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George Barris' "SnakePit" 6-engine speed monster coming up at auction...

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Can anyone say: Barrett-Jackson?
1975 George Barris SnakePit with 6 Ford V-8s surfaces for sale

-George Barris, perhaps best known for creating the 1966 Batmobile, built many wild vehicles in his career, some crazier than others. The 1975 George Barris SnakePit is essentially a kid's Hot Wheel dream come true with not one, not two, but six Ford V-8 engines powering it.

-Unfortunately, it doesn't run in its current state, but the car has surfaced for sale in a classified ad through Hemming's after residing in a private collection for the past 10 years.

-The SnakePit was built to destroy and set speed records "at speeds that stagger the imagination," and was valued at around $100,000 in the 1970s. That's almost half a million dollars adjusting for inflation.

-Owning this piece of history will cost you even more than that. The sale price is listed at $750,000, though the final price is negotiable.


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Wow now that's a custom! (he could have just given it one Hemi though, and it would have been just as fast:p)
 
6 ford motors=600hp...and Found On Road Dead applies too..
:lol:
 
Actually....The six Ford V-8 engines displace 351 cubic inches each and put out a grand total of 2,000 horsepower. All of the power routes through two Ford C-6 automatic transmissions to a pair of Pontiac rear ends. There are a total of 48 exhaust pipes.
 
With all that HP & torque, I bet it would make a good tow vehicle.
 
That's different I don't remember that car...

It'll be cool to see it go over the stage,
that's if it goes to BJ

doesn't sell on the open market

Now that George is gone,
who knows what it'll bring ?
I'd think BJ is a great place to sell it
captured audience with money to spend on collector cars
maybe even much more, than the reserve {?} $750,000 I assume it has

I never thought the Batmobile would bring what it did,
like 4 time what I thought...
 
Yup,
Same here Budnick's!
I have NEVER heard of that car until now.
PS: YES, the economy is GREAT but I'll bet it will NOT sell for more than $200K
I'll say: "If at Barrett-Jackson Crooks" it will have a Reserve of $400K and will be a NO-Sale
 
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