$5,000,000.00 Shelby Super Snake

wash said:
Carol Shelby only controls what he sells by signing papers liscensing his name.

A few years ago I saw a place where you could buy a Shelby sticker kit for a '94 Mustang which made the car a "Shelby" complete with certificate of authenticity.

In '93 he was complaining that Ford only made a 1993 Cobra Mustang just so that the rights to the Cobra name would not revert back to him. At the time I believe he was "working" for Dodge, being the inspiration for the Viper.

I'm pretty sure that means he signs any liscensing agreement he can find as long as the check doesn't bounce.

Before Gone in 60 Seconds made everyone want an Elanor, he was so desperate that he was "finding" origional Cobra chassis.

Now he is back in bed with Ford, selling the GT500, a car developed by SVT and Roush, all Shelby added was his name. Even worse is the Shelby GT, otherwise known as a Mustang GT with the SVT Drag Pack factory installed.

Shelby has spent the last few decades whoring out his name and diluting the value of his origional cars.

What Shelby did in the 60's was pretty cool, what Ford did to him in '69 wasn't that cool but it's no excuse for what he has done since then.

Comparing that to Jerry Busse is an insult. There are only 2 things that exert control over Jerry, that's Jennifer and JWB.
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I guess I stand corrected,

I had always thought that the Shelby cars were really cool, I do think that you are wrong about diluting the value of his original cars by whoring out his name. I think getting his name out all over the place has exposed more people to his name and therefore made the older ones worth more. If he had just dropped off the map "back in the day" no one but the historians would even know his name today.

Anyways I wasn't even taking into account all of the sticker sales and Ford projects in the meantime that Shelby had nothing to do with, I was just speaking of the newer stuff that on the surface appears to be made under the Shelby name.

I guess I went a little to far with my conclusions.
 
Trust me, Shelby's name would not just fall off the map.

Even when he wasn't selling his name everywhere there were still lots of Cobra kit cars, a thriving market for Shelby reproduction parts and origional Shelby Mustangs were very highly priced.

At one time, Shelby had a factory where he employed people to make Shelby Mustangs.

Now there is a Factory that pays Shelby to use his name. That is a big difference.

It has about as much class as Sharp Edge Knives.

Untill recently there was a fixed number of Shelby Mustangs, now they are popping out of a factory again. This isn't the 60's, these cars are not being built for SCCA competition and before they were transformed they were just regular Mustangs.

The problem is that shelby fakes are not a new thing, they have been around for 30 years or more. Some people passed them off as legitimate Shelbys when they were just a 6 cylinder secretary car with a V-8 and Shelby reproduction parts. The difference between the two is that the fake is worth about as much as a plain GT in similar condition, while a real Shelby was worth two to three times as much.

So now "Shelby" is selling new "Shelby's"? Ten years ago the same car would have been called a fake but since Shelby signed on the dotted line and it has a certificate of authenticity it is supposed to be real.

I'm not buying it.

It's hilarious that some one is paying $5,000,000 for a $50,000 Shelby FAKE.
 
Holy CRAP! Is that true - $5,000,000.00? Who the heck is paying that much? Jay Leno? I hope, at least, it is staying in the USA!
 
wash said:
Trust me, Shelby's name would not just fall off the map.

Even when he wasn't selling his name everywhere there were still lots of Cobra kit cars, a thriving market for Shelby reproduction parts and origional Shelby Mustangs were very highly priced.

At one time, Shelby had a factory where he employed people to make Shelby Mustangs.

Now there is a Factory that pays Shelby to use his name. That is a big difference.

It has about as much class as Sharp Edge Knives.

Untill recently there was a fixed number of Shelby Mustangs, now they are popping out of a factory again. This isn't the 60's, these cars are not being built for SCCA competition and before they were transformed they were just regular Mustangs.

The problem is that shelby fakes are not a new thing, they have been around for 30 years or more. Some people passed them off as legitimate Shelbys when they were just a 6 cylinder secretary car with a V-8 and Shelby reproduction parts. The difference between the two is that the fake is worth about as much as a plain GT in similar condition, while a real Shelby was worth two to three times as much.

So now "Shelby" is selling new "Shelby's"? Ten years ago the same car would have been called a fake but since Shelby signed on the dotted line and it has a certificate of authenticity it is supposed to be real.

I'm not buying it.

It's hilarious that some one is paying $5,000,000 for a $50,000 Shelby FAKE.
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I agree with you on all of the above except the last sentence. That was a true Shelby Cobra Super Snake. One of two originally produced in the '60's by Shelby himself. It was owned by Shelby himself until it sold the other day. The other one was destroyed (along with it's driver) last year in a crash. Now it is the only one in existence. Still a little pricey, though :rolleyes:
 
I think I have a mental disability that just doesn’t allow me to understand expensive cars.
 
There is a shop a couple miles away that builds the frame/drive set ups for the Cobra bodies. They build them a little wide/longer for better handling.

They'll put any motor/tranny you want in it.

Last I talked to them, was just over $50K for the completed car, but that was maybe 5 years ago...
 
20-odd years ago, when I was in college, I rode my bicycle past a beautiful Cobra replica (BRG with Tan interior), drooling. Then I circled back around to confirm what I had just seen: The keys in the ignition.

I resisted the urge, but it was mighty tempting. The Cobra remains high on my fantasy purchase list.

Rick
 
rbmcmjr said:
20-odd years ago, when I was in college, I rode my bicycle past a beautiful Cobra replica (BRG with Tan interior), drooling. Then I circled back around to confirm what I had just seen: The keys in the ignition.

I resisted the urge, but it was mighty tempting. The Cobra remains high on my fantasy purchase list.

Rick
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You...

IDIOT!!! :grumpy: :mad: :barf: :eek:



haha jk, you did the right thing :thumbup:
 
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