Well a Cobra replica 5.0 Powered soared to $47,000 Dollars while a Shelby Continuation series CSX7000 Car did $91,000 (8% Buyer premium included in both prices) Mid 60's big block vettes did $147K and $150K!
I know Shelby will have a few cars on display at the auction. When the public sees how beautiful these cars are i am sure they will sell quite a few more. i would love to see some photos of the Shelby display at Barret-Jackson. It would be a way for me and all of us who were unable to go to see what the Shelby display looked like. Thanks, Conrad CSX4819
Go to Barrett-Jackson.com and look at all the results from yesterday. The new term for clones are recreations. Cute. Unbelievable prices. I am going out next year just to see this. 68 GT 500 117500.00 Wow. Whats my KR worth. Prices has gone up ______________________________ 70 BOSS 302 69 BOSS 429 70 GT350 69 GT500 conv 69 GT500 68 KR500 Conv 67 GT350
Barrett-Jackson JANUARY 25-30, 2005 WESTWORLD • SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA AUCTION RESULTS 1968 FORD MUSTANG FASTBACK "SHELBY GT500 RECREATION" $37,800 1999 DODGE DURANGO SHELBY SUV $21,600 1966 FORD MUSTANG FASTBACK "SHELBY" RECREATION $58,320 1967 SHELBY COBRA ROADSTER "REPLICA" $43,200 1965 SHELBY COBRA FIA CONTINUATION SERIES $91,800 1968 SHELBY GT500 CONVERTIBLE $126,900 1999 SHELBY SERIES 1 ROADSTER $100,440 1965 SHELBY COBRA 4000 ROADSTER $76,680 1968 SHELBY GT500 KR FASTBACK $162,000 1968 FORD SHELBY MUSTANG GT500 CONVERTIBLE $128,520 1967 SHELBY GT500 FASTBACK $191,160 1999 SHELBY SERIES 1 CONVERTIBLE $105,840 1966 SHELBY GT350 FASTBACK $123,120 1968 SHELBY GT500 KR CONVERTIBLE $224,640 1963 SHELBY COBRA 289 ROADSTER $388,800 1967 SHELBY GT350 FASTBACK $113,400 1967 SHELBY GT500 FASTBACK $140,400 1967 SHELBY GT500 FASTBACK $162,000
This is insanity. I will usually not view anything that is overhyped, (IE: NASCAR now) and Craig Jackson, who makes my skin crawl, should be thanking Speed TV once an hour for the rest of his life, for making him a very rich person. I haven't watched one second of the coverage. Also, Piper 250, a more sickening term other than "re-creation", how about "tribute car". I laughed out loud when I recently saw a clone ad that used that term! The Commish
What chaps my hide is the political correctness; These recreation or tribute cars should be called what they really are, FAKES. However, they are helping keep the popularity of the genuine Shelby vehicles in the limelight and I suspect they are also helping the value of the genuine cars.
actually , I own a 442 and a 428 stang, and i can tell you that the 442 will out handle the stang. If anything is a boat anchor, it's the 428 stangs. they understeer way too much, and in fact of every car i have ever driven, they have been the worst, well maybe not as bad as a 2 wheel drive pick-up in the snow. Although, I have yet to drive a hemi E-body. I just don't think the '68 and up Shelby's are that desirable, as they were all built on ford's assembly line, along the standard 428cj stangs, just different bodywork. They all have "passenger car" motors, hydraulic cams, nothing special. Obviously, a lot of people feel otherwise and bid these cars up. To me, the real Shelby mustangs are the '65 and early '66's. Although not real neck snappers, they were great cars. I don't think they were meant for impressive 1/4 mile times. now is the time to sell your Shelby mustang, and only at B-J. It's very easy to clone a Shelby mustang. You just buy one of the gazillion produced mustangs, buy some of the extra parts, paint the car, and you have a clone (fake). They are a beautiful car, but they are still a mustang, a mass produced production car. Sure Shelby altered the front suspension on the '65's, but basically its still a mustang. Just don't get rear ended (predecessor to the pinto engineering). The new Shelby cobra's are copies of the originals, in every way. They are not really built like a production car, they're kind of like a cross between a production and race car design. I've owned muscle cars all my life, still have several, but the cobra is in a class by itself when it comes to a street car, in looks, design, and performance.
There is no way I am going to cash out, just to make some bucks. I might not get the chance to own another GT350, let alone find another one to buy. I really wonder how much longer these prices are going to go up. They have to stabilize at some point. The early GT350's are getting to the point that you don,t really want to drive them very much.
I wish I had gone. I would have bought lot# 682; a 1967 Mustang replica of the "Jerry Titus" Trans-Am car. It sold for ~$31K+8%. The owner had to have $50K in the car. I think the show is great for the hobby. It shows it is a growing and thriving avocation (a job for a few). My wife watched for a couple of hours. Maybe she will not argue when I find my next dream car? Doc
Barrett-Jackson is like the superbowl of classic car auctions. The buyers really aren't car guys like us. These guys don't really follow the market, they just see something they want and they have the money to buy it. Its fun to watch but I don't put a whole lot of value into the high prices the cars bring. One good thing that it does is that it brings attention to all of these cars and promots interest. As far as clones go, in the case of the Cobra I think that is OK because of the price of the real ones, but other cars, I just don't see it, well at least they were up front about the clones.
We have to remember that this is THE event for the car hobby/business. It has 2000 bidders with serious coin. It is on TV in front of a huge crowd urgeing the bidders on. The bidder's asst. is also pushing the price up. On that day with these people there that is what that car is worth. Now if you go to sell your car don't expect to get the same price because the same people won't be there. The savy buyer should not get sucked in because of what someone with more money then brains did. A twin turbo Vette went for around 38K or so, does this mean that era of Vette is now devalued? Prices are set on supply and demand and what ever movie the car is in (read this as 67 Shelby). The ultimate blunder occured I think 2 years ago with the Cuda conv. driven by Don Johnson 135K I think. I remember going to my nieghbour that has a similar car. He was laughing his ass off, his car was now worth 100K in his mind. Needless to say his bubble was burst. With the clone cars. I see nothing wrong with building one as long as you admitt to what it is. It is not a tribute car as far as fake money is not tribute money. Both will get you in trouble if you try to pass them off. Its nice to know someone paid x amount for a car I have. It does not change the way I feel about my car. I have them because of what they represent, the way they make me feel. If they day comes when I decide to sell, they will go to someone that appreciates them for what they are. Not just what they are worth.
I've enjoyed Barrett-Jackson for the past few years on Speed Channel. This year was one of the more entertaining to watch. I'll admit a gasp or two at the prices, and more than a few "ya gotta be kiddin me" comments at the commentators stupid statements. All in all, it was interesting. I'd imagine it's like football on TV; you see a lot more in your living room than from the nose bleed seats; still, it would be fun to attend in person at least once. On thing is for sure, I'll never be able to see so many great cars in one spot! Terry
