Shelby American’s history is inextricably entwined with sports car racing. From the Cobra to the original GT350 and on to the GT40 program, Carroll Shelby’s company competed from Riverside to Le Mans. Ol’ Shel didn’t get into the street-machine business until the GT500 arrived in 1967; its big-block FE engine made it more suited to stoplight drags on Woodward than tearing up Laguna Seca. With the Super Snake Wide Body Concept, Shelby seems to be recalling both histories.
According to the House that Shel Built, the Super Snake Wide Body Concept was put together “to explore the performance envelope of the 2015+ Ford Mustang chassis.” In short, it’s not just a straight-line machine. The Wide Body features track increases of about 4 inches in the rear and 2.5 in the front, with body panels stretched accordingly. Under the flares and behind the widened wheels, the Lightning Blue Mustang features an adjustable coil-over suspension, larger brakes, hardened wheel studs, and beefed up spindles and hubs. Shelby quotes the Super Snake’s power output at 750 horsepower.
The aesthetics seem to pull more from the Japanese tuner scene than they do IMSA; the stretched rear quarters especially look like they could’ve been cribbed from a fresh ’73 Celica or an exaggerated Hakosuka Skyline. Which might be why Shelby is pushing it as a concept to gauge reaction. If response is positive, the track-oriented Super Snake would be available to the paying public later this year.
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