Carroll Shelby's personal 427 Cobra Roadster sells for $5.94 million at Mecum

[tekheavy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W86oOVsfpVM&feature=emb_logo

[68fastback]

:faint: It's an absolute beauty! I couldn't even afford the 10% fee :rofl3:

If I has just $300K to burn the '04-05 Ford GTs are a real bargain -- modern car that you can pretty much drive anywhere ...and they are only going up in value. :yes:

[twobjshelbys]

:faint: It's an absolute beauty! I couldn't even afford the 10% fee :rofl3:

If I has just $300K to burn the '04-05 Ford GTs are a real bargain -- modern car that you can pretty much drive anywhere ...and they are only going up in value. :yes:

Ford GTs have plateaued. If you get one do it because you want to drive it not because it's an investment. I would have done better in the stock market and since I only drove it about 50 miles the last 5 years, I should have been more aggressive in selling it before we moved to Vegas. That was the peak, I sold for about 150K under that peak for a Heritage. PS. Heritage cars no longer demand the same premium spread they did 5 years ago (ie, there is still some gap, but it has narrowed significantly.)

"Wrapper", ie delivery miles, cars, still demand a premium but I wouldn't buy one unless you intend on maintaining the museum status. The two people I know that has got a very low miles (ie, under 5K) one has had to have another 50K of work done to get it running again.

[twobjshelbys]

The premium for this being a Shelby owned car vs. any other CSX3000 series car wasn't what it was a few years ago. Still a little, but not a lot.

[68fastback]

The premium for this being a Shelby owned car vs. any other CSX3000 series car wasn't what it was a few years ago. Still a little, but not a lot.

The resto is beautiful but it's not original motor -- that probably affects it too. I'm surprised it went that high given that.

[Highwayman]

I would have wanted it in the same paint condition it was when he drove it. Now it looks just like any other makeover car out there.

[1 Alibi 2]

So now that he owns it, does he drive it or park it ??

[twobjshelbys]

Who bought it?

[68fastback]

Poked around but couldn't find out who.

Here's a couple original documents on it and pic of Dan Gurney and CS with it.

1965 Shelby 427 Cobra Roadster | F145 | Kissimmee 2021 (mecum.com) (https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0121-444471/1965-shelby-427-cobra-roadster/#:~:text=In%202016%2C%20the%20car%20was%20purchase d%20from%20Carroll,and%20its%20original%20427%20co nfiguration%20with%20a%204-speed.)

[68fastback]

Pic at above link is just too cool -- I had to clean it up in PS:

https://stangsunited.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=28306&d=1611197215