GT500KR Nightmare

[Fordzilla]

Originally Posted by Mark IV

No worries....

After a repair it will be on eBay as an "untouched original".............................

No Doubt!!

[Woodz428]

I am NO authority, by any means, but do maintain several original Shelby's for some customers. It's my impression that unless it is original, meaning untampered with( including paint), that the only provenance that makes the ka-ching is the Shelby one. Since it was already painted, and what was done in order to paint it, it probably already lost any patena that it posessed.I think a quality repair would matter less than you think.I know that 2 of the 4 I work on have had major impacts long ago. That didn't seem to alter their value over any other redone one. I imagine the body/interior stuff is less important than the unique distinguishing pieces that make the car a Shelby instead of a Mustang. The KR was probably the most Ford of all the '67 -'68 cars since it used a straight production CJ engine...no special manifolds/carbs...anything... the interior has a few unique parts, but the fiberglass is what really changes it..and that Shelby thing. The price that Eleanor clones were going for indicates that those that will spend the $$ don't care if it was whacked, as long as it was repaired correctly.
Now, I would be all over the transport company for the repair.. the insurance would have trouble "totaling" out a car with the rarity and value that has...especially since it is repaired the same as a Mustang. I'll bet the 'glass isn't any more costly than some original Mustang metal...

[DAVID GAGNARD]

Originally Posted by Woodz428

I am NO authority, by any means, but do maintain several original Shelby's for some customers. It's my impression that unless it is original, meaning untampered with( including paint), that the only provenance that makes the ka-ching is the Shelby one. Since it was already painted, and what was done in order to paint it, it probably already lost any patena that it posessed.I think a quality repair would matter less than you think.I know that 2 of the 4 I work on have had major impacts long ago. That didn't seem to alter their value over any other redone one. I imagine the body/interior stuff is less important than the unique distinguishing pieces that make the car a Shelby instead of a Mustang. The KR was probably the most Ford of all the '67 -'68 cars since it used a straight production CJ engine...no special manifolds/carbs...anything... the interior has a few unique parts, but the fiberglass is what really changes it..and that Shelby thing. The price that Eleanor clones were going for indicates that those that will spend the $$ don't care if it was whacked, as long as it was repaired correctly.
Now, I would be all over the transport company for the repair.. the insurance would have trouble "totaling" out a car with the rarity and value that has...especially since it is repaired the same as a Mustang. I'll bet the 'glass isn't any more costly than some original Mustang metal...

Zacctly, most folks would be suprised at what damage some of these cars have seen along the way, in the last 40 something years.......I've seen a few Shelby's that had this much or more prior damage and were repaired correctly and professionally and retained their value....regardles of the damage, it's still a Shelby and a rare one!!!!!!!!!!

It's only original once, after that, it's a restored car, nothing wrong with that, just the way it is, regardless how many paint jobs and restorations, it's still a Shelby!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hardly a "total" considering it's worth!!!!!!!!!! it will be repaired somewhere, by someone and may or may not have a different owner, I would not be afraid to buy this car if repaired properly..........

Most folks would be suprised to know some of their brand new cars have been damaged and repaired before every hitting the showroom floor......I've personally seen four that the owners never knew they had been damaged and were sold that way......fender benders happen on the assembly lines and gaint parking lots and bewteen the assembly line and the dealers............my wifes first car was one of these!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

David

[Trevor Legate]

So true about new cars being damaged. I used to regularly visit a massive holding area that held all the cars imported into the UK from Europe and Japan and the amount of damaged cars was incredible - I saw one that had been side-impacted by a transporter and it was whisked off to the repair shop to be pulled straight and sold as a new car - the bodyshop at the site was always working flat out - cars falling off the top transporter deck etc etc. It's just amazing how many new cars get damaged in transit.

[Cobra #3170]

Originally Posted by Trevor Legate

So true about new cars being damaged. I used to regularly visit a massive holding area that held all the cars imported into the UK from Europe and Japan and the amount of damaged cars was incredible - I saw one that had been side-impacted by a transporter and it was whisked off to the repair shop to be pulled straight and sold as a new car - the bodyshop at the site was always working flat out - cars falling off the top transporter deck etc etc. It's just amazing how many new cars get damaged in transit.

When I first visited Shelby American at their Airport Facility (after placing an order and deposit with Leslie motors). I was given the opportunity to pick the roller that would become my Cobra. They took me to a large parking area where there were about 50-75 427 Cobra's parked. Every one of them had some kind of shipping damage and was in need of repair. Many of them had been walked on during the shipping and unloading process. I picked the one with the least damage in the color that I ordered. It had a very large dent in the drivers side rocker panel where someone had kicked it.
I could not believe that people would have so little respect for these cars.
One of the paint and body guys at Shelby told me that they were repainting almost every car because of the shipping damage.

[Archrms]

The Dynacorn bodies were going for $15k last I saw. I don't know if they sell the roof assembly separate though.

[scales]

Originally Posted by Archrms

The Dynacorn bodies were going for $15k last I saw. I don't know if they sell the roof assembly separate though.

For a little over $300 you can now get the Roof Panels for the 67/68 Sportroofs...and just about any other panel you'd need to repair the KR. 65/66's 2+2 Roof's have just been recenty released .


I think the tough part would be finding the right (trust) Bodyshop to repair it.

[Archrms]

Originally Posted by scales

For a little over $300 you can now get the Roof Panels for the 67/68 Sportroofs...and just about any other panel you'd need to repair the KR. 65/66's 2+2 Roof's have just been recenty released .

It was only a matter of time - glad to see them offering individual parts also.