Re: Pair of Nice Shelby Convertibles In One Auction on E-Bay

In a message dated 11/5/2005 12:46:12 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
ecj@peoplepc.com writes:
Nice pair of Shelby Convertibles (1969 GT500 and 1968 GT500KR) both in one
auction on E-Bay in Auction # 4585794811. Auction says the seller is a Mopar
collector out of Austin, Texas.

Seems a little strange to be selling two high end cars in a single auction
like this. Bidding is over $300,000 and still has not met reserve. Some the the
bidders ID's on this auction seem familiar some of you. Wouldn't the seller do
better to sell these cars as separate auctions?

Jim Seisser
Jim,

The seller probably remembers the pair of Corvettes that went for big bucks
at B-J in January- one very early car, one late, with "matching" color schemes,
maybe even some matching in the VIN's, if I remember correctly. I've
contemplated doing the same thing with my two GT500's (67 fastback, 68 convertible),
but I'm not sure that a random pair like that (the only common factors are
that they are nice Shelbys owned by me) would provide for the synergy that would
allow the pair to be worth more than the two as individuals. Now, if I could
manage to get a new GT500 in the same colors with a little VIN matching- say,
the last three or four digits- to my 67, that might be an interesting pair,
but I don't have much confidence in anybody being able to dig that kind of
response out of FoMoCo.

I'm sort of done with auction selling anyway, after taking four cars to
Auburn Spring and basically wholesaling three of them (had to- I'd bought four
since the prior fall and had no aisle left in the barn), I'm beginning to think
that the convenience does not outweigh the financial hit that occurs unless you
are at Scottsdale or Monterey and more than one young "companion" leans over
and says, "Honey, I want THAT one!", thereby generating a world record.

Speaking of pairs- we had an idea last year that, since the retractable
mechanism in the late 50's Skyliners was originally designed for the Continental
Mark II, it might be fun to make a restomod retractable Mark II to go with our
19,000-mile restored 56. Anybody know- has this ever been done?

Enough random thoughts...

Cheers,
Mike Heroy
CSX4045
67 GT500 #841
68 GT500 #389
85 SVO