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I know this guy...

https://www.streetmusclemag.com/features/confessions-of-a-cannonballer/

The '67 Shelby is every bit as described in the article.

 

Saw all of these in the wild this week. Something for all.

 

If by some odd miracle you ever hear about it being for sale, I know someone who would be a buyer. We have a friend of the family that restores Shelbys for a living.

 

I think it's likely he will be buried in it... RPM also makes tail-light and center headlight rings for restoration of Shels, so your friend has probably used some of those.

 

Here is one of the last ones he's completed.

https://www.hotcars.com/craig-jacksons-personal-1965-shelby-mustang-gt350-is-going-to-auction/

 

Nice car...

If you did that to RPM's car it would be kind of sacrilegious. The history of the car is tied to what it has been involved in, the modifications that made it a worthy Cannonball runner, and "restoring" it would damage the history. Besides, the car is better than original in all ways. Carroll Shelby approved, so I think that says something.

 

Yeah with that kind of story behind it, and with that much original stuff missing, I doubt it would restored to oem condition.

 

1955 Lancia Aurelia Spider

 

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...^^^... Interesting article ... that car will go for super big $$$ .... any guesses on how much ??

My guess is over a million $$.

PS ... Big performance difference on the track between this true GT-350 - 289-306 ..... and the "K Code" 289-271 Hi-Po that was the high performance GT.

 

I will guess $2.2M.

The 1967 Shelby Super Snake that was 1 of 2 and was Carroll Shelby's personal car went for $4-5M (exact number escapes me now)

 

That was crazy. I watched the bidding on that and it almost stalled right around 2M... and then two people decided they just had to have it.

 

My old boss at my old job had one exactly like this one, once in a blue moon he would drive it to work and park in one of the empty parking lots.

 

North of $2M id imagine.



And yeah bit of a difference. Really big if you get into concourse judging. My uncle collects K codes. He has a convertible, and 2 coupes. One of his couples is Emberglo which I understand to be a very rare color. It has some story behind it too. It was a amateur drag race car in the 70's and when it was raced, it had a set of GT40 cylinder heads that were in the pile of spare parts that Shelby had specifically for the LeMans GT40 program. A friend of the owner who raced it was one of the original van nuys crew. It currently has a cage, 9 inch rear and slicks but my uncle is restoring it to concourse stock. Below is an example of Emberglo.

 

There is a KK coded 429 on bringatrailer, right now. Currently at $180k.

EDIT: $200K

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-ford-mustang-boss-429-4/

 

Theres a jade metallic one that comes to the Shelby show in Tulsa, OK every year that I lust over. And im not a Mustang guy.

 

Any respectable car guy would lust after a Boss 9 in today’s world, no matter a Ford guy or not.

 

Of course I pick one of the most expensive and rare cars. Lol.


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