(July 15, 2012)  When a vintage car is sold three times in five years the price usually escalates. Not the case for the 1963 Shelby Cobra Dragonsnake. It was the top seller at Mecum’s Kissimmee sale a few months ago.

The Dragonsnake, CSX 2093, topped Mecum’s Kissimmee sale last year and in 2007. The only difference among the three sales has been the price — $1.417 million in 2007, $875,000 in 2011, and $850,000 this year.

Mecum has described CSX 2093 — powered by a Weber-carbureted Ford 289-cubic inch V-8 — as the winningest competition Cobra in history. One of eight Cobras built specifically for drag racing, owned by Jim Costilow, and piloted by drag racing legend Bruce Larson.

It dominated the NHRA’s A/SP, AA/SP, B/SP and C/SP classes in 1964. It set all new records in the 1965 season and won the NHRA Spring nationals, Winternationals and U.S. Indy Nationals that year.

Later, with subsequent owner Ed Hedrick behind the wheel, the CSX 2093 went on to win the 1966 Spring nationals and U.S. Nationals. It also chalked up class wins at the 1967 Spring nationals, Winternationals, U.S. Indy Nationals, and finished out the season with the World Points Championship. It continued to set records in 1968. All told, CSX 2093 held national titles in four separate classes.

Source: Hemmings Daily Blog