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

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  • Carroll Shelby's personal 1965 Shelby 427 Cobra Roadster sells for an astonishing $5.4 million dollars at Mecum Auctions in Kissimmee, Florida. #NBCSports #MecumAuctions #CarrollShelby
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  • @stevefowler2112
    @stevefowler2112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    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
      @evictioncarpentry2628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And yet a mini van today is faster lol

    • @chefbillybaroo2056
      @chefbillybaroo2056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @BrassCatcher
      @BrassCatcher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @cohokid6936
      @cohokid6936 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @josephfrench5377
      @josephfrench5377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awesome story that would make a good commercial.

  • @BenMyattt
    @BenMyattt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

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

    • @tylerc7336
      @tylerc7336 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @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
      @willsee7452 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @thespicemelange.1
      @thespicemelange.1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@willsee7452bazinga

    • @stretch54
      @stretch54 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @BDLrome
      @BDLrome 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @iloveamg6437
    @iloveamg6437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Caroll Shelby will never be forgotten

    • @moonpiespotlight4759
      @moonpiespotlight4759 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nor will Thomas Shelby and the peaky fuckin' blinders.

    • @rumaabba8875
      @rumaabba8875 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @ldioticnuzhen99
      @ldioticnuzhen99 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​@@moonpiespotlight4759 fggt

  • @vichy7661
    @vichy7661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

  • @tonelok
    @tonelok 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @MojoKc2244
    @MojoKc2244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

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

    • @Vodkasoda288
      @Vodkasoda288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @fireflower1549
      @fireflower1549 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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..

  • @straightbusta2609
    @straightbusta2609 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @rumaabba8875
      @rumaabba8875 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @terencem8795
    @terencem8795 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What an absolute gorgeous car!

  • @lanegranoquiere
    @lanegranoquiere ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @davidhorne2326
    @davidhorne2326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @carl9531
    @carl9531 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great job Legendary motorcar in the restoration!!!

  • @leavellethearcherhunt7520
    @leavellethearcherhunt7520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

  • @P51
    @P51 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    no way it was that nice when it was new

  • @boeing175
    @boeing175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @muskokamike127
    @muskokamike127 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @coreystanfill9064
    @coreystanfill9064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    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...

  • @dd0526
    @dd0526 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @31186dan
    @31186dan 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @giraffesinc.2193
    @giraffesinc.2193 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    SUCH a beautiful car!!!

  • @jeffenglish9132
    @jeffenglish9132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @bamadudes2473
    @bamadudes2473 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy to see it brings that$$$$$

  • @mikemadonna9449
    @mikemadonna9449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @gearbanger57
    @gearbanger57 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @92littlebluefox
      @92littlebluefox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sounds about right.

    • @mcearl8073
      @mcearl8073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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
      @curtispennington1050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @robsvtgt500
      @robsvtgt500 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @AWSum-uf4ri
    @AWSum-uf4ri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @toddclark332
    @toddclark332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @mitchbrown3753
    @mitchbrown3753 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @randythompson1957
    @randythompson1957 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mr Shelby would be very proud

  • @spades262
    @spades262 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    6:05 that's bid worthy too

  • @bebopben2
    @bebopben2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You gave away the punch line in the intro!

  • @zephyruslunarlander1066
    @zephyruslunarlander1066 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great vid

  • @SimonElenor
    @SimonElenor 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @joekurtz8303
    @joekurtz8303 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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….

  • @michaelphillips9037
    @michaelphillips9037 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW!!!

  • @Freddy_Confetti
    @Freddy_Confetti 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @smokenjoe4022
    @smokenjoe4022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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!

  • @MoreAverageThanMost
    @MoreAverageThanMost 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice color

  • @AWSum-uf4ri
    @AWSum-uf4ri 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @ramiroruiz97
    @ramiroruiz97 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @jerrycraig6522
    @jerrycraig6522 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @tharangawijegoonasekara1856
    @tharangawijegoonasekara1856 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wooowwww!!! 😍😍🔥🔥🔥♥️

  • @TheCanadianBubba
    @TheCanadianBubba 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @N-Scale
    @N-Scale 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @pauldunne102
    @pauldunne102 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great investment

    • @seth556
      @seth556 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eh, we’ll see

  • @theamericanhiker9655
    @theamericanhiker9655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can’t imagine dropping that much on a car

  • @vinceedwards3978
    @vinceedwards3978 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @tonycotto8073
    @tonycotto8073 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Imagine the camera getting too close and scratching the car.

  • @palco22
    @palco22 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @RSDX99
    @RSDX99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @skeleguns10oooooo10
    @skeleguns10oooooo10 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:45 SOLD!

  • @ve4mm
    @ve4mm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was Legendary the seller?

  • @easygame7955
    @easygame7955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @johnneedy3164
    @johnneedy3164 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thst kind of money 💰 WOW

    • @ethanrussell4723
      @ethanrussell4723 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You should see the house he’s having remodeled!

  • @woofersd2383
    @woofersd2383 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing car, and a very luck owner.

  • @jonjon9135
    @jonjon9135 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @markherbert1524
    @markherbert1524 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @1920s
    @1920s 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It will all pass away one day.

  • @COBRATV427
    @COBRATV427 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    😍 👍

  • @boosuedon
    @boosuedon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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
      @kennethbode2017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @ceciliapolicarpio1822
    @ceciliapolicarpio1822 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @captainbart
    @captainbart 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @alejandrogonzalez5326
    @alejandrogonzalez5326 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @jimcarroll3757
      @jimcarroll3757 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ain't that just wild you and me both

    • @jimcarroll3757
      @jimcarroll3757 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And yet you can't even live in it

  • @donphillips5471
    @donphillips5471 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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!

  • @dingdongdaddy589
    @dingdongdaddy589 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Free free free free.

  • @garypeatling7927
    @garypeatling7927 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Insane you could build it for 100 grand

  • @SR-bh5jd
    @SR-bh5jd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @whiskeybuilder6335
    @whiskeybuilder6335 ปีที่แล้ว

    No side pipes?

  • @adamsteele6148
    @adamsteele6148 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Should be in a museum not being hocked at an auction

  • @paullacey2999
    @paullacey2999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @garybooth4270
      @garybooth4270 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @jerrycraig6522
    @jerrycraig6522 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @nickcleveland2810
    @nickcleveland2810 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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
      @stretch54 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Carrol had a 289 Cobra with an automatic too.

  • @seanlinne8383
    @seanlinne8383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @moonpiespotlight4759
      @moonpiespotlight4759 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @arlichar11
    @arlichar11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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?

  • @tadroid3858
    @tadroid3858 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @jmp.t28b99
    @jmp.t28b99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @markbass7145
    @markbass7145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @p215j
      @p215j 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I actually love it

  • @deloreanfan81
    @deloreanfan81 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @johnpilesky2571
    @johnpilesky2571 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @redmr2na
      @redmr2na 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @swooshdave
    @swooshdave 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @larrytornetta9764
    @larrytornetta9764 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The guy who brought it used his play money.

  • @tylerc7336
    @tylerc7336 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Must be nice

  • @mbtg112
    @mbtg112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @kevinkinney5445
    @kevinkinney5445 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, isn't that something?

  • @tylernelson7995
    @tylernelson7995 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @lifematch
    @lifematch 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @frankcastle9691
    @frankcastle9691 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Some people just have too much money.

  • @glendaulianim6274
    @glendaulianim6274 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So Nice 💘💘💘💘💘💘

  • @sgmaths
    @sgmaths 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Me-yk3ep
    @Me-yk3ep 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @leddygee1896
    @leddygee1896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @Kilz78
    @Kilz78 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Pro1er
    @Pro1er 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I heard the guy plans to convert it to electric.

    • @shepherdsknoll
      @shepherdsknoll 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @jerrybisbo3824
    @jerrybisbo3824 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @MrBluoct
    @MrBluoct 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    But can you buy... cool ?

  • @bobhoe
    @bobhoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @fireflower1549
    @fireflower1549 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    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..

  • @davespink8568
    @davespink8568 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @yotagang3705
    @yotagang3705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @mitch_lifeoregondayz2449
    @mitch_lifeoregondayz2449 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hansby's greatest act lol?

  • @biagisbarandgrill3077
    @biagisbarandgrill3077 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah get a close up on his 1.2 mil watch too hahaha

    • @goldcds
      @goldcds 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What watch is it? Looks like a RM but not one of the more expensive ones?

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    @user-cs3zs6jn1d 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    110 : really? F*CK!n6 crocks? Why was he even there? If you can't afford a real pair of shoes, you can't afford Shelby's cobra.