It's worth about $8-10k without the history. With the history, it's worth...about $8-10k. But I'm sure some Shelby aficionado will pay through the nose and park it in a climate controlled chamber. Obviously Carroll didn't enjoy driving it very much!
Most of the magazine crew is out in Monterey this week, hosting our Classic Motorsports auction tours, covering the events, and meeting with the people.
While the auctions attract some of the finest, rarest and most expensive cars ever built, this one definitely caught our eye: Carroll Shelby’s personal 1986 Shelby Omni GLHS. The odometer sports just 7733 miles, and up close it appears to be perfect. The GLH-S is being offered by RM Sotheby’s, along with the very first Cobra ever built, and several other monumentally historic Fords and Ford-powered machines.
Carroll Shelby’s GLH-S is being offered without reserve, and the auction house estimates it will fetch $40,000-$60,000. So, what does your gut say? (And can anyone loan us $40,000-$60,000?)
Learn more about the sale here.
It's worth about $8-10k without the history. With the history, it's worth...about $8-10k. But I'm sure some Shelby aficionado will pay through the nose and park it in a climate controlled chamber. Obviously Carroll didn't enjoy driving it very much!
So you're saying that JG and I might get engaged in a bidding war?
Keith Tanner wrote: It's worth about $8-10k without the history. With the history, it's worth...about $8-10k. But I'm sure some Shelby aficionado will pay through the nose and park it in a climate controlled chamber. Obviously Carroll didn't enjoy driving it very much!
I agree. But then again, I'm one of the most non-sentimental people you'll ever meet.
Keith Tanner wrote: It's worth about $8-10k without the history. With the history, it's worth...about $8-10k. But I'm sure some Shelby aficionado will pay through the nose and park it in a climate controlled chamber. Obviously Carroll didn't enjoy driving it very much!
Oh, I don't know... I would be curious to know if his personal GLH-S has some "personal" performance mods over and above the ones sold at the Mopar dealers.
Agreed, anything over about $10k (maybe $15k on a good day) would only because it was Shelby's personal car. To some people, owning a famous person's personal car is important.
I think the kicker on this one NOT going for $40k or more is that it's not famous. Yeah, it was his personal car, but I don't recall him ever really promoting it. For example, Leno's Shogun has more prestige than a "typical" Shogun because he's featured it on his show and on his webisodes. Everyone knows how much he adores that car and have seen him driving it. That connection would drive up the value. There's nothing like that with this car.
-Rob
My guess.... $12,000.
David S. Wallens wrote: So you're saying that JG and I might get engaged in a bidding war?
If it was for $8-10k, it would be a 3 way bidding war. :-)
While on the subject, how much would you pay for Jon Voight's LeBaron convertible? 
My gut says $25k-$30k.
I wonder how much his other personal cars would go for if they were things like a VW Rabbit or Ford Pinto.
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