twobjshelbys Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Thursday I just wandered around. Only had a couple of hours and checked out the lay of the land. The plan is to tour the outside tents on Friday and the inside stuff on Saturday. I went to the Shelby "booth" (outside) and saw most of the regulars. The new Foundation raffle is for a 50th Anniversary Cobra. Tickets went on sale yesterday (both at the auction and on line). Highlights of Thursday's. A Ford GT at one of the booths (Maguires?) Cobra that i think is a raffle for a local Phoenix valley charity. Matte black painted Bentley. Edit: We looked at it today and it was a pretty terrible paint job. They maked around some of the trim. It was a bad implementation of a good idea. More on the concept in tomorrow's set (from Friday's pictures). Two Bugatti Veyrons. The hardtop is the one that Craig Jackson picked up after the guy that had the high bid bolte. The new "Win a Cobra" car (not associated with the Shelby Foundation car that is later). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Thursday Part 2 The new Mustang Corral at the Shelby area (6 pictures) This 50th Anniversary Cobra (CSX8000 series) is the Shelby concept/prototype but is being used as the "model" for the one that will be in the Shelby Foundation raffle. I bought my tickets!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Thursday Part 3 The 50th Cobra side badge. Military themed Camaro. I thought it was cool. A "Yellow Submarine". Note it is "NOT SEAWORTHY". It sold for 58300. They do get some funny things there. A couple of years ago it was bunches of covered wagons and other western stuff, then before that it was tractors. Airplane. They taxi them from the airport. They literally close the freeway on Tuesday at 1:00AM and drive them over. This 4 passenger carbon fiber plane weighs 2600 lbs wet (without passengers and luggage). My wife told me I couldn't by anything at the auction but I took that to mean in bidding. I told her I was going to buy this for her. She didn't think I was funny. But maybe she'd go for this. The guy said you could buy it for aobut $280K. He spend 390K to build it but is willing to negotiatie. Built on a Ford F650 setup. Another Cobra this time at the DenBeste booth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Thursday Part 4 I was leaving and saw this "painting". The artist, Scott, came to our GT dinner with this. I might pick one up but have to decide if I have a place to put it. Lamborghini Aventadore The flat white paint is totally awesome but you have to see it in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 On Thursday night we had a gathering of primarily Phoenix area Ford GT owners (hosted by Chip Beck, a member here that also has a Shelby GT). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08 snake Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Great pics thanks for sharing Have a great time out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert OHara Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Great shots ,thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YZD263 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Great pics. Thanks for sharing. I love these Ford GTs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IASHELBYGT Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Thanks for sharing, looks like about $1.5 million worth of Ford GT's in that parking lot. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARALD KELLEY Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gt350lp Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Awesome.....Thanks................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony356 Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 love the heritage edition. oh my. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseygator Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Great pics! Thanks for posting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-man Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I really like some of those night shots of the Ford GT's....very nice! Lookin' forward to meeting (and shooting ) with you at the Bash. Z-man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali_KR Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Nice pix, for those of us that couldn't make it, we appreciate this thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan19d Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Wow! I would just like to be there with all those GT's, but a ride on one would be incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05mustangman Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I live not too far from there. Where and when do they have these Ford GT meets? That is just a thing of beauty right there. Even though I dont have a GT i would love to just see all them in the same place. I will also be at the auction saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Grey Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I liked them all. Thanks for doing this for us. Enjoy your time out there and the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I went back and added some captions in an edit of the auction photo posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Thanks for sharing, looks like about $1.5 million worth of Ford GT's in that parking lot. Nice! Probably so for the ones that are present. But that's the tip of the iceberg. Several of them are highly customized. Many owners with cars were present without their cars (like me). And then a fair number of the owners that were there actually own more than one - one has 4. My guess is that somewhere around 30 cars were represented. love the heritage edition. oh my. Me too !!!! I really like some of those night shots of the Ford GT's....very nice! Lookin' forward to meeting (and shooting ) with you at the Bash. Z-man Regretfully, I will not be able to make it. Decided I can't trust the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry T Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Great .... thank you for sharing!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Here's Friday's pictures. Quite a few and 8 at a time. The forum allows 10 but the Photobucket gives 16 per page so it's easier to do them 1/2 a PB page. Comments on some but not all. This is a "statue" that was done for the Shelby Foundation. Details on availability and price should be coming to the forum some time soon. It will be a limited run and they are gorgeous. It is all brass on a granite base. This is the 50th Cobra Monkees recreation A couple of BOSS 302s. Looks like old BOSSes are going to come out of the woodwork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Friday Part 2 Sometimes you'll see a photo of the the lot number paper or a sticker on the windshield. This is so you can go find out how much the car sold for from the Barrett-Jackson site. This car sold 143000 (130K+10%) Buick GNXs were pretty quick and "sleeprs" in their day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Friday Part 3 (It looks like we can post more than 10 in a set!!! Yipeee!!! One good thing of the new forum.) This is the 34 mile GTH Ferrari 360 Spyder (convertible). I almost bought one of these instead of the Cobra. They were part of the Hendricks "rent a racer" set (Ford GT, Ferrari, Corvette Z06 and Aston Martin DB9). This one sold for 143K(130K+10%), which is a hefty depreciation but consistent with the market. This Cobra was terrible. No indication of which kit. This is the staging of the 3 Shelbys (SS and 40th) plus the 3000+ mile GTH. Great air conditioning. For real. This is from Sears. Just a fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Friday Part 4 Oops, not Sears but Allstate. Quite a few of these little Euro "motorocycle on 3 or 4 wheels" cars. Food. Up at the Ford "ride and drive" Miller Motorsports had their cars and the Shelby team were running a GT350 around the track. The MM cars had roll cages so people had to wear helmets. The GT350 was set up for regular belts. You can buy your crypt. I thought it was kind of macabre. It's there every year. Superbird #1. They have come down in importance since it was sitting in the outside tent but there were so many showcase cars inside that some had to go outside. This one sold for 112.2K. I have no idea what this goofy thing is but it must have some historical significance. The details are here: http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=1552.2&aid=443&pop=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Friday Part 5 Another Series 1 The light really killed the effect of this. Someone ought to start a collection of just the Firebird hoods. Every year was different. This is the original Euro "motorcycle car" - the BMW Isetta. There were several at the auction, as well as a slew of similar style commuters. Don't take this on the Autobahn. Supertruck I guess. I wouldn't want to go anywhere but in a straight line at more than 2MPH. It looks like it would flip in a 10MPH cross wind. A scale model of a a Daytona Coupe, This was sold in the memorabelia portion. Believe it or not it sold for $42,250. Cobra Fridge On the way out of the display area. This is a matte black (from the factory) Lotus Evora. It sure looks like a fun little car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moncho Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Hey Tony, thanks for taking the time and posting all those great pics! Looks like you had a great stay out there. This is something the wife and I will do in the not so far future. Your timing was great as there were many Shelby's being showcased. I really like the mix Barrett Jackson has on their auctions & not to mention their auctions for charities. Cheers, Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Hey Tony, thanks for taking the time and posting all those great pics! Looks like you had a great stay out there. This is something the wife and I will do in the not so far future. Your timing was great as there were many Shelby's being showcased. I really like the mix Barrett Jackson has on their auctions & not to mention their auctions for charities. Cheers, Ray I like the Vegas auction too. It's a (long) day's drive there and back On the contrary regarding charity cars. Charity cars are pumped up pretty well. They get more block time and usually Steve Davis breaks in to the middle to talk and give it more time to build up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Great photos Tony......................thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted January 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 More coming but it's going to be a busy week. This weekend looks like the target for Saturday's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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