10-19-2013, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by nikbj68
WOW!!!  Reviving an 8 1/2 year old thread... is that a record?! 
COOL! 
I suppose we need to add Iron Man to the list now too.  |
Well if he didn't bump it I would have. lol
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Originally Posted by Ralphy
Records for the sixth car were lost in the mid-1970s. For a long time car historians and collectors feared the sixth car was lost. In 2001 the car was rediscovered in a rental storage unit in California.[3] The owner Donna O'Hara had committed suicide by burning herself alive.[4] The car had remained undiscovered for almost 30 years. Due to its estimated worth of over $4,000,000 the car was part of an extensive legal battle between her mother who sold the car to a collector in Pennsylvania, and a friend of Ms. O'Hara who was the recipient in her will of the contents of the storage unit. An earlier owner of the car appears to have been music producer Phil Spector who had been known to drive it on the streets of Los Angeles.[5] Built for high-speed sprints, the cab became uncomfortably warm as the car engine heated up, among other problems. "It wasn't a street car; it was a race car", Shelby said. Still, Spector drove it on the streets, and legend is that Spector racked up so many speeding tickets, his lawyer advised him to get rid of the car before he lost his license. This car was featured in "The Monkees" episode, "The Monkees Race Again" (aka "Leave the Driving to Us"), originally aired on February 12, 1968.
Shelby Daytona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Steam Engine - The Monkees - YouTube
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Not really rediscovered, there were a good amount of people that knew of the owner and had much trouble dealing with her. Someone posted a link also on Daytona vs monkeemobile thread.
Here's the link guys. Just a car guy : the crazy 60's... when the Monkees raced a Shelby Cobra Daytona coupe on their tv show, up hill, over the same road, over and over again
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