SACRILEGE !!!!!!!!!!!! CSX 2000 up for acution

[Mike 1017]

When I took the Shelby America Tour it was stated [Carroll turned down $26,000,000 for CSX 2000] .What changed ?

The car belongs right where it is. Check out R M Southeby's for the info.

Mike

 

Edited July 2, 2016 by Mike 1017
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[Mark]

What changed?  Carroll Shelby is no longer with us.  That car will fetch top dollar.  Think of the people whose hands touched it: Shelby, Dean Moon, Dean Jeffries, and others...

[oldcarfan]

It'll go into some collection, be hidden away and surface periodically when it is resold like old Ferrari's do. At least it'll survive.

[Daddyfink]

[cobraman]

I would love to have it but I find myself a little short of funds. : )

[afx]

Anxious to see what is sells for. 

[Foxer]

I would love to have it but I find myself a little short of funds. : )

We could all chip in so you can complete your collection. 

[Howard Cohen]

Did you notice that the seats are filled with chicken feathers?  

I have a feeling that the car will end up in a large museum in the U.S., maybe the Henry Ford or Petersen or something similar  If it does leave the U.S. the only other place it should end up is in England where the AC came from  

[Art Anderson]

Well, for whatever it's worth, many of us have this very Cobra in our model collections!   It's the one that AMT Corporation referenced back in 1964 for their 1:25 scale model kit.

Art

[Skip]

Since its light years out of my price range, it really doesn't bother me that it will be sold.  What I prefer to see is that it is preserved as it should be, the fact that it will go for top dollar ensures that it will be preserved in its unmolested state, likely going to a very high profile museum (and hopefully not rat holed away in a private offshore collection).  Agree that the Henry Ford Museum  or Petersen Collection is the fitting place where it should be shared with those who will appreciate it.  A Museum Collection in the U.K. To me wouldn't be as appropriate, only the "Raw Material" came from the U.K..  Likely no one but an American Hot Rodder (Shelby) would have developed it into anything remotely like the Cobra.

[ChrisBcritter]

I bet the folks at Barrett-Jackson are bummed out they're not selling it - particularly since Carroll used to show up at the Scottsdale auction with one car or another to sell nearly every year, usually for one of his charities.

[Mike 1017]

Of course I know he is dead. Is the family hurting for money? Family feud over his will? Expand Shelby America? Donate the money to the Shelby Foundation or some other charity? Who knows. Maybe the reason will come out at the auction.

Even though there is no comparison I still have the first dollar my dad made from his body shop. Wouldn't the Shelby family want to keep the first car? Maybe they are not that sentimental.

Mike  

 

[gtx6970]

Whiich amt kit (if any ) best replicate this car

[cobraman]

I would say the AMT kit.

[drummerdad]

What I have seen happen, is the owner of a company will stand for or against something for as long as they are alive, against the will of the other board members. Then when they pass, the company is left to individuals who have to make decisions based on financial common sense, not sentimental reasoning. Think of what it costs to keep the car insured, and kept in a climate controlled building, with a curator, etc... I have seen several examples of this in the auto industry. The board of directors are left having to make hard decisions. To them its just a car. It is costing them money. It will go for a lot of money, that will take thousands in costs from the red column to keep the car up, to millions in the green column for the sale. Its just business. 

[afx]

Whiich amt kit (if any ) best replicate this car

Any version of the AMT kit as they are all (basically) the same.

[Sport Suburban]

I understand that the auction will benefit one of his charities and that the car belonged to Carol Shelby and not Shelby American. Remember Carol Shelby closed Shelby the car company twice before and the current Shelby Company has been around since 98.

[KeithJackson]

My guess is that Jay Leno will try to jump in on it.

 

[Jantrix]

Based on the rarity, it's basically 1 of none, as Cobras didn't even exist when it was made. The popularity of Cobras, and the reputation of Shelby, and respect that the automotive world has for the man and his work, this might be the only car in the world that could be called - priceless?

[Mike 1017]

I got an E-mail from Shelby America stating that they do not own the car.