Shelby AC Dragonsnakes

Ed Hedrick pistured above in the (fuchia or magenta yuck) dragonsnake that put the AC Cobra into the national records for winning A B and C/sports for 1963 and 1964

Available in 1963, sold with 23 options designed specifically for drag racing. The 289 cu in engine was availble in 4 stages of performance, 271, 300, 325 and 380 horsepower

Shelby AC Dragonsnakes

Ed Hedrick pistured above in the (fuchia or magenta yuck) dragonsnake that put the AC Cobra into the national records for winning A B and C/sports for 1963 and 1964

Available in 1963, sold with 23 options designed specifically for drag racing. The 289 cu in engine was availble in 4 stages of performance, 271, 300, 325 and 380 horsepower

great heavens! A DragginSnake!

From the fantastic collector of awesome dragracing images: http://magneticbrain.blogspot.com/

El Cid CSX2248, one of the five Shelby Cobra dragonsnakes, built for the dragstrip, not the road course. Winner of the 1964 Winternats in Daytona

Above photo from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=920

4 page feature in Muscle Car Review Feb 2010

Drag racing Cobra, early, looks like a '64, on of the Cobras equipped with Shelby American Dragonsnake parts

Can't recall where I got the image, but this is the Costilow and Larsen Cobra that won the 1965 US Nationals, CSX2093