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Old 04-04-2005, 10:41 PM
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Had the esteemed pleasure of hanging at the Barrett-Jackson West Palm Beach Collector Car Auction this past weekend and took tons of pics. I was in heaven!

Here is the record setting 1 of 1 Shelby 500GT E Convertible that sold for over a half million dollars on Saturday. Quite an impressive car and personally signed by the man himself.

Can't decide where to start editing with so many amazing pics???

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What's so special about it?
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it is a one of one car that was specialy made and signed by carroll shelby..

my grandfather was there trying to purchase an all original 1955 thunderbird...

he went up to 81,000 for one and then was out bid again so he gave up
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Originally Posted by BigBronco
it is a one of one car that was specialy made and signed by carroll shelby.
I got that point, but what is special that makes it a GT500E? Is it better than a GT500?
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if i'm not mistaken, the GT500E is the "Eleanor" version of the GT500.
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Actually, this car was the first convertible GT500 ever made. Hence the over half million dollar price on it at auction.
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Originally Posted by Dawg One
Actually, this car was the first convertible GT500 ever made. Hence the over half million dollar price on it at auction.
It didn't start life as a Shelby. It began life as just a regular '68 Mustang convertible. This is one of Shelby's "continuation" cars.
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Originally Posted by y2k_ta
It didn't start life as a Shelby. It began life as just a regular '68 Mustang convertible. This is one of Shelby's "continuation" cars.
Yep.. just a plain old 68 Mustang that RECENTLY was made a shelby.. Sorta funny when you think of it..
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Originally Posted by Steve1969LS1
Yep.. just a plain old 68 Mustang that RECENTLY was made a shelby.. Sorta funny when you think of it..
Kind of a clone that isn't a clone.



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