Shelby Cobra went for $7 million

Powdered Toast Man · 22-01-2007, 01:05 PM

Just read this on drive. Id post the link but I dont know how so I cut and pasted some of the article.

""An 800-horsepower Shelby Cobra has sold for $US5.5 million ($A6.98 million) at auction in Arizona, a record for an American car.

It was once the personal car of the racing veteran who developed the iconic sports vehicle.

The sale of the 1966 Shelby Cobra "Super Snake" brought a packed house to its feet in Scottsdale 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 cant believe the power, 800hp in a cobra! That would be scary.

Mr_4.0 · 22-01-2007, 01:24 PM

power to weight, geez

Rev28K · 22-01-2007, 01:47 PM

One of only 2 built (the other one was owned by Bill Cosby and then crashed by a subsequent owner). Paxton superchargers, slightly custom body and paint and a 3 spd auto. A guy in England (Rod Leach?) built a replica (I think it might have been based on an AC 428 chassis) and he was going to change the supercharger setup for a more modern installation. R&T did a test of it in 1966 from memory.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/carli...LotNumber=1301

AC · 22-01-2007, 05:21 PM

Not sure if its a repost, But anyway.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16745031/

Quote:

Shelby Cobra sells for $5.5 million
Updated: 10:13 p.m. ET Jan. 21, 2007

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.
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Yellow_Festiva · 22-01-2007, 05:29 PM

Not only is it a re-post, but the original is like 12 posts down in the first page.....

AC · 22-01-2007, 05:32 PM

I couldnt be stuffed looking that far... I got a toddler climbing all over me...

Copy n paste is my friend at the moment.

FPV8U · 22-01-2007, 05:49 PM

It's worth it...

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nb_351 · 22-01-2007, 05:54 PM

thats a whole lot of money... would love to be the boss of something like that, like bill bourke when he had his factory big block xw...
would be a lovely car though, imagine cruising around in that thing... wet would be fun for sure...