Supercharged Cars

There are 34 cars documented as having a Cobra (Paxton) supercharger installed by Shelby American.

33 of them were retail GT 350 units equipped with a 4-speed manual transmission.

All factory supercharged cars had black (A) trim.

Engineering Cars

67210F3A00121 - GT 350 Automatic. Of the three supercharged engineering cars, this is the only car that is 'documented' by its Production Order ("Supercharger Tests") as having received a supercharger. Car #0121 was used for testing and development by ACSCO. Tom McIntyre, ACSCO's founder, said that their objective was to get the factory vacuum-operated automatic transmission to operate with a supercharged engine that was not creating enough vacuum. Tom claimed that they blew up the car's first engine and sent it back to Shelby. Shelby replaced the blown engine and sent it back for more engineering work. McIntyre tried to purchase the car in 1968, but FoMoCo wasn't receptive and refused to sell it.

67200F-50003 - GT 350 4-speed. It is possible that the Paxton was added to #0003 by Ford's Product Engineering Division at the NAAO building Dearborn in anticipation of offering supercharged cars in 1968. No document has been found that specifically itemizes this car having a supercharger, however, having a supercharger with gauges and scripts would explain why #0003's fixed asset valuation was approximately +$677 more than any comparable GT 350 company car and why it was still wearing a prototype "Cobra Jet" emblem (red background) on the passenger dashboard when it was found in 2023.

67411FH9A00131 - GT 500 Automatic. Car #0131 was the only GT 500 known to have been supercharged; at first with 2x4bbl and 2x blowers (nicknamed "Big Red"), and later reduced to a single 4bbl with a single blower (renamed "Little Red" by Fred Goodell).

Not All of Them Survived

67210F3A00121 - Car #0121 remains unaccounted for since ACSCO attempted to purchase the car in 1968.

67200F0A02365 (Car #2365, Acapulco Blue), is the only car from the train derailment that hasn't been accounted for. Allegedly, this car was so badly damaged that it was undrivable. It is possible that it fell off the top of the railcar and landed upside down. Based on the previous research by Anthony Di Labio, a Caterpillar D9 bulldozer was used to bury the car alongside the tracks where the derailment occurred.

See Also

• Cars with Unknown Whereabouts