A normal Cobra is now worth a million bucks, more or less. I wondered how this one would compare. Now we know.
Photograph Courtesy Mecum Auctions
We drove Miss Daisy, a V10-powered Cobra concept for the new millennium, a few years ago for Classic Motorsports. This past June, we reported that the car would be crossing the block at Mecum’s Monterey sale.
Sure, the concept never made it to production, but the unique project–overseen by Carroll Shelby himself–sold for $2,640,000. To put that into perspective, that was only $220,000 shy of what CSX3045, a “Semi Competition” 427 Cobra, brought in at the very same auction.
So, how close were your guesses on selling price? And how well do you think Miss Daisy was bought or sold?
A normal Cobra is now worth a million bucks, more or less. I wondered how this one would compare. Now we know.
Kind of like a dumber, uglier version of the Shelby Series 1
All the same, it would have been an interesting production vehicle.
David S. Wallens said:A normal Cobra is now worth a million bucks, more or less. I wondered how this one would compare. Now we know.
Now I feel even worse that I opted not to come up with the asking price of $20K for a 289 Cobra race car back in the day......
wspohn said:David S. Wallens said:A normal Cobra is now worth a million bucks, more or less. I wondered how this one would compare. Now we know.
Now I feel even worse that I opted not to come up with the asking price of $20K for a 289 Cobra race car back in the day......
Would you believe a running and driving 427 Cobra for $8,500 in 1974?
You remember, "Arab oil embargo" days.
Tis true, and I was only $8,000 short!
Tell me another half mil for the F40 isn't a bargain comparatively.
wspohn said:David S. Wallens said:A normal Cobra is now worth a million bucks, more or less. I wondered how this one would compare. Now we know.
Now I feel even worse that I opted not to come up with the asking price of $20K for a 289 Cobra race car back in the day......
A racing buddy of ours--pretty famous--was once telling us a story about his Cobra ownership. I'm sure I'll get the facts a little off, but the basic gist: Back in the day, he bought a Cobra for like $6000, raced it and then sold it for $6500--and he was a genius for making money on a race car.
tuna55 said:Kind of like a dumber, uglier version of the Shelby Series 1
All the same, it would have been an interesting production vehicle.
I don't think Daisy is ugly. I kinda dig it. Now those Series 1 cars....
I think this is much nicer than the Series 1. I can't think of anything about the Series 1 that I would prefer over this.
To each his own. I think this looks way more "Cobra revisted" than the OP concept. I know they weren't great cars, and had lots of small manufacturer teething issues, but aestetically only, the SS1 is way prettier to me.
The front wheels on the Series 1 just don't properly sit inside the wheel well. It looks like my attempt at drawing a modern Cobra. (There, I said it.)
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