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Gooding's Time Capsule Cars for its 2011 Scottsdale Auctions

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Gooding will be unearthing some vintage competitors and a barely used road car to its 2011 Scottsdale Auctions next month: a barn find 1964 Shelby Cobra and 1965 Shelby GT350 R, 1964 Porsche 904, 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB, the purported lowest-mileage unrestored Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster anywhere.

Said to be the only unrestored Cobra in blue and red livery, the '64 snake spent 33 years in "storage" yet comes off as surprisingly lustworthy in spite of that. It began life as Carroll Shelby's promo car at SoCal racing venues, it was dredged up from the deep to do the Postwar Preservation Class at this year's Pebble Beach, and now expects to find a good home for somewhere north of $525,000. The '65 Shelby GT350 R is a one-of-26 was campaigned and did plenty of winning in the B-Production Championship in the sixties.

Another serious racer was the four-cam, fiberglass-bodied '64 Porsche 904. The one up for auction was used to beat Phil Hill, who was driving a Cobra, at Candlestick Park in 1965. Finally, the '62 Mercedes 300SL has so few miles that it could qualify for a barn find: 7,367 original miles in 48 years and still in the care of its original owner. And isn't there always a yellow Ferrari lurking anywhere there's a high-dollar party? This one's a 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB, and it just goes to show that some thing never change. The bidding will begin when the gavel goes up, January 21-22 next year. (Images © Alejandro Rodriguez/Gooding, © Pawel Litwinski/Gooding, © Scott Nidermaier/Gooding)

Gallery: 1962 Mercedes 300SL

Gallery: 1964 Porsche 904

Gallery: 1964 Shelby Cobra

Gallery: 1965 Shelby GT350 R

Gallery: 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB

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MARCH LA.B AM 1 Shelby Limited Edition Watches Partner With Automotive Icon

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Filed under: Timepieces / Watches, Luxury Cars & Autos

Still very new as a brand, MARCH LA.B timepieces was able to woo Carroll Shelby enough into doing a limited edition collection together. The famous icon of the American auto industry is probably most well known for his work with Ford producing many generations of Shelby Cobra 'super' Mustang cars.

Working closely with Shelby, MARCH LA.B now offers two limited edition timepieces that evoke the spirit of the American muscle car based on MARCH LA.B's AM 1 watch model. Increased in size to 40mm wide, the steel watch features a design that is specifically influenced by one very special concept car. That vehicle being the 1968 Shelby Green Hornet prototype. Only a few were made and then forgotten for years. One or two of them exist today in restored condition. The all green body of the Green Hornet is captured in a few green elements on the watch include the crystal over the caseback (on the automatic movement version), and the color of the text on the date disc.

Gallery: MARCH LA.B AM 1 Shelby Limited Edition Watches

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SSC Ultimate Aero II

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Bugatti may sit alone at the top of the industry in a number of ways, but it isn't alone in the top-speed chase. Like NASA had the USSR's space program , Bugatti has Shelby SuperCars to keep it on its toes. After Bugatti set the top-speed record with the original Veyron, SSC came along with its Ultimate Aero to take away its crown. Bugatti has since responded with the Veyron Super Sport, and now SSC is working on an answer of its own. That's what you see here.

Designed by Jason Castriota of Bertone and Pininfarina fame, the next-generation SSC Ultimate Aero II has the ambitious milestone of 275 miles per hour in its sights. Its power-to-weight ratio, thanks in part to carbon fiber and aluminum construction, is nearly double that of the Veyron. And with a 6.8-liter twin-turbo V8 packing 1350 horsepower, its output is higher while using half the cylinders and turbochargers of its European rival. This ought to be good. But don't like it too much, as the price tag is expected to come in around $970,000.

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Shelby SuperCars Reportedly to Take on the Bugatti Veyron SS

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Bugatti and SSC have been playing a high-speed game of cat and mouse for the past several years. In 2005, Bugatti set a production car speed record with the original Veyron, clocked at 253.8 miles per hour. Two years later, independent automaker Shelby SuperCars (no relation to the Carroll Shelby of Cobra fame) came along with the Ultimate Aero and picked up the trophy with a 256.1 mph run. Just a couple of weeks ago, Bugatti reclaimed the prize with the new Veyron Super Sport at 267.8 miles per hour. Now reports indicate that SSC is working on its own challenger to up the ante and take the prize back to its home base in the United States.

Little in the way of details are available at this point, but SSC has retained the services of one Jason Castriota, formerly of Pininfarina and Bertone, to pen a new shape for its new supercar. Reports suggest that the new SSC Ultimate Aero could debut yet this summer, after which a Guinness-certified record attempt will surely be in the cards.

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Championship-Winning 1965 Shelby Daytona Coupe Sells for a Record $7.25 Million

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions

A new record was set this year at Pebble Beach where Mecum Auctions successfully auctioned off the famous Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, chassis number CSX2601 in which iconic racing driver Bob Bondurant clinched the world championship in 1965. The car initially crossed the auction block at Indianapolis back in May, but failed to meet its reserve price, with estimates initially placing its value in excess of $10 million. The historic racing car came back for another attempt, and sold in Monterey for $7.25 million, setting a record in the process for the highest price paid for an American car at auction.

Forty-for years after claiming the World Manufacturers Championship in this very car for Shelby American out from under Ferrari's nose, Bondurant was reunited with the car and drove it onto the stage where the Shelby Daytona made history once again.

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Historic Shelby Daytona Expected to Fetch Over $10 million at Indy Auction

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions, The Classicist

No matter what state the economy is in, ten million is an awful lot to spend on one single car, so it had better be one exceptional piece of machinery to be fetching that kind of price. Fortunately the 1965 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe is just such a machine: the very first American car to defeat Ferrari in a world championship racing series in Europe.

The story goes back to the summer of 1963 when, at the eleventh hour, Enzo Ferrari called off a deal that would have given Ford 50% ownership in his company. Dejected and vindictive, Ford set out to beat Ferrari at its own game, and this is the car that made it happen. Based on the iconic Shelby Cobra roadster, the Daytona coupe featured a specially-designed aerodynamic body to give it an extra 25 mph of top speed. With a big-block, racing-tuned Ford 427 V8 under the hood, the Daytona was fast enough to beat the Italians, clinching the FIA GT title in France in 1965, and bringing the glory home to America. This beautifully restored piece of automotive history is anticipated to shatter existing records with an expected price of $10-15 million when it goes under the hammer at Indianapolis on May 15 at the Dana Macum Original Spring Classic, so stay tuned to see the Shelby Daytona make history yet again.

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The Ford Shelby GT500KR Stratocaster Guitar

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Ford Motor Company and Fender have come together to create a very cool way to celebrate a love for both music and mustangs: the Ford Shelby GT500KR Stratocaster guitar. Limited to just 100, the guitar features the Colby logo, Shelby hood stripes, a handpainted body graphic, "Shelby" and "GT500KR" mother of pearl inlays at the 7th and 12th frets, and the hardshell case that comes with it is hand-embroidered with Ford and Shelby graphics. Each guitar is numbered, with the very first one (#000) having been auctioned off to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

The remaining guitars are available for pre-order now and will be shipped sometime mid-April. $5600

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Anonimo Shelby Mark II SE Watch

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Timepieces / Watches, Luxury Cars & Autos

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A new watch with a car tie-in the, Anonimo Shelby Mark II SE watch will be launched at the upcoming Cigar Aficionado Big Smoke in Las Vegas on November 9-10. The watch is a tribute to Carroll Shelby and the Shelby cars such as the Shelby Cobra and the 2007 Ford Shelby GT. The watch has a very classic and masculine look much like the cars themselves, it's as fitting a match as the elegant pairing of Brietling and Bentley. The movement is the automatic chronograph, modified Valijoux 7750 with small seconds subdial suppressed, 25 jewels Incabloc. It has a power reserve of 40 hours without the chronograph counting. The stainless steel case has a screw-locked bezel with a screw-locked back cover that has an exhibition back to allow the viewing of the movement balance. There are 500 of each of the two dial colors available and they sell for $5,500 each.

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Sammy Hagar's Shelby GT500

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As Autoblog mentioned previously, a 1960 Lincoln Mark V limo belonging to Elvis Presley will be on the block at the Barrett-Jackson event in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 14-22. That lot isn't the only music-related car up for bid. Michael Anthony and Sammy Hagar from Van Halen are putting some of their cars on the block. The car shown here is Sammy Hagar's 1967 Shelby GT500. It was rebuilt in 1992/93 and has a solid lifter 427 Tunnel Port motor and Detroit locker. Sammy Hagar is including with this car one of his personal guitars and a signed case of Cabo Wabo Tequila in the trunk.

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