https://www.rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/MO16/Monterey/lots/r193-1962-shelby-260-cobra-csx-2000/380120 (https://www.rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/MO16/Monterey/lots/r193-1962-shelby-260-cobra-csx-2000/380120)
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I can only imagine what this thing will bring.
And I love that the car was never subjected to a nicer-than-it-ever-was restoration, rather left with all the patina intact.
Amazing
I'm a huge fan of patina but the shredded seat upholstery rubs me the wrong way for some reason.
A little black duct tape would fix that right up.
Is there a way to see the full size pics without signing up?
I don't think so. :P
I signed up just to drool.
I put a bid in for $11tyB. Now I just need everyone here to pitch in a few hundred thousand each...
Ready? Go!
(Seriously: WOW. I expect this little gem to go for an unbelievable amount of fundage...)
https://www.hagerty.com/apps/valuationtools/1962-shelby-cobra-260 (https://www.hagerty.com/apps/valuationtools/1962-shelby-cobra-260)
http://www.history-of-cars.com/php/shelby/1962-cobra-260-289.php?p=imperial (http://www.history-of-cars.com/php/shelby/1962-cobra-260-289.php?p=imperial)
Quote from: kopfjäger on July 05, 2016, 03:05:27 PM
https://www.hagerty.com/apps/valuationtools/1962-shelby-cobra-260 (https://www.hagerty.com/apps/valuationtools/1962-shelby-cobra-260)
I'll bet this one goes for several mil due to its relevance.....
Once pulled up next to an original fibreglass bodied Cobra in original racing green colour, unrestored. Local owner and office bearer of the club kept it unrestored.
There is a local factory making replicas, I guess that's my only chance.
IIRC, all the original ('60s) cars were aluminum-bodied.....
There's a 289 car locally that I haven't seen in years. It's red and one of very few that was built with an automatic trans, completely original. I first (and last) saw it 15-20 years ago at a classic car roll-in and assumed that it was a replica, but when I got closer I could see the patina and where a snap for the top had pulled through the body metal, leaving a burred hole in the aluminum.
Back then the guy was only allowed by his insurance company to put on a few miles per year due to the car's value. I'll bet that's the reason it disappeared entirely. :-\
Maybe it was alloy, memory is dim. The paint was faded and he said he left it that way. He had nos bodywork hanging up in the shed. It was a quick conversation at the traffic lights. A common occurrence I bet.
That would make a nice car for track days.
Best part about the aluminum body is dents can be hammered out.
Maybe swap the engine out for a big block though.
Quote from: Rameses on July 06, 2016, 06:32:11 AM
That would make a nice car for track days.
Best part about the aluminum body is dents can be hammered out.
Maybe swap the engine out for a big block though.
I don't think the early chassis is the best match for a big block.
Leave it alone and drive the snot out of it.
Nope and yep.
The 427 chassis was a completely different animal....
Go big or go home.
Being a birth history model I would baby it with cruising through our hills, GLW wearing a scarfe and sunglasses, glamour .. Then I would have a later model with warm mid sized 5-6 litre alloy motor for... Wake up. Damn.
Quote from: Oldfisti on July 05, 2016, 09:36:26 AM
I'm a huge fan of patina but the shredded seat upholstery rubs me the wrong way for some reason.
Ooohh, I see what you did there [laugh]
Quote from: Monsterlover on August 10, 2016, 04:26:07 AM
Ooohh, I see what you did there [laugh]
[laugh]
I didn't catch that. Thanks for pointing it out.
;)
Damn that thing is pretty. It makes all the replicas today look bloated and heavy.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/news/a30486/first-shelby-cobra-sold/ (http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/news/a30486/first-shelby-cobra-sold/)
Holy Shit!! :o
I think I got a pretty good deal on it.
Now I just need to find a big block to drop into it.
Quote from: Rameses on August 22, 2016, 09:08:15 PM
I think I got a pretty good deal on it.
Now I just need to find a big block to drop into it.
If I had known that was you, I wouldn't have dropped out so soon.
No need for a big block. Messes up the handling.
Wow, that's a chuck of money. :o
My buddy's dad drove an early Cobra for Carrol (Tony Stoer). Shelby nicknamed him the "Aimer" cuz he could drive it straight. [laugh]
(http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/data/500/13813tony_ds_1.jpg)