Mecum Shelby Night - Friday May15th
 

To be auctioned est 7:45pm Friday May 15th: Discovery HD Theater

King Cobra http://mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail...D=SC0509-79202 $600,000 SOLD
CSX2430 http://mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail...D=SC0509-79209 $1,300,00 No Sale
CSX2601 http://mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail...D=SC0509-79207 $6,800,000 No Sale
CSX3020 http://mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail...D=SC0509-79211 $1,000,000 SOLD
CSX3034 http://mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail...D=SC0509-80525 $1,300,000 No Sale
CSX3301 http://mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail...D=SC0509-80528 $600,000 No Sale
GT40 AM#2 http://mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail...D=SC0509-79215 $2,300,000 No Sale
GT40 #1047 http://mecum.com/auctions/lot_detail...D=SC0509-79222
Prices reflect TV auction, sale could be struck later.............?

A night to watch!

Anyone else looking forward to this?
Will you be recording it??????????????

The SAAC Forum has a Fantasy Bidding Contest for all the Shelby-related cars going off at Mecum next week

http://saacforum.com/index.php?topic=4473.0

I upgraded my Dish system to HD so I could record/watch this.

Mecum has a brochure that has some good info in it.

http://www.mecum.com/pdf/brochures/S...y_american.PDF

I've personally seen the GT350 5014R and CSX2430 as they were frequent visitors to the Shelby American Collection museum in Boulder.

Ron,

Should be the 2009 Fantasy Hour! :)

Gonna be quite a weekend huh Jeff. That King Cobra is like the Veyron to me in that it looks like a completely different car from the front versus the side view.

And for fans of other Ford-powered, Ford-built cars, check out the 1966 'R' code Fairlane. One of 57 built that year.

Should be an interesting night to watch.

David

I will be "visiting" a Buddie in order to watch ;-)

For anyone with Dish Network will you please tell me what channel number and time this is on? The only Mecum thing I saw was on some 8000 or 9000 channel and looked like some Promo thing that is on at 6:00 and again at 8:00 but I couldn't find the live auction.

I just got the HD setup and am not familiar with it.

Thanks!
Tony

It's on Discovery HD Theater channel. Check you listing list.

Here's the schedule:

http://dhd.discovery.com/tv-schedule..._Auction_Guide

I need to win the lottery.I bought a $2.00 ticket.

As part of the Discovery HD team that will be televising the Mecum Auction on Friday, yesterday I experienced one of the most remarkable assignments of my career. I spent the day at the IMS Studios in Indianapolis shooting CSX2601 and interviewing Pete Brock, Bob Bondurant, and Dave Friedman for a one-hour documentary which I'll be co-producing and will air later this year on Discovery HD.

I won't go on and on about the many tales that were exchanged between these three legends during the day but I was fortunate to be privy to so much Shelby history they shared and much of it may never be recorded in any book. However, the stories they told on camera were just a kick to hear--some familiar and some I'd never heard before.

2601 is Pete's favorite Coupe, the fourth one built and he says it was the amalgam of the first Coupe built and the first one built in Italy, which had been modified by the Italian coachbuilders. As we shot many minutes of high-definition video of 2601, the way Pete stood and stared at the car was clearly the look of love.

Bondurant and Friedman were also very reflective of what 2601 meant to the Shebly team. Bondurant drove it (and I mean DROVE IT!) in Phoenix a few weeks ago and he says 2601 still runs, accelerates, and handles just the way he remembered it in 1965. He said, "It was like I was never out of the car. It's still fantastic."

I took the liberty of sitting in the car for a few moments and all I can say is I'm still a bit woozy.

I hope everyone gets to see the auction Friday. The Mecum people are going all out and the car will be presented in a beautiful glass display case. 2601 looks spectacular and Brock, Bondurant, and Friedman all hoped it would be purchased by an American bidder. Two Coupes are already owned by overseas collectors and they would hate to see a third car wind up outside America--especially the one which clinched the championship on July 4, 1965.

Enjoy the telecast and when I get the air date for the documentary, I'll post it on the board.

Wow! This week will be one you'll never forget. Let us know when your show is going to be on.

Will do. The show will be called "America's Most Expensive Car".

I like it...I'd give this post a 1 minus :D

Would that be for condition or collectibility?

Collectibility is an 'A' for sure. The condition suffered only slightly from the misspelled Shelby. :p

"Bondurant and Friedman were also very reflective of what 2601 meant to the Shebly team."

Peter Brock just strolled by AM#2 and spoke about the 40's.
Unique FIA sold for $31,000 minutes ago.......

Almost time!