Shelby Cobra sells for $5.5 million...

[Insane3D]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16745031/

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - An 800-horsepower Shelby Cobra, once the personal car of the racing veteran who developed the iconic vehicle, 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.

Carroll Shelby, 84, who created the Cobra in the '60s using Ford engines and a British sport car chassis, said he built the Super Snake -- with twin superchargers on a 427 cubic inch V-8 -- and drove it for years.

"It's a special car. It would do just over three seconds to 60 (mph), 40 years ago," Shelby told the crowd before the sale.

"I killed a buzzard with it," he said. "Nasty, nasty."

The car had a twin, built for comedian Bill Cosby, but that car was destroyed in an accident while being driven by another owner, according to the Barrett-Jackson Web site.

Barrett-Jackson said the $5.5 million price tag for the Cobra was not an overall world record car price; others have sold at auction for more than $11 million. However, it is a world record for American cars, said Steve Davis, Barrett-Jackson president.

The winning bidder was car collector Ron Pratt of suburban Chandler. Last year, he paid $4.32 million for the Futureliner, one of 12 futuristic buses used for shows in the 1940s and '50s by General Motors.

God I'd love to have that....

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

I've watched quit a bit of the Barrett Jackson stuff on Speed. Crazy stuff...

 

[StevenYoo]

so much disposable income...

 

[isekii]

I bet it was Jay Leno on that bidding war

 

[tomywishbone]

Barrett-Jackson is a joke. The TV & hype drive the prices to absurd levels. It's a rock & roll show + a strip club + free booze + a used car lot. Fun, but silly.

 

[MazerRackham]

I can't believe my bid of $5000 didn't win it! 🙁

 

[Scarpozzi]

I wish I had that kind of money. It sure would free up my schedule.

 

[Auryg]

My friend's dad has a cobra, not sure on the year. That thing is a blast.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Originally posted by: tomywishbone
Barrett-Jackson is a joke. The TV & hype drive the prices to absurd levels. It's a rock & roll show + a strip club + free booze + a used car lot. Fun, but silly.

except there's really none of that. It's a car show attended by thousands and and auction on the side.

 

[JS80]

that thing's sorta ugly

 

[KaOTiK]

Beautiful looking car

Kao

 

[soydios]

My dad has a replica 1964 Shelby Cobra. Ford 302 V-8 crate motor, BMW 3-series front and rear axles/brakes, 5-speed manual transmission. It weighs as much as a Mini Cooper S but makes double the power, and costs less than a Corvette Z06 (presumably because it lacks a roof, windows, air conditioning, heating, airbags, radio, and power steering). To get a 427 would've entailed another $10k and lots of extra cooling, and besides, it's fast enough with 345hp and 2500 pounds gross vehicle weight (punch it in second gear, and you'll have to shift once your foot gets to the floor).
I learned to drive a stick in it, which was surprisingly easy, because it's next to impossible to stall. My dad only let's me drive it when he's in the passenger seat, and I'm not gonna complain!
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4695/dsc33896cz.jpg
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/961/dsc34076pj.jpg
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/674/dsc34116bn.jpg

 

[OVerLoRDI]

Originally posted by: soydios
My dad has a replica 1964 Shelby Cobra. Ford 302 V-8 crate motor, BMW 3-series front and rear axles/brakes, 5-speed manual transmission. It weighs as much as a Mini Cooper S but makes double the power, and costs less than a Corvette Z06 (presumably because it lacks a roof, windows, air conditioning, heating, airbags, radio, and power steering). To get a 427 would've entailed another $10k and lots of extra cooling, and besides, it's fast enough with 345hp and 2500 pounds gross vehicle weight (punch it in second gear, and you'll have to shift once your foot gets to the floor).
I learned to drive a stick in it, which was surprisingly easy, because it's next to impossible to stall. My dad only let's me drive it when he's in the passenger seat, and I'm not gonna complain!
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4695/dsc33896cz.jpg
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/961/dsc34076pj.jpg
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/674/dsc34116bn.jpg

That must rock, I'm jealous.

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: soydios
My dad has a replica 1964 Shelby Cobra. Ford 302 V-8 crate motor, BMW 3-series front and rear axles/brakes, 5-speed manual transmission. It weighs as much as a Mini Cooper S but makes double the power, and costs less than a Corvette Z06 (presumably because it lacks a roof, windows, air conditioning, heating, airbags, radio, and power steering). To get a 427 would've entailed another $10k and lots of extra cooling, and besides, it's fast enough with 345hp and 2500 pounds gross vehicle weight (punch it in second gear, and you'll have to shift once your foot gets to the floor).
I learned to drive a stick in it, which was surprisingly easy, because it's next to impossible to stall. My dad only let's me drive it when he's in the passenger seat, and I'm not gonna complain!
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4695/dsc33896cz.jpg
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/961/dsc34076pj.jpg
http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/674/dsc34116bn.jpg

:thumbsup: