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Looks like a phenomenal car and great to hear from you. I had lunch with you and your family along with GT500KR Bob last summer at Kiwis fav place. Best of luck with the sale and hope to see you around soon

John

First day someone bids $200k?

Yea, that was my thought as well however the high bidder has come thru on numerous expensive cars.

And now thanks to the 99.9% of the population believes that the GT40 is the first Shelby endeavor to beat Ferrari.

Congrats. I sold a car thru WOB once on BAT and was very happy with them.

Can we talk about the description and title?

I get what you are saying re conversion in the title and with a little reading it should be clear that conversion was solely related to the trans but....... yea "conversion" should not be in the title of any 60s Shelby car. It may have resulted in people skipping right over the listing. Very well may have played a part. who knows.  Conversion. replica. tribute, clone.......  not words I would want to see on the title if it were my car.

I was telling my friend to go higher. He said his computer locked up and he ended up being the second highest.

I'm not sure it would be illegal to stamp a vin on a block. Shelbys were never titled by a vin on the block. Also say someone found a correct block and stamped it and now called the car numbers matching and not say " guarantied original engine "  is that illegal? I'd say not. Unethical? Yes. Now Chevies prior to 1972 if someone built a very rare car where you cannot tell what it is because of the lack of engine vin and sold it as said rare car to me that would be fraud but it might be hard to prove? 

I believe NCRS allows a restamp on the block and defines it as a restoration stamp or something along those lines. Many decades ago my uncle educated me that numbers matching and original motor are not necessarily the same thing.

Early car. Peter Klutt talked it up in a video before the auction. Record price. More than an R model

For now at least.

That car showed up on FB marketplace last Sunday for sale in the San Diego area listed at 20K.

I saw a highland green 500KR 4 Spd vert today on a Shelby Facebook group. Can't be to many of those around.

I rarely contribute as their are so many more people who can answer a question with 100% certainty when I am only 95% certain. Every now and then ill send a pic in to possibly be submitted to the magazine (Shelby Americana) so I do try to contribute in even a small way if I can.  I am on here a lot more now, now that a lot of the silliness is gone so who knows, maybe Ill see something I can confidently chime in on.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1966-shelby-cobra-14/

Do you think the documented history is a blessing or a curse?
What about the color change from Silver to what looks like, to me at least, to be Toreador Red?


Bill
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Documented history is blessing for anyone who may be interested and a curse for any future owners unless of course the price is right. What is the right price?  I have zero clue. Maybe a nice Superformance but its already exceeded that and then some.

Color change?  At this point who would possibly care?

2 friends of mine have looked at this car. It has been for sale a long time. Neither of them gave it much thought.

A kindred spirit

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GYpjzK_kuoM&pp=ugUEEgJlbg%3D%3D

Ferraris? He could have said any brand ...

Yea, but this car (once again any brand) just needs a little work and is pretty cheap (for now).

That video should be required watching for new car enthusiasts.

Thank you for your thoughts on this. Much appreciated!