Mecum Kissimmee: Carroll Shelby's '65 Shelby 427 Cobra Roadster sells for $5.4M | Motorsports on NBC

[@stevefowler2112]

My late Father was an Engineer out at The Cape during the Space Race years but took a job as Sales Manager/Service Manager for the Shelby cars at the big Ford dealer in Orlando Fl. for a couple years in the mid 60's...as a young boy I heard him tell this story several times at cocktail parties and backyard BBQ's: A dentist walked into the dealer one day and told the floor man he was interested in the Shelby Cobra 427, he was directed to my Dad. After speaking with the Dentist for several minutes and assessing his driving experience and financial wherewithal my Dad suggested the 289 Cobra would be a better choice. The customer was adamant that he wanted the 427 so my Dad said okay have a seat and I'll pull one around out front and we'll go for a drive. After taking the dear dentist on a very spirited test drive they returned to the dealer and the dentist stepped out of the car and white as a ghost said, perhaps you are right, maybe I should consider the 289 after all. To which my Dad answered...That WAS the 289.

[@evictioncarpentry2628]

And yet a mini van today is faster lol

[@chefbillybaroo2056]

I could listen to that story everyday!!! Thanks for the laugh buddy

[@BrassCatcher]

@@evictioncarpentry2628 take a corner at 50mph in a mini van

[@cohokid6936]

@@evictioncarpentry2628 I liked the part where you lol'd at your comment, def lol material.

[@josephfrench5377]

Awesome story that would make a good commercial.

[@BenMyattt]

My god man. Congrats! I’ve never see someone so happy to spend 5.4Mill.

[@tylerc7336]

@Timothy Rurak really, to have a shelby cobra personally owned by Carroll Shelby who upgraded it multiple times like a normal person would, you don't think that's worth alot of money, you have extremely high standards, by the way I don't remember them saying it was a different engine

[@willsee7452]

@Timothy Rurak exactly!! ... to $5.4 million

[@thespicemelange.1]

@@willsee7452bazinga

[@stretch54]

@Timothy Rurak - I think the grey color is it's original color. It was returned to that color.

[@BDLrome]

There’s less than 50 original left so it was worth it.

[@tonelok]

Once I saw his RM, I knew this guy was going to get the car. What an awesome ride and piece of Americana and automotive history.

[@iloveamg6437]

Caroll Shelby will never be forgotten

[@moonpiespotlight4759]

Nor will Thomas Shelby and the peaky fuckin' blinders.

[@rumaabba8875]

5,4M $ for ZERO racing stripe line and zero heritage chrome rolllbar ShelbyCobra 😲😅

[@ldioticnuzhen99]

​​@@moonpiespotlight4759 fggt

[@MojoKc2244]

You can buy happiness, and its in the form of a Shelby Cobra owned by the man himself

[@Vodkasoda288]

100%. It doesn’t get better than that!!!

[@fireflower1549]

Great opinion, in my opinion I would drive her everyday, add a few things, Rally Tires and Suspension, Racing Brembo Brakes, Titanium plate on bottom, remote lambo doors, 15 inch subwoofer, CB Radio and whip antenna, 😀 💘 and a Supercharger..

[@vichy7661]

Upon reading his last will, "there's a cobra in the barn, it's yours also."

[@leavellethearcherhunt7520]

EXACTLY

[@terencem8795]

What an absolute gorgeous car!

[@boeing175]

It’s not because it’s a cobra. It’s because of what it means. It was owned by your idol, you dreamed of owning one, and you want to go fast. When you sit in the drivers seat you share the happiness and memories of Carroll Shelby. The car misses Shelby, but it knows how happy the man who won the auction was and it will run like it did for the legend.

[@straightbusta2609]

It's difficult to believe some of these were worth 40-50,000$ in today's money at one point of time

[@rumaabba8875]

While the bank& c.😧.rrupt p😧litixian raising up all govt bills for nonsense foreign programs. Usa is overtaken by eur😧pe.. , . Nevvagesatanistentities a n d ..... c😧munists gangs in NYC &oregon. Factory five made cobrashelby with racing stripe line a n d eyecathcing shelby's rollbar. Btw superperformance frm california also destroy the heritage by adopt electric magnet teslamtr on their kit cobra , but they put rollbar. worth under 1 million$ . Everybody knew carol shelby only fully Invented//innovated '64 cobra daytona , relliable racing supercharge//turboxcharge v8 & shelby1999series1

[@gordocarbo]

I remember seeing them as low as $25k back in the 80s. Turn key but most were priced as you said $25k was gonna get me a Pantera in my late 20s...dealer wouldnt sell it to me thought I was a dreamer and bs'er Judged me by my looks and what I pulled up in. "Get the F outta here kid" is what I heard. Wrong!

[@davidhorne2326]

Lest anyone forget the buyers premium that’s added to the selling price!

[@carl9531]

Great job Legendary motorcar in the restoration!!!

[@coreystanfill9064]

Im not sure how old that man is, but im sure wherever n whenever he grew up, he never could imagine paying 5million for a COBRA... congrats sir... if i ever hit the lottery I'm looking you up...

[@P51]

no way it was that nice when it was new

[@joekurtz8303]

Last time I saw that Cobra, it was blue w/ the auto transmission. My coworker JD was idling it down the lane next to my V8 Dakota assembly station, How does that feel? I asked. Like a Million bucks !!! he replied , grinning smartly….

[@lanegranoquiere]

Congratulations on your success and impeccable taste. If I had it, I’d buy it.

[@leavellethearcherhunt7520]

"You can't buy happiness. But you can buy cars. And that's sort of the same thing." 😁😁😁

[@muskokamike127]

I've seen a lot of cobras, digging it with the full bumpers.......

[@gordocarbo]

Me too never see them. I prefer just the nerf bars front and rear but if youre gonna use it...full bumpers, have to.

[@skeleguns10oooooo10]

5:45 SOLD!

[@jeffenglish9132]

Highest bidder: “make the check out to Mecum? Could y’all wait to deposit this for let’s say 5 years or so?” 😂

[@giraffesinc.2193]

SUCH a beautiful car!!!

[@gearbanger57]

What do you do with a 5.4 million dollar car? Nothing, just bragging rights.

[@92littlebluefox]

Sounds about right.

[@mcearl8073]

Yea exactly. That’s what’s annoying when you see a replica out driving or in a video driving and everyone is asking if it’s a “real” one. If you’re seeing one out in the wild you can pretty much be 99.9% sure it’s a replica or at best a licensed remake. What’s probably even worse is if this guy did take his 5 million dollar car to a car show the rest of us would be assuming it’s a kit car that was built for 30k.

[@curtispennington1050]

Think of it as an alternative asset class investment. Simple. More fun than buying a bunch more shares of TSLA.

[@robsvtgt500]

This is an investment,resell in 5 years and make a few hundred thousand.

[@gordocarbo]

@@mcearl8073 Rear quarter panels are unique to the original. Id own a replica no problem!

[@31186dan]

Now that’s exciting! Beauty of a car. I hope he enjoys it!

[@dd0526]

Legendary Auto....Great Job!!!!!

[@AWSum-uf4ri]

To this day the highest sale Ive ever seen was that one Cuda

[@alejandrogonzalez5326]

This little car is worth more then what I will ever make in my life.

[@jimcarroll3757]

Ain't that just wild you and me both

[@jimcarroll3757]

And yet you can't even live in it

[@bamadudes2473]

Happy to see it brings that$$$$$

[@mikemadonna9449]

Impressive! But I like to "drive" my Superformance Cobra replica....

[@gordocarbo]

Exactly!! Id rather buy 5 mil in gold...investing in a car is super risky especially now we are at the end of the ICE era What "next guy" will there be for old iron? Im not seeing it, younger people want nothing to do with out "stone age" cars. Shame Ill be dead when musclecar prices become realistic again it will happen.

[@johnmartinelli5511]

Is that a CSX chassis?? Built by SC in England???

[@randythompson1957]

Mr Shelby would be very proud

[@gordocarbo]

Think he would be pissed to see lots of his cars never get driven.

[@spades262]

6:05 that's bid worthy too

[@RSDX99]

I like Cobras but if you can't drive it on the street and enjoy it you might just as well buy a Picasso and hang it on the wall. After all impressing others with how much you spent is what it is all about. NFN but that same car sold for 5.5M a year or so back. So somebody lost 100k plus the cost of restoration.

[@gordocarbo]

Hope this guy bought it more for bragging rights than invetmenet. At that $ level hes better off buying gold, R.E. etc

[@markherbert1524]

Don’t forget the 10% commission charge, that brings the total price to $5,940,000.

[@toddclark332]

Beautiful I think the next word is perfect congratulations sir one of a kind

[@bebopben2]

You gave away the punch line in the intro!

[@jonjon9135]

That’s my Dad, last week I mounted a kerb and wrapped it around a tree. Let’s just say he’s not talking to me atm.

[@mitchbrown3753]

When I was a kid that was the only car I cared about, that and the Australian Ford XY GTHO.

[@gordocarbo]

Fell in love with that car as a kid. Was on the cover of a 70s car mag. Then I saw my first Pantera...oh poverty sux!

[@AWSum-uf4ri]

Saw a club meet of those I dont know if they were legit or kit cars but they were intimidating in person for sure

[@theamericanhiker9655]

I can’t imagine dropping that much on a car

[@jerrycraig6522]

Probably got a pretty healthy 427, apparently, that's a reasonably fast and BRUTAL 'chine

[@smokenjoe4022]

Can’t wait till I see him out on the road with it! I’ll be in my 1981 Elcamino cracked windshield broken window a couple of dents with no seat just a milk crate to sit on! Oh yeah I almost forgot no insurance either! Bring it baby I’ll show you somethin!

[@gordocarbo]

Haha! Park next to it, dude will have a heart attack. Ooooh my precious! Gollum!

[@vinceedwards3978]

This is an incredible car, but that hammer price......

[@davycornell8715]

What does Late Father mean?

[@TheCanadianBubba]

Wonder if it's like Elvis's BMW, where nothing of the original car remains ? That would suck...

[@ve4mm]

Was Legendary the seller?

[@SimonElenor]

I hope some of my engine swap cars reach this value one day!

[@paullacey2999]

Beautiful car owned by my hero,who told Ferrari where to go......

[@garybooth4270]

Yep.....this Cobra was owned by the man who buried Ferrari in 1966.

[@captainbart]

This must be the one he got beat in, by his attorney, in a 275 Ferrari. He went back to the Shop and told Lance to build a new car, make it fastest.......and so came to be, the Shelby Super Snake

[@boosuedon]

I don't know that it was possible to 'over spend' on that car! Just has to be careful that he doesn't kill himself in it!

[@kennethbode2017]

you really think he'll drive it hard? Probably going in his collection to admire.

[@easygame7955]

It's good to be rich, money well spent.

[@bobhoe]

Dang, 5.4 million for a car that will never be driven again

[@garypeatling7927]

Insane you could build it for 100 grand

[@Gasolineworld]

But it wouldn't be "it"

[@biagisbarandgrill3077]

And Carroll Shelby would not of driven it for 40+ years

[@jamesmiller7911]

Umm no...

[@gordocarbo]

@@biagisbarandgrill3077 True but that means nothing to me far as value Car drives the same regardless

[@Freddy_Confetti]

These guys sound like their talking with their hands over their mouths lol

[@jamesmiller7911]

Or with masks on?.

[@gordocarbo]

Mouth full of marbles

[@ramiroruiz97]

Beautiful car Is gona seat where The Man and the legend seats Before him.....

[@adamsteele6148]

Should be in a museum not being hocked at an auction

[@markbass7145]

I really don't feel like that paint color is correct though

[@p215j]

I actually love it

[@tonycotto8073]

Imagine the camera getting too close and scratching the car.

[@gordocarbo]

Its all fixable.

[@nickcleveland2810]

I’m surprised to hear that Shelby put an automatic transmission in it at one point. A cobra isn’t a cobra without a manual.

[@stretch54]

Carrol had a 289 Cobra with an automatic too.

[@seanlinne8383]

Probably would have been worth double that amount had it not been restored.

[@moonpiespotlight4759]

Shelby had butchered it basically. It wouldn't have been worth half that.

[@donphillips5471]

Let’s not forget it’s about the cars not the dollar amount!! Mecum and Barrett Jackson focuses on the money not the car love them both but let’s not forget!

[@MoreAverageThanMost]

Nice color

[@larrytornetta9764]

The guy who brought it used his play money.

[@palco22]

some have money, some have brains, they don't always make a match !

[@gordocarbo]

Easy come, easy gone!

[@ceciliapolicarpio1822]

surprised it didnt make about 8 million, ferrari 250 GTOs go for around 20million

[@1920s]

It will all pass away one day.

[@zephyruslunarlander1066]

Great vid

[@leddygee1896]

Wheels & Tires are too small for the wheel well arches. It's out of proportion... Other than that, the color and presentation is beautiful.

[@davespink8568]

It’s a beautiful car but I can’t see paying that much for any car.

[@whiskeybuilder6335]

No side pipes?

[@gordocarbo]

They could be ordered with undercar exhaust. Sidepipes an cost a little power depending.

[@jmp.t28b99]

if you can't buy happiness, then you don't have enough money !

[@SR-bh5jd]

What did you do this afternoon honey? Oh? Me? I only bought a car.

[@N-Scale]

Amazing and glad I do not have that kind of money because all I would do is drive it !!!!!

[@gordocarbo]

So would I !! Dailied a few brand new frame offs in LA traffic...everyone said I was an idiot its going to get ruined wrecked etc BS. 5 yrs later come sell time it was just as mint and got great memories of being young and stupid!

[@Me-yk3ep]

He could afford it, by looking at his 450k watch especially if you know the brand

[@a1furnitureholdingsllc642]

Yea hes Gonna definitely drive it with another Matching Richard Milli

[@tylernelson7995]

Who the heck were the owners that bought Shelby’s personal car and then changed out engines/transmissions and paint?!

[@johnpilesky2571]

But if I remember did they sell another cobra for 14 million a few years ago???

[@redmr2na]

That was Cobra number 1, basically Genesis of the cobra name. That was 260 v8 AC ACE bodied machine known simply as CSX2000.

[@swooshdave]

What is wrong with the rear wheels? They look too narrow.

[@gordocarbo]

Quarter panels on those were much wider than the 289 cars. Kinda funky

[@deloreanfan81]

I have a hard time believing that this went for more than the super snake

[@tharangawijegoonasekara1856]

Wooowwww!!! 😍😍🔥🔥🔥♥️

[@arlichar11]

i just wonder what the conversation is about with the bid assistant lol its obvious only between 2 guys .. they surely know what they willing spend ... all that production is a bit much... so. if i dont win the car , what will i do with the money?

[@lifematch]

If u really think about, he just exchanged currency to an asset with a stronger holding of its value. If he ever wants to Liquidate that car, he will get his money back for sure.

[@gordocarbo]

I dont know pretty risky today if you think about it. For decades there have always been the "next guys" younger buyers that dig these. Not so today, Gen X last of the mohicans and most could never afford it. WIth EVS becoming commonplace I think that amount is a huge gamble Rare car and all but I think way way overvalued.

[@sgmaths]

I think it sold for $5.5 M...! I bid at $5.5 M...!

[@mbtg112]

That's the color I painted my '76 Spitfire... 38 years ago. .

[@pauldunne102]

Great investment

[@seth556]

Eh, we’ll see

[@gordocarbo]

At the end of the ICE era, could go either way. Real good or loose his azz.

[@Kilz78]

with a 10% buyers cost..........that's another half million.

[@CraigCatapano]

10% commission?

[@claycampbell7901]

If your a Billionaire , $5.4 Million is not alot of money !!

[@jerrycraig6522]

I'd drive it, to the walmart!!!

[@tadroid3858]

Yeah, I won't be going to the Kissimmee auction, if they have that kind of money :)

[@johnneedy3164]

Thst kind of money 💰 WOW

[@Usernametakenmyass]

You should see the house he’s having remodeled!

[@COBRATV427]

😍 👍

[@happyraccoon4791]

The age of idolatry

[@bade-bike1930]

So true : every one for themselves!!!! But ya can’t take it wicha!!!!!!!

[@exnihilo2601]

It's nothing new.

[@ShardsOfNarsil]

Disgusting.

[@gordocarbo]

Truth!

[@kaynec3079]

Some people just have too much money.

[@michaelphillips9037]

WOW!!!

[@woofersd2383]

Amazing car, and a very luck owner.

[@Pro1er]

I heard the guy plans to convert it to electric.

[@shepherdsknoll]

It would be faster. I had a ride in a 427 one time, I was really disappointed, it just kept loading up.

[@gordocarbo]

@@shepherdsknoll Doesnt mean they arent fast. As bought they could go 0-100-0 in 12 sec. That is fn fast!

[@kevinkinney5445]

Well, isn't that something?

[@RegisteredNurseLA]

No distancing, hand touching, some things money can’t buy.

[@gordocarbo]

I couldnt own that without driving it regularly. Own the car, dont let it own you. Such a good resto, rare car only to start rotting. I dont get it.

[@andrewcampfield8002]

My sister dated a guy (Ru) in the late 60's who owned a Shelby Cobra which I know he sold a few years later. I bet he's sick to his stomach now knowing what a Cobra can sell for today. A bitching piece of machinery !

[@jerrybisbo3824]

It’s nice but I’d rather have the money , 😆.

[@dingdongdaddy589]

Free free free free.

[@joshrandall5297]

Great car. Stupid masks. Never again.

[@MrBluoct]

But can you buy... cool ?