Shelby auction- June

[Keito]

From Fox news



Shelby aficionados will want to book their trips to Greenwich, Connecticut, this June because that's where Bonhams will have the privilege of auctioning off Carroll Shelby's personal car collection. In total, 23 cars (and trucks) covering Shelby's personal career will hit the auction block.

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1988 Dodge Shelby Dakota prototype (Bonhams)

Among the cars is a 1982 Dodge Charger prototype, which was the first vehicle Shelby worked on with Chrysler. The car would launch an era of Shelby-influenced Mopars, and many of those cars are present in the collection. On the Mopar side of things, bidders will have the chance to take home the following:

1935 Chrysler Airflow sedan
1983 Dodge/Shelby pickup concept
1987 Dodge CSX no. 1
1987 Shelby Charger GLH-S no. 1
1987 Dodge Shelby Lancer no. 1
1988 Dodge Shelby Dakota Prototype
1989 Dodge CSX VNT no. 1
Obviously, a slew of Mustangs and Ford vehicles are among the group as well. The collection includes two 1969 Shelby GT 500s, a 1968 Shelby GT350, a 1967 Lincoln Continental, and a 1965 Shelby Cobra 427 Continuation. As for modern Fords, the Shelby collection includes a 2008 Shelby GT500 KR (King of the Road) and a 2011 Shelby GT500 Super Snake.

[2.216VTurbo]

So who's keeping the 86 Hans Herman Motored GLHS then? It's not in the group photo of the cars for sale on the Bonham's site, plus you don't have it listed here either Keito. BTW Bonhams said 24 cars for sale, where'd the 23 number come from? Also not in the pic the red TT Shelby Dakota...

[BadAssPerformance]

So who's keeping the 86 Hans Herman Motored GLHS then? It's not in the group photo of the cars for sale on the Bonham's site, plus you don't have it listed here either Keito. BTW Bonhams said 24 cars for sale, where'd the 23 number come from? Also not in the pic the red TT Shelby Dakota...

86 #1 not in this auction.

there were 24 but one Cobra sold pre-auction

[2.216VTurbo]

^Check out the guy with the inside scoop:eyebrows: Did your source detail what IS happening with the 86S?

[BadAssPerformance]

^Check out the guy with the inside scoop:eyebrows: Did your source detail what IS happening with the 86S?

Not for sale at this time. Guessing they might keep it at least for now?

[Garffus]

Is anyone planning on bidding on any of these cars? All the estimates are set at 10-15k for the Dodges. Not particularly confident in achieving big numbers are they.

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https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24810/

[cordes]

I probably won’t, but
I would love that D150

[glhs0075]

I would love either Lancer #001 or '87 GLHS #0001, but sadly am not in a position to be bidding at the moment.
Edit: The '55 Desoto is a very nice car as well.

[glhs0075]

Is anyone planning on bidding on any of these cars? All the estimates are set at 10-15k for the Dodges. Not particularly confident in achieving big numbers are they.

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https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24810/
$5,000 - $10,000 for the Lancer. Apparently they're even less confident in it's value than the others! That would be a hell of a bargain if they're correct in their estimate.

[contraption22]

Not for sale at this time. Guessing they might keep it at least for now?

I hear it's being prepped for LeMons racing.

[mopar-tech]

I considered going a few times but I'm trying to get rid of stuff, not buy more cars!

[ajakeski]

My prediction:

The non-Dodge cars will sell for decent money. The remaining bidders may buy the Shelby Dodge cars with hopes of their values increasing because of the attached Shelby heritage.

Come June 2019, we'll be discussing these same Shelby Dodges when they are listed on Ebay.

[cordes]

My prediction:

The non-Dodge cars will sell for decent money. The remaining bidders may buy the Shelby Dodge cars with hopes of their values increasing because of the attached Shelby heritage.

Come June 2019, we'll be discussing these same Shelby Dodges when they are listed on Ebay.

This is where the smart money is at.

[steve-o]

Hopefully a couple of those may come home with me. I am in the process of regitering to bid, i already have bank letter in hand.

[Oggie Fisher]

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/personal-pentastars-carroll-shelbys-own-1980s-dodges-up-for-auction

[Chris W]

Funny how the auction takes place right before this years SDAC event. JT should contact them and offer free registration for this years event to all the new owners.

Chris-TU

[johnl]

$37,400 for '86 GLHS @ Mecum

[BadAssPerformance]

Funny how the auction takes place right before this years SDAC event. JT should contact them and offer free registration for this years event to all the new owners.

Chris-TU

Interesting idea! Maybe offer a promo any SDAC member who buys one and brings it out ;)

[DOHCRT]

Who else is planning on attending the auction. Probably the last time ever Shelby will have an auction that includes more than 1 original car. Kinda like the '94 auction...Kicking around the idea of attending not only the auction, but the big car show that weekend and whatever other kind of trouble I can find.

[2.216VTurbo]

Represent Vic! Personally, that auction isn't for me, I've been to lotsa dealer auctions, Mecum, BJ etc but I already know 2 things. First CT is a LOOOONG --- flight for me. Me knees despise flights over 2-3 hours anymore. Second, I can't afford to bid on any of the Shelby Dodges for sale, I suspect none of them will go for less than $25K-$30K and I'm not gonna spend that, I spent that much on a TM in the last couple years but not feeling it right now. Be pretty to cool if you went and took lotsa pics and gave a detailed write up.:thumb:

[BadAssPerformance]

Represent Vic! ....Be pretty to cool if you went and took lotsa pics and gave a detailed write up.:thumb:

This would be awesome! :)

[BadAssPerformance]

Reminder! The Shelby Auction is tomorrow!

If anyone is planning to attend, please get us some pictures/info for an Up Front article!

If anyone is planning to bid on the cars, good luck!

Also, if you are planning to attend and don’t have tickets yet, Chris Wright of Turbos Unleashed posted in the SDAC Facebook group that he is offering up two tickets to any of his customers! Facebook makes it hard to link a post, however, if you go to the SDAC group and scroll down or search you can find it, link to group here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/shelbydodge/

Link to auction info here:
http://www.greenwichconcours.com/auction/

[mopar-tech]

Must. Not. Go.

[Dan H]

I looked up some of the Shelby Dodges on the Bonhams site tonight. More than one include this nice message:

"Please note title is in transit – Following the sale, this vehicle will be shipped back to Gardena California where it is scheduled to be inspected by the CHP on June 16th, 2018. Following its inspection, the DMV will produce a title in approximately 6 to 8 weeks. All additional shipping and storage costs resulting from the car's transfer to California will be paid for by the seller."


I'd be pretty annoyed to win one of these cars (a state away) and be on the hook for this mystery cost. Hell, I'd be annoyed even if I lived in Gardena, CA. I don't understand why they didn't have the titles resolved before auction.

[wheming]

That said "seller" not "buyer" or auction "winner". Looks like they are going to be springing for the cross country trip to get a stupid title.

[mopar-tech]

That said "seller" not "buyer" or auction "winner". Looks like they are going to be springing for the cross country trip to get a stupid title.

And I assume the winner will have to pay to have it shipped BACK from CA. Living in CT I'd be bent if I could not pick up my purchase "on the spot" and was told that I'd have to ship it or pick it up in California. Particularly galling as cars that old in CT require no title, just a bill of sale.

[Dan H]

Wow, I read it a few times and didn't see it right. I'd be pissed like Gary. I'd rather fly the CHP guy out here to inspect the car. That would be cheaper all around.
If it was never titled, I'd imagine it would still have a certificate of origin that could be used to title it.

[j4278h]

How many want to guess that the title will now come back as a basic dodge model.

[cordes]

Well... What were the results? I thought this would have been updates real time by someone. I purposely stayed away, because I didn't want a new truck in my driveway.

[BadAssPerformance]

Wow that sucks about the title/logistics uncertainty :/

So, did anyone here get any of these!? Auction of each including premiums as follows:

83 Charger - $23,520
83 Ram - $33,040
87 CSX - $16,800
87 Lancer - $19,040
87 Charger GLHS - $31,360
89 CSX-VNT - $22,400
90 Dakota Prototype - $33,600

[cordes]

I'm not really surprised by the two CSXs. The Lancer went higher than what I thought by about 4K, and the GLHS beat my expectations by a solid 10K. Anything with a bed on it makes me wonder what people were thinking.

[glhs0075]

The '83 Dodge Shelby Prototype actually went for less than I was expecting. It's the very first one. It's "famous" in that it has been in more press release photos with Carroll than any other Shelby Dodge with maybe the exception of GLHS #001, and has spent a fair bit of time on display at the Vegas Heritage Centre. The trucks went for more than I was expecting. And I'm happy with the results of the '87 GLHS.

[Reaper1]

To me this seals the fate of the "values" for these cars. I will never expect them to go for more than $20k for an EXTREMELY nice one.

Anyone hanging on to these thinking they've got the next "Hemi 'Cuda" is in for a really rude awakening...

[johnl]

Not the only example of the effect of the prejudices of magazine writers/editors. For me, I never understood their obsessive dedication to overhead cams and their denigration of pushrods in applications where high RPM was never in play. Irrational. Fake. But the results persist.

In '85, I was gonna buy a Mustang but I got into TMs for two reasons - power to weight, and gas mileage - handling and Iaccoca's 5/5/50 deal were also factors. - bought my GLHT.

[cordes]

To me this seals the fate of the "values" for these cars. I will never expect them to go for more than $20k for an EXTREMELY nice one.

Anyone hanging on to these thinking they've got the next "Hemi 'Cuda" is in for a really rude awakening...

I agree that the market won't support anything like that for a long time. Frankly, if it weren't for a relative handful of die hard fans, most of these cars would have faded into obscurity already.