The 1966 Shelby Cobra Super Snake was built to slay ... to unleash some of the most capable Ford vehicles ever seen. Cobra's CSX 3015 and 2000 are without doubt two of the most important and ...

CSX 3015 was based on a racing car, and a second one – CSX 3303 – was a modified street Cobra. The 1966 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C Super Snake – CSX 3015 – was the first of the two Super Snakes.

And as Cobras go, few are more important than the model auctioned by RM Sotheby’s at the Monterey sale – known as CSX 2000, it’s the very first Cobra built by the late Carroll Shelby himself.