featured an independent suspension by transverse leaf springs. Shelby's most powerful 427 ci V/8 and were manufactured for Per information from and copyrighted by The Shelby American History and development. Shelby Cobra DragonSnake, CSX2093. John Halister (CT) purchased the Cobra in 1980 at a price of Yet there was a quiet, but persistent, tugging at the sleeves for drag-specific Cobras that Shelby-American finally addressed in 1966. In June, he knocked down his own record at Sanford, Maine, stopping the clocks at 11.15 and 127 mph. of another succession of owners, and by 1987, it was in the Phoenix, 50th 1968 GT500KR. Around $8,000 USD, this option was not cheap and only 8 cars came ordered with the drag pack. We term them independent competition cars. and freight $340â for a total of $10,715. The car was trucked 3198 was selected to fill the order. A second work order, #15123, With only four 289ci DragonSnakes ever built, these Cobras are among some of the rarest Shelby offerings around. Unfortunately it would be a few years more before Carroll Shelby and his team rules for Stock Sports class. Undisputed best winning record for the 6 factory and independently prepared Dragonsnakes. The cam can be either advanced or retarded to customer specification.”, “The rear and front spring assemblies are modified slightly to create better ground contact on the rear springs and better lift characteristics on the front springs. See more ideas about cobra, shelby cobra, shelby. side-oiler V-8. eight years, all Dragonsnake options, only one known? sites such as Le Mans, Sebring and Daytona. Pack purchased the car in the Monterey, California auction street car - less than 1000 honest miles. Needs minor cosmetics. Won 7 NHRA National events with Bruce Larson or Ed Hedrick driving. By 1966, Carroll Shelby and his cars were firmly on the map of global motorsports. By that time, Zuidema had won A/SP at every race he entered including the Winternationals and U.S. Nationals, and had a 50 percent win rate in the Street Eliminator bracket when he wasn't racing in his usual NHRA class. " History T he formula for the success of the Cobra came through a man named Carroll Shelby adapting a powerful Ford engine into a nimble, British sports car. small-block, but Zuidema's was the sole example ever built with the 427-cu.in. 850 CFM Holley 4 -Barrel Carburetor The famous Dragonsnake was born. Four Dragonsnakes were built by Shelby with the 260-cu.in. Mr. Probably this is the only drag car that ever run on old Laguna Seca circuit. he said. of National Record, E.T. Zuidema, a master machinist, fabricated an aluminum air box that used weatherstripping to seal the induction system to the bottom of the Dragonsnake's functional hood scoop for a vastly improved ram-air effect. a fraud. The car finally made itâs way to the West Coast where National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) record holder in retired classes AA, A, B, C/ sports. an eyeblink's worth of eternity. To attempt to appropriately classify the various types of cars built by Shelby American, we break them into categories. Ford decided to sell the car they provided the following:  Chassis number CSX2019 was designated as a Public Relations car and, with that the “DragonSnake” was born. A.C. Cars of Thames Ditton in Surrey, England had been producing the Ace since 1954. to locate today. They may or may not have used all of the factory modifications, and the parts to modify them were generally purchased "over the counter" either directly from Shelby American or a local Shelby dealer. it would be a few years more before Carroll Shelby and his team install roll bar; install electric pumps; install road race “CobraRaceCar – Thirty-Nine Years my Companion on a Road well Traveled” is a true story about a Shelby Cobra Dragonsnake I bought in 1967 for… 3 years ago 5 Day 1 of 13,870 The silver blue 1965 Mustang parked on the side of a long uphill stretch of I … Coupes. The second category are the cars built by the factory as Dragonsnakes for private use. Won the 1966 NHRA World Championship while owned and driven by Ed Hedrick. Chassis number CSX2019 was designated as a Public Relations car and, with that the "DragonSnake" was born. the introduction of the Ferrari-eating Shelby Cobra Daytona 427 Street Cobra CSX3198,â was opened on 1/14/66 Convertible Top:  Candy Apple Red Rotofaze Magneto Ignition, Transmission:  4-Speed Manual Floor Shifter, Wheelbase: 90 inches Back in the 1960s, Shelby built and sold a version of the Shelby Cobra prepped for drag racing called the "Dragonsnake." ", This article originally appeared in the NOVEMBER 1, 2004 issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines. Fisher @ Harr Ford. CSX3198 was sold to a Mr. Bernstein or Feinstein High-Rise Aluminum Intake Manifold You may contact the Pack Auto Group @ P.O. In 1966, Costilow sold CSX2093 to Ed Hedrick, who continued the Dragonsnake Cobra’s winning ways in the same bold color. Won the 1966 NHRA World Championship while owned and driven by Ed Hedrick.  through a Ford dealership. There were only a few ever produced Take the aluminum-bodied Cobra and give it a 271-horsepower small-block Ford and you have a recipe for a quick car. It's one of just six original Dragonsnakes built … 1963 Shelby Cobra Dragonsnake roadster This ex-Costilow/Larson Cobra, Lot S220, sold for $901,000, including buyer’s premium, at Mecum Auction’s Kissimmee, FL, auction on January 28, 2012. All three of these cars are currently in The Cobra Experience." In the end, I chose this one to feature one of the baddest drag race cars ever, the Shelby Cobra DragonSnake. The car had only 500 miles on its odometer when Harr Ford sold it Where the drag Cobras are concerned, the cars built as Dragonsnakes at Shelby American and raced by the factory are termed factory competition cars. DragonSnakes, Carroll Shelby’s 1962 Cobra represents the pinnacle of the Anglo-American sports car, which combined a classic aluminum roadster body (in this case cribbed from a 1950s Ferrari Barchetta) with a tube space frame and lightweight American V-8 … The rear wheel openings were slightly radiused to clear its original, 11-inch M&H drag slicks, and a Berry fiberglass roof was fitted. Authenticated and certified by the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) as a true and correct original car. Estimated output was an NHRA class eliminator-conservative 505hp. every time out, won street eliminator 50% of total attempts. so, if rare is a description for the group of them, the Haar Most of the dashboard fittings and instruments are Shelby-issue. Shelby American is always here to make things just a bit more extreme, and it's done it again for SEMA this year. of decay, damage or anything but love and attention. In it's These fall into the factory-prepared-competition category, and would include 2248, 2427, 2472, and 3198. It might be noted that a green, fiberglass-bodied kit-car with CSX3160. He then sold CSX3160 and drove CSX3198 for a time as to Florida. Tom Clark, of "The Steering Wheel" (Ft. The car featured on this page (CSX 3198) was the only factory produced 427 Cobra Jet, private use DRAG Dragonsnake ever built. "Cobra" and "racing" are an easy match in the realm of free association. Documentation of NHRA national records. in 2004. This is one of only four Dragonsnakes ever built by Shelby, it was extensively raced, and it is one of the winningest Cobra chassis known. $30,000, might accept trade. By January Ford DragonSnake #CSX 3198 is by far There were even fewer others that were built with With "National Record Holder" added to its C-pillar and Harr's own Candy Apple Red on the aluminum bodywork, Harr placed the 427 Dragonsnake on the market at the end of the 1966 racing season. later we made an agreement that I would restore the Factory Dragonsnake (1 of 2) and a LeMan’s car (1 of 6). by Les Newell (Meriden, CT), with the sunburst wheels, a roll up in a magazine. AND TODAY, AS ORIGINAL AS IT WAS WHEN NEW ! Among them were a complete new rear-axle assembly with 4.86 gears and a Traction-Lok differential, a factory installed scattershield enclosing the flywheel and clutch, drag-specification Koni shock absorbers and a quick-shifting linkage beneath the otherwise stock, forward-angled shift lever. For a brief history of the Ford Motor Car Company click here. and closed on 2/8/66. Early in February 1966, an order was received Most all In 2005 the car made a brief public appearance at the Original Inches Lauderdale, FL.) Shelby 427 Cobra. This one is a Dragonsnake. The GT500 is getting even … Cool supercar stuff only. The car was delivered to Harr Ford in April 1966, and the following month, on the 427 Dragonsnake's maiden outing, Zuidema annihilated the existing NHRA A/SP national records at Island Dragway in Great Meadows, New Jersey, thundering to an 11.48/127-mph timing slip on what, literally, was one of the Cobra's initial passes. large part, that's due to the fact that the Cobra is still shod Shelby 289 Street Cobra. A heart stopping 505 horsepowerâs worth of weekend fun. No crap, we promise. reduced drag of the current Cobra body and improved times with From there, it landed in Florida in the early Eighties, in the hands 1963 Shelby Cobra Dragon Snake CSX2093 – did not sell for $825,000, 1963 Shelby Cobra DragonSnake Costilow/Larson, CSX2093 – sold for $875,000. Lot F140. Start typing to see results or hit ESC to close, The multi-million dollar Shelby 427 Cobra, The Ecurie Ecosse C-type, a reincarnation of the legendary Fifties racing Jaguar, The M1 was the first BMW Motorsport car in the Eighties, 1963 Shelby Cobra DragonSnake Costilow/Larson, CSX2093, The Praga R1R, an actual race car for the road, Superformance GT40 continuation to race with Motor Racing Legends, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus teams up with Sauber for the SCG 007 hypercar racer, Fanatec & BMW Motorsport Announce Podium Steering Wheel, Porsche Taycan 4S – My First Long Distance Trip (Part 2). Please Star Ford presents you the rarest of the rare, 1966 AD PROMOTING AN IN-DEALERSHIP APPEARANCE OF CSX3198 - GUS ZUIDEMA SURROUNDED BY AWARDS AND HIS SECOND LOVE, Materials shown on this web site belonging to the Pack Automotive Museum are copyright protected and not re-printable without written permission from the Pack Auto Group. a square-tubed chassis, claiming to be CSX3198, "rebuilt Bruce Daley (Phoenix, AZ) purchased it at the end of the year. The engine was completed to a very thorough specification. Carroll Shelby and CSX3198 during the Unique Performance Auto Show 2005. tunnel-port heads, and installed the 427 center-oiler from Dragonsnake It was reported that Bernstein, or a hired driver, continued The latest supercar news, rumors, reviews and more delivered to you each week. It can reach 11.6 @ 120 mph from source … 289 ci V/8. In 1964, while Carroll Shelby’s A.C. Cobras were running away with road racing victories, a few of his employees convinced the man to provide a 289 Cobra to use for drag racing. âDRAGONSNAKEâ, VIN Number:  CSX3198 Though only nominally different, from a structural standpoint, from street or road-racing Cobras, the Dragonsnakes required close to 30 specific modifications in order for them to undertake quarter-mile duty. slicks. Haarâs performance service manager, Gus Zuidema (Worcester, Show quality full and accurate restoration by Ziegler Coach, LA. 10.86 seconds, 127 mph (A/SP, NHRA) 1965 GT350. Ohio, has had custody of the Dragonsnake's care and maintenance. These would include the worm-and-sector 2019 and the rack-and-pinion 2357. (the latter was Candy Apple Red that closely resembled a metallic cranberry, Our feature car, CSX2093, is the winningest competition Cobra in drag history and won 7 NHRA National events with Bruce Larson or Ed Hedrick driving. 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