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◾ A hardtop, chrome bumpers, hand-painted graphics, vintage-style Cobra badges, polished side vents and “Powered by Ford” badges. The car comes with a bevy of features including: Side curtains and a hardtop improved aerodynamics. His vehicle was transformed from a street Cobra to a Dragonsnake race car with new rear-fender flares, American Racing wheels, drag slicks, a chrome roll bar, sun tachometer and chassis tweaks, Shelby American said.

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The first car in the series honors Bruce Larson and his 1963 Shelby 289 Cobra Dragonsnake, named the most successful drag-racing Cobra of all time. More: Ford CEO Jim Farley makes podium at iconic Le Mans Classic race That vehicle "was a direct descendent of the 1963 Dragonsnake program,” Vince LaViolette, Shelby American vice president of operations, said in a news release.

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In 2022, the Shelby GT500 Code Red Ford Mustang priced at nearly $300,000 debuted at the Woodward Dream Cruise. The five 1963 roadsters being built in 2023 honor those five roadsters of the past, he said. We reopened Dragonsnake production so fans can experience the thrill of launching a ‘new’ Shelby Cobra down the quarter mile." “Carroll was so impressed that he approved three more to be built for customers. “The 1960s Shelby ‘Dragonsnake’ program began when a small group of young Shelby American production employees developed and drag raced a pair of the roadsters to amazing success,” Patterson said in a news release. In the past, older men have purchased these high-priced, high-performance vehicles, Patterson said, but younger buyers have been drawn to Shelby vehicles since the 2019 release of the "Ford v Ferrari" film featuring actor Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby, the legendary automotive designer and racing driver.īuyers now tend to be entrepreneurs who have owned and run businesses, or C-suite executives, he said. That's pretty badass." What was special about the Shelby Cobra? "This was one of the winningest in the world.

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That car won more races in the '60s than any other Cobra," Gary Patterson, president of Shelby American, told the Detroit Free Press. "People who appreciate the heritage of what a Cobra was and what it means. Who buys this masterpiece that starts at $750,000? Only five of these vehicles will be built, by hand, taking up to two years apiece. Shelby American announced Friday that it's reopening production of the classic roadster. The 1963 Shelby Dragonsnake Cobra is back. The roadster that inspired modern drag racing is being built again. There are zero rare words (I hope!), and it has a nifty little theme.Watch Video: What to expect if you purchase the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-e It’s about a Monday-Tuesday level of NYT difficultly. So here we are My crossword today is not hard.

And recruited myself and a few other women and men from the “sane” crossword community. Fred Piscop (a NYT constructor) took the helm. It’s quite an interesting and entertaining story, because it’s so odd. And it was Nate Silver’s group (love ‘em or hate ‘em) who finally published the definitive proof. And his solution was to PLAGIARIZE other published crosswords, including some older New York Times puzzles!!! He changed a few clues and answers to evade detection usually by a few letters. He was contemptuous of those “smarty-pants” crosswords that “Elite Democrat Party Liberals” This is probably because he was (and still is, IMO) an End-of-Times-Fundamentalist-Right-Wing-Extremist-Evangelical!”. Timothy Parker never had anything to do with any of the “regular” crossword community. The previous editor Timothy Parker was FIRED for plagiarism!!! I’ve contributed about 87 hard Friday/Saturday crosswords to the New York Times, however I’m also part of a team of about 20 people who contribute to the USA Today.Īll of us who now contribute are, or have been New York Times crossword constructors, including Fred Piscop the (newer) USA Today crossword editor. Here’s some background info, that even people who aren’t very interested in crosswords may find interesting (and it’s NOT the part about me!):Īlrighty then. So what’s an “LGBT” clue doing in a paper like the USA Today?

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As some here may already know, I am a professional crossword constructor, hence my “name”