2008 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500 Super Snake

The auction car is equipped with the 725 hp package, as detailed in extensive Shelby factory documentation viewable in the accompanying photo gallery.

Hard numbers are difficult to come by, but most sources suggest fewer than 1,000 Super Snakes were converted for 2008, and Shelby themselves remain secretive on how many were fitted with 725 hp engines.

Super Snake spec included custom carbon fiber side skirts, front splitter, cooling ducts for front and rear brakes, and a fiberglass ram-air hood held down by race-style pins.

Wheels are 20” Alcoa items also unique to the Super Snake, and the car sits squarely over them with a great stance as enabled by track-biased, Shelby and Eibach suspension components.

Shelby and Super Snake badging further drive the point that this is not your typical Mustang.

The cabin features Super Snake logo embroidered headrests. Super Snake sill plates, a Shelby I.D. plaque, and a central accessory gauge pod home to supercharger boost, oil pressure, and fuel pressure gauges. Carroll Shelby signature Super Snake floor mats are also included.

These full-on 725 hp cars utilized a twin-screw blower made by Mustang tuning specialist Kenne Bell, and supporting modifications included 6-piston Baer front brakes, various suspension upgrades, an aluminum driveshaft, and a 3.73:1 final drive ratio.

This car is offered by the family of its original owner and is sold with extensive documentation.

As one of the most powerful and exclusive semi-factory Mustangs ever made, this is not only an incredibly fast car, but also a very rare one.