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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 07:23 PM
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Copied this article from a Facebook post today. Amazing stuff!
http://www.superchevy.com/features/1...ts-1963-again/
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Old Dec 14, 2015 | 09:44 PM
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Thanks for the article. I saw one of the Snake Skinners at the Corvette Museum. I thought they had a v12 version too. maybe I'm confused with something else.
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I agree with L98tpi, the one at the NCM is a V12 and I could almost swear its body color is red?
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I agree with L98tpi, the one at the NCM is a V12 and I could almost swear its body color is red?
Is this the one you are talking about? I took these pics at the NCM in 2013 and I do not believe it is a Snake Skinner:

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That sounds like a serious race car especially for then! Never heard of them before now so I will have to do some research.

Thanks for the thread.

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I saw Will cooksey(sp) at beach bend,the snake skinner was white. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
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Originally Posted by corvetteronw







Is this the one you are talking about? I took these pics at the NCM in 2013 and I do not believe it is a Snake Skinner:

That is it. That is the one I saw in Oct 2013. I had a picture of it and a picture of the ZR1 Spyder that was black and got destroyed in the sink hole. Is there any documentation or information on the changes/alterations that were made to the Snake SKinner Cars? I know the article from Super Chevy mentioned some, but if anyone has something more detailed, please post it.
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The Snake Skinner was a swipe at the Viper. There were 2 built I believe and I think one was sold a few years ago.
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Who else reads that and thinks, "I want one?"
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I think most of the weight reduction was listed in the article. I like the modded headlights..
the grand prix lights mounted in the bumper..
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Originally Posted by corvetteronw







Is this the one you are talking about? I took these pics at the NCM in 2013 and I do not believe it is a Snake Skinner:

I stand corrected, thanks for the pics, it's been a few years since I have been to NCM, and I'm getting old! I just recall a red v12 vette.
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Found this information on a test of the Snake Skinner???
http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/...e_skinner.html
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