There was a lot of buzz around the Shelby American booth at the Monterey Historic Auto races this last weekend regarding this new offering from Shelby. This is very exciting news. They offered a $39k price point as a Historics introductory price promotion, but said that the price will likely increase by "$2k to $3k". This is for a painted roller, less engine & drive train. There was a great deal of interest, and I had to wait my turn to talk to the sales representative. I'm certainly going to look into it. The sales rep is also going to send me some info on the Shelby aluminum 427 FE. This makes a "genuine" Shelby Cobra a real posibility for me, as opposed to being relegated to the "pipe dream" category.
Another interesting note: I saw a Superformance Daytona parked with Shelby American's trailer. It looked really nice, but I was a little surprised to see it parked with Shelby's group. It had a "Peter Brock" emblem on it.
By the way, the Monterey Historics were a blast. I got to see over 75 Cobras --- many of them genuine --- some originals, and some GT-40's. Dick Smith was there in 198, and he blew an
oil line approaching turn eleven.
By the way, when Dick Smith hit 198-1/2 mph back in the sixties, that was in a Daytona, right?
I was very impressed by a couple of black Lister-Corvettes. Loud and Lovely.
What a weekend!!!