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From: [email protected] (James P. Callison)
Subject: Re: SUPER MEGA AUTOMOBILE SIGHTING(s)!!!!! Exotics together!
In article [email protected] (James P. Callison) writes:
>In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Graham E. Thomas) writes:
>>[email protected] ("The Blade Runner") writes:
>>>sighting of such a fine beast. But remember, the Mustang will
>>>forever be the true King of the Road.
Especially the '68 Shelby-American GT-500KR (King of the Road, so named
to steal GM's planned Camaro King of the Road's thunder :-)
>>And maybe the Mustang
>>will be forever King of the Road, the GT-40 isn't road legal.
>
>I think the GT-40 actually _is_ street legal, although that particular
>question is moot (see the price figures below).
Some GT-40s are street legal, some aren't.
>>This car was right hand drive (weren't they all like that?). How much does
>>a GT-40 go for? How many were made?
I found my Shelby-American guide. There were a grand total 126 GT-40s
built:
GT-40 Coupes 55
GT-40 Road Cars 31
GT-40 Mk II 13
GT-40 Mk IIIs 7
GT-40 Roadsters 5
Mirages 3
GT-40 Mk IVs 12
TOTAL: 126
Additional uncompleted Mk IIIs 6-12
Twelve of these cars were prototypes; 48 racing coupes; 31 road coupes;
eight Mk II coupes; 4 LHD Mk IIIs; and 3 RHD Mk IIIs. The other
breakdowns follow the above list (eg, 12 were Mk IVs). The LHD/RHD
breakdown is only given on the Mk IIIs.
The prices (for those which can be bought) are around the $1 Million
mark, last I heard, with a projection of some $3.5 Million (or
thereabouts) in 2000. It was second only to some penny-ante Ferarri ;-).
Shelby won the FIA World Manufacturer's Cup with his Cobras in '65; that
was also the year that he retired them from the Shelby-American racing
team (in favor of the Ford GT program the next year). That victory
broke a 13(?) year Ferarri winning streak.
Well, there's lotsa info I could spout, but I'll refrain. Much of
this information comes from "Hot Rod" magazine's "Shelby American
Cobra/Mustang Guide," which has more info on the Shelby-American
Fords than you could _ever_ want to know.
James
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