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Green/black interior. Invoiced to Shelby American, with acrylic paint, on 04/12/66. Shelby invoice #000877, dated 07/14/66, billed Hi-Performance Motors (El Segundo, Ca) for the car: "1966 Cobra Street, Veh. #CSX3260, Green, $6145.00". It was picked up at the factory and sold under the Ford employee plan to Lee Stauffacher (Whittier, Ca).

By virtue of his status as a Ford Motor Process Engineer, Stauffacher got $1,000.00 of the sticker price, paying $6495.00 for his Cobra. For the first six months of it life, 3260 was driven to work on a daily basis by Stauffacher's wife, Glenna. Lee's comment, " This was exciting for her", seems somewhat understand, especially since a 427 Hi-rise engine by Holman-Moody was installed shortly after the car's acquisition. This powerplant , which was dynoed at 505 hp using a single 850 cfm Holly, allowed 3260 to post an 11.94 e.t. @ 122 mph at the Lion Drag Strip in Long Beach, using the stock exhaust/induction systems with Dunlop race tires on Sunburst wheels. Fitted with a full-width chrome roll bar (behind the seats, rather than through the body) and a hood scoop (mandated by hi-rise intake), 3260 used the blue CA plate "1 SNAKE".

It participated in the First Annual Monterey Historical Automobile Races in the late summer of '74 and was pictured in the 10/26/74 issue of Autoweek and the 4/5 '75 SOA newsletter. 3260 was taken off the street in the 70's to be stored in a climate-controlled garage and started/maintained on a regular basis.

As of 1995, the car was Original/Unrestored, showed a total of 17,048 miles, and remained in the possession of its original owner.