Shelby American Auction

[Mark IV]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

Well, I'm not afraid to throw a red flag on the play and ask for an official review of the tape. I sent this via Mecum's web site:


Hi,

Can you please verify that the car listed here:

1966 Shelby Cobra Roadster for sale by Mecum Auction

is really a Shelby CSX 4000 series car? There is very little resemblance to a genuine CSX 4000/6000 series car and would really like to hope that the claim that it is CSX4774 is a typographical error. I owned one myself and there are too many wrong details - like the orientation of the roll bar (a Cobra 427 would anchor the roll bar in the trunk, and a 289 car would be in the front of the passenger foot well, but none have ever anchored it in the area of the transmission tunnel. Other details are the dash and gauges, interior trim like inside doors and transmission tunnel, and the battery (which would be 2x6V behind the passenger seat or a 12V in the trunk.

I would strongly encourage you to verify the claim that this is a Shelby Continuation Cobra.

Thanks

Most auction houses will tell you they rely on the sellers representation and it is up to the bidder to assure themselves that they are buying what they think they are.

A few years back a local "classic" auction had a "GT350 R Model" consigned. Asisde from the very poor attempt at making an "R", it had a "C" code Ford VIN from Dearborn (and if you don't know what is wrong with that, don't bid on any GT350s!) plus over 20 other things we spotted witout a lot of effort (the really bogus Shelby VIN tag with a Dymo label number was one clue...) I called the auction sponsor who I knew. He said "Hey, I'm only representing what the seller says".

Point? Buyer beware.............