My name is Mike McCandless. I'm one of the owners of Richmond Auctions. We're known for selling high grade advertising, but will have our first car auction Oct 24-25th in Bogart, GA with 100+ cars and 450+ pieces of advertising. The collection is all from Tony Townley, co-founder of Zaxby's Chicken. While a lot of these cars were purchased at auction, around 20% of his collection were private buys. Below is the list of Fords I think the group would find relevant. Our top priority is ensuring accuracy when presenting a car. The 65 car was sold at Barrett and there is plenty of information that, the other cars, were private purchases. I'd love any feedback from the group on any known history. I'm also happy to answer any questions I can as we prepare the catalog. Cars have been photographed at this point and we're in the middle of descriptions. The full catalog will be up in a month on our website.
If I'm posting something in error or in the wrong please, let me know. I simply want experts to check over what we do to ensure we're giving the right information. I know that's a foreign concept in most auctions, but we're not like most.
1965 Shelby GT350 SFM5S257 (reserve)
These are no reserve:
1970 Shelby GT500 Drag Pack Convertible OF03R481670
1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429 OF02Z124551
1970 Ford Mustang Boss 302 OF02G175145
1970 Ford Falcon 0A26J2028421970
1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1 OT05R146085
1970 Ford Torino Cobra GT 0A38N151370
2007 Ford Mustang 1ZVHT89SX75219927
Hopefully Special Ed will contribute on the first two listed, those are his specialty
https://www.richmondauctions.com/auctions/the-tony-townley-collection/ (https://www.richmondauctions.com/auctions/the-tony-townley-collection/)
Can't wait I will be there......I have seen a lot of these cars in person.....he bought several at an auction That Milton Robson had several years ago.....
Some pretty cool stuff
Wow, the '70s Shelbys are very rare and interesting. I may have to take a close look. Thanks for the heads up.
You should also touch bases with the Boss forum.
https://www.boss302.com/smf/index.php
Quote from: SCJSTU on July 23, 2025, 08:22:21 PMCan't wait I will be there......I have seen a lot of these cars in person.....he bought several at an auction That Milton Robson had several years ago.....
Some pretty cool stuff
That's correct, he purchased around 15 cars from that auction.
The GT500
The Boss 302
The Mach 1
The falcon
The Boss 9
1970 CJ
GT 350
And ladies and gentlemen this is the money shot
1970 Shelby GT500 Drag Pack Convertible OF03R481670
Quote from: MikeMcCandless on July 24, 2025, 11:00:25 AMThe GT500
I have known the 70 shelby scj vert for 35 years and helped on the resto. and supplied the parts and it was from south florida area
Quote from: FL SAAC on July 24, 2025, 12:24:08 PMAnd ladies and gentlemen this is the money shot
1970 Shelby GT500 Drag Pack Convertible OF03R481670
Quote from: MikeMcCandless on July 24, 2025, 11:00:25 AMThe GT500
Yep, that is by far the pick of this litter.......
Quote from: Special Ed on July 24, 2025, 02:50:42 PMI have known the 70 shelby scj vert for 35 years and helped on the resto. and supplied the parts and it was from south florida area
It is a beautiful car! We cranked it yesterday and went over everything. She will be finding a new home in October. What is a safe number I can claim for how many of these are left?
There is no way to estimate how many are left. There were only 21 cars like it built. That's a pretty low number.
I thought there might be a registry. No worries!
Quote from: MikeMcCandless on July 24, 2025, 04:01:48 PMI thought there might be a registry. No worries!
Oh, there is......
https://saac-stuff.myshopify.com/products/1969-1970-shelby-mustang-registry-5th-edition-2020
Every car is in the Registry and has some information, its not going to tell you the current status of every car. That changes too frequently.
I think its probably a safe bet to say 16-18 of those cars are still around in some form
Quote from: Coralsnake on July 24, 2025, 05:50:12 PMEvery car is in the Registry and has some information, its not going to tell you the current status of every car. That changes too frequently.
I think its probably a safe bet to say 16-18 of those cars are still around in some form
Fair enough, thank you for the info!
I have my drag pack shelby vert registry that i have started putting together back in the 80s when i found my purple scj shelby vert as back then no martis reports and invoices werent found till 98 or so so i tracked them done over the years and have found most of them as these were special cars and even when wrecked they were saved kinda like hemi cuda challenger vert most have been found.
I really love the 70 1/2 Falcon. I have only ever seen 1 in person.
Roy
Quote from: TA Coupe on July 25, 2025, 01:50:18 AMI really love the 70 1/2 Falcon. I have only ever seen 1 in person.
Roy
Less than 3k miles, original paint car.
Quote from: MikeMcCandless on July 24, 2025, 11:16:10 AMThe falcon
Now that's a rare bird
I really love the 70 1/2 Falcon. I have only ever seen one in person.