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Shelby Cobra sells for $5.5 million
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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - An 800-horsepower Shelby Cobra, once the personal car of the racing veteran who developed the iconic vehicle, has sold for $5.5 million at auction, a record for an American car. The sale of the 1966 Shelby Cobra "Super Snake" brought a packed house to its feet Saturday at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction after a pair of bidders drove the price up. Carroll Shelby, 84, who created the Cobra in the '60s using Ford engines and a British sport car chassis, said he built the Super Snake -- with twin superchargers on a 427 cubic inch V-8 -- and drove it for years. It's a special car. It would do just over three seconds to 60 (mph), 40 years ago," Shelby told the crowd before the sale. "I killed a buzzard with it," he said. "Nasty, nasty." The car had a twin, built for comedian Bill Cosby, but that car was destroyed in an accident while being driven by another owner, according to the Barrett-Jackson Web site. Barrett-Jackson said the $5.5 million price tag for the Cobra was not an overall world record car price; others have sold at auction for more than $11 million. However, it is a world record for American cars, said Steve Davis, Barrett-Jackson president. The winning bidder was car collector Ron Pratt of suburban Chandler. Last year, he paid $4.32 million for the Futureliner, one of 12 futuristic buses used for shows in the 1940s and '50s by General Motors. |
yea i was watching that thing sell that insain
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only at Barrett Jackson
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Nice ride..... Sh*tty Price. :dunno:
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YouTube - 1966 Cobra Super Snake
here's the video in case anyone is interested .. kinda funny to see the reaction near the end by carroll shelby who looked like he shiat his pants at 5 mil :) and the buyer's reaction of "yeah, that's right ... i just spent 5 mil like it was nothing biotch" |
personally i would take a kit car.
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A guy on my street is building a Cobra kit car... I was helping him put in jack-stands. I lifted the front end (no engine installed yet though) of the complete car right off the ground. That's how light it is... and he's dropping a 383 stroker (I think) in it. The thing is going to be a beast.
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:thumbsup: :smilie_da kit car great
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I could see how somebody would spend that much money on it seeing as how they probably own 5 factories and made 10million in profits just in that year. Also its the only 1 in the world, too bad its automatic tho.
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Too bad is automatic... Dude, thats a piece of automotive history, that car will be in a museum for the next 500 years, who cares what tranny it has it will never see pavement.
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Originally Posted by BadAssGN
Too bad is automatic... Dude, thats a piece of automotive history, that car will be in a museum for the next 500 years, who cares what tranny it has it will never see pavement.
Thats the sad part. If i bought a car for 5 mill id at least want to drive it. |
Originally Posted by Tomek6
Thats the sad part. If i bought a car for 5 mill id at least want to drive it.
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Originally Posted by BadAssGN
well until a little old lady in a volvo runs a red light and totals it....
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^^ but who's to say they didn't enjoy having it sit in their garage?
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Do a search on the guy that bought it, he has a huge colection of cool cars
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