the Drag Snake is going to auction again, CSX 2427

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/world-s-only-1965-shelby-cobra-dragonsnake-factory-stage-iii-gunning-for-17m-at-auction-233160.html#

Legendary GT in Pennsylvania, which builds continuation Shelby cars for Shelby American, is going to make 5 more Dragonsnakes, at about 3/4M apiece

 https://fordauthority.com/2023/06/1963-small-block-shelby-dragonsnake-cobra-production-revived/

CSX 2357 with the lettering clearly showing the cool goofy 60s influence

https://www.facebook.com/TheMagneticBrain/photos/a.172811656202331/1322054897944662

race cars and parachutes, there aren't many things cooler

I'm ending the day with a Dragon Snake photo and banner, that I haven't seen before

https://www.facebook.com/212490422123357/photos/a.340485429323855/1654491177923267

October 1964 photo of Shelby American's second Factory Team Dragonsnake (CSX2357) with Lew Spencer himself (at left) along with Eric Dahlquist of HOT ROD magazine.

http://saacforum.com/index.php?topic=27706.375

the Dragonsnakes, and Drag Snakes

CSX 2248

this is CSX 2416

CSX 2019 (was in the Elvis movie)

CSX 2357

CSX 2427

CSX 3198

CSX 2093

CSX 2109

CSX 2472

a list of known Dragonsnake configs:

CSX 2019------Factory PR Dragonsnake
CSX 2093------Famous Costilow/Larson car. This was an independent car, non factory built, perhaps the most famous of all the DS cars. 
CSX 2248------Factory built for Customer (the El-Cid car)
CSX 2353------Independent (Siebens-Sidel car. )
CSX 2357------Factory car (second one built)
CSX 2427------Factory Prepared/independently campaigned. 
CSX 3198------Factory Prepared car for Harr Ford. Only 427 built.

Factory Dragonsnakes: CSX 2019, CSX 2357.

Factory-Prepared Customer Dragonsnakes: CSX 2248, CSX 2427, CSX 2472.

Independently Prepared Cobra Drag Cars: CSX 2075, CSX 2093, CSX 2109.

Miller Motorsports Museum, The Larry H. Miller Total Performance Auto Museum near Tooele Utah (35 minutes west of Salt Lake City)

http://www.automuseums.info/united-states/miller-motorsports-park-larry-h-miller-museum via
http://www.thegentlemanracer.com/2013/08/miller-motorsports-park-ford-collection.html

A Shelby Cobra Dragonsnake has been pulled out of the barn, probably the last forgotten Cobra Dragonsnake we'll hear of

The last factory built Dragonsnake to be a barn find, spent the last 30 years in a garage in Anaheim. It was raced at Monterey in 1974, then stored away... and the owner just left it alone.

It's one of 2 factory built with the 325 hp Stage III d Competition 289's. Only 6 DragonSnakes were built

Some images from http://www.autominded.com/2813_rare-shelby-cobra-dragonsnake-re-debuts/classic-cars#!prettyPhoto[Gallery]/3/ and some from http://automotive.speedtv.com/article/vintage-rare-dragonsnake-cobra-found/

Cobra Dragonsnake at SEMA

Shelby AC Dragonsnakes (only 8 made)

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

Oct 2011 update, one just was at Mecum at Monterey auction, and didn't sell at 825,000

great heavens! A DragginSnake!

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

Vintage photographs of racing Cobras

What the hell is the above Cobra doing with a frickin' LUGGAGE RACK?

Above is DragonSnake CSX2019

Photos from http://5window.tumbler.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