GaryMrMets
01-22-2007, 11:38 PM
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/1966-shelby-cobra-sells-for-55-million/20070122100509990001
Updated:2007-01-22 10:07:06
1966 Shelby Cobra Sells for $5.5 Million
AP
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Jan. 21) - An 800-horsepower Shelby Cobra, once the personal car of the racing veteran who developed the iconic sports car, has sold for $5.5 million at auction, a record for an American car.
The sale of the 1966 Shelby Cobra "Super Snake" brought a packed house to its feet Saturday at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction after a pair of bidders drove the price up.
Record Car Sale
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This 1966 Shelby Cobra "Super Snake" sold to collector Ron Pratt at auction for $5.5 million, a record for an American car.
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Legendary racecar driver and designer Carroll Shelby, 84, poses at a New York car show last April. Shelby created the Cobra using Ford engines and a British chassis.
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Shelby receives the winner's trophy after the 200-mile International Grand Prix at the Riverside Raceway in California on April 3, 1960.
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"It's a special car," Shelby, here in 2000, said of the Super Snake. "It would do just over three seconds to 60 (mph), 40 years ago."
Updated:2007-01-22 10:07:06
1966 Shelby Cobra Sells for $5.5 Million
AP
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Jan. 21) - An 800-horsepower Shelby Cobra, once the personal car of the racing veteran who developed the iconic sports car, has sold for $5.5 million at auction, a record for an American car.
The sale of the 1966 Shelby Cobra "Super Snake" brought a packed house to its feet Saturday at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction after a pair of bidders drove the price up.
Record Car Sale
http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/02/05/20070122094609990001
This 1966 Shelby Cobra "Super Snake" sold to collector Ron Pratt at auction for $5.5 million, a record for an American car.
http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/02/03/20070122094409990001
Legendary racecar driver and designer Carroll Shelby, 84, poses at a New York car show last April. Shelby created the Cobra using Ford engines and a British chassis.
http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/0b/01/20070122094309990008
Shelby receives the winner's trophy after the 200-mile International Grand Prix at the Riverside Raceway in California on April 3, 1960.
http://cdn.news.aol.com/aolnews_photos/0a/02/20070122094309990001
"It's a special car," Shelby, here in 2000, said of the Super Snake. "It would do just over three seconds to 60 (mph), 40 years ago."