$5,000,000.00 Shelby Cobra sold at Barret Jackson.

[KonaGreen]

Taken from Barret Jackson website:


"As history shows, CSX 3015 is one of two Super Snake Cobras built. The other being CSX 3303 built for Bill Cosby. CSX 3303 was a 1967 427 street car retained by Shelby American as a PR car and then made into a Super Snake for Bill Cosby. Cosby's record album titled '200 MPH' attests to the fact of why he only drove it once before returning it to Shelby American. Shelby American sold it to S and C Motors in San Francisco, who then sold it to their customer, Tony Maxey. Maxey destroyed himself and CSX 3303 by driving off of a cliff and into the Pacific Ocean."

That means in a nutshell that the car that was just sold a few minutes ago is a "one of one"

[acemotorsport]

holy shit $5mil us thats a shit load

[F1_Master]

Yep, remember reading about this in my local paper a few days ago. Pretty badass.

[kingofthering]

Not true, 3307 was later rebuilt after Maxey was killed in a crash.

S and C Ford still exists in the "gay" district in San Francisco.

[Mr.Tiv]

I am more interested in the Tupolev they will be selling a few moments.

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/carli...LotNumber=1301-more pics of the cobra

[IWantAnAudiRS6]

Yeuch, a 3-speed auto? On that??

Oh man. What happened to a decent 4-speed manual?

Still looks the utter business.

[johnnynumfiv]

Yeuch, a 3-speed auto? On that??

Oh man. What happened to a decent 4-speed manual?

Still looks the utter business.

The automatic is probably a lower gear ratio which allow for better drivability.

[Ferrer]

The automatic is probably a lower gear ratio which allow for better drivability.

Or perhaps because the manual couldn't cope with the torque.

[johnnynumfiv]

Or perhaps because the manual couldn't cope with the torque.

Could be. I would think that any transmission that went into that car had to be modded quite a bit.

[nota]

That $5 million pricetag means this car is not going to do much, just sit around hidden in some bunker for 99.99% of the time

[Mr.Tiv]

That $5 million pricetag means this car is not going to do much, just sit around hidden in some bunker for 99.99% of the time

As I understand it, that's what all this buyer's cars do.

[nopassn]

here goes the Tupolev... sitting @ 150k right now...

[Mr.Tiv]

here goes the Tupolev... sitting @ 150k right now...

It's certainly different, and I like different.

[nopassn]

sold... $170k

[Mr.Tiv]

sold... $170k

I guess you're watching speed, too.