Are rare cars just MEME investments for rich people?$43,000,0000 for Carol Shelby's Daytona. FORTY THREE MILLION.
>>29061577Why are Shelby Cobras special?
>>29061582Some old dead dude made em.
It probably has racing pedigree and history, is fast and fun, and looks awesome. It checks off 3 major things for someone with billions.
>>29061586Mr Shelby was quoted saying “Nobody wanted to buy the damn things (cobras) until I stopped making them.” This effect multiplied when he died.
>>29061586>"some old dude">name is literally the name of the car
>>29061589>CSX2300>It probably has racing pedigreeIf you squint just right"This 1964 Daytona Coupe, CSX2300, debuted at the 1964 Tour de France Automobile, with Bob Bondurant and Jochen Neerspach driving. It won its opening stages, but a broken crankshaft ultimately ended its efforts there. In 1965, this hardtop Cobra was the fastest qualifying Cobra at the 24 Hours of Daytona, ultimately finishing sixth overall and third in class."Then raced as a privateer for years after Shelby himself sold it and then managing to become street car in Japan. It's had a life.
It was valued at $4 million back in 2013. Fuckin thing has skyrocketed in value. Here it is at Spa with some GT40 action back in 2013.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMkQsny4fbs&t=3s
>>2906162920% compounding value gain.Damn,
>>29061582It's just coolsimple as
You aren't in the market for any of these so why are you concerned. Go play a lottery ticket, sports gambing, etc and fuck off.
>>29061726Why is every poor person so into sports gambling now?
>>29061729They turned it into a silly little game you can play on your phone and started advertising it to children
just build your own race car you faggot.
Most NASCARs are barely worth anything, just grab one of those from the 2000s or 2010s. No one wants them,
>>29061582They super rare. They were used to win some racing championship in the '60s. That particular chassis had multiple podium finishes, but no wins.
>>29061577it's money laundering
>>29061577This car opens a lot of doors for the owner. Entry to all the prestigious meetings, such as Goodwood and Monterey Historics.
>>29061577Oh......youre one of these brokedick faggots thinking "once the boomers die, i can pickup desirable old cars for pennies!"LMAO get fucked faggot!
>>29061729It's free money. Why would you ever have a job when you can just hit that parlay and become a millionaire overnight?
>>29061592So Carrol got pissed when companies (like Factory Five) started selling clones so he started making his own again.Fast forward a few years and his secretary is cleaning out a cabinet and she came across a stack of about 200 VINs for the last batch of original Cobras ('67).To understand- before computers, VINs were issued in "blocks". Once a manufacturer used all their VINS, they got another block. For a "small" manufacturer like Shelby it was 500 VIN blocks.So a little research showed that legally these numbers were still valid. They were already on the books as "1967 Cobras" and Shelby owned the rights to these VINs.So he actually took nearly 200 of his "reissue" Cobras, slapped the 1967 VINs on them and sold them as 1967 Shelby Cobras (which legally they are).
>>29061805>Factory FiveA kit is the only can get a Daytona with out spending millions. The donor is 1987-1993 Mustang GT by the way.
>>29061577They have been for quite some time. desirable ones won’t hit rock bottom but prices are already going down for certain cars as the demographics interested in them die out. E Type Jags and C3 corvettes for example have gone down.
>>29061582Shelby was a successful business man (so, basically a Messiah in boomer culture) and he strictly followed the 'win on Sunday, sell on Monday' business model.
>>29061910Was supposed to reply to >>29061780as well
>>29061582Only 7 main characters were made
>>29061726Because it's interesting you dull nigger
>>2906190187-93 Mustang 5.0 LX and GT can both be used.The 87-93 5.0 LX is actually an "LX Sport", which is different than previous LX models.The LX and GT come off the same assembly line with the same engine, transmission, posi, A9L (manual) or A9P (automatic) ECUs. Same exhaust except for the tips (LX has stainless tips, GT has turn-downs behind the bumper). The GT gets the ground effects and different rub strips, spoiler, wheels. and fog lights.Even the wiring harness is the same. The pigtails for the fog lights are dangling behind the LX bumper. You can get a GT light switch, pull the factory LX switch out the dash, fish around for the fog light plug, plug it into the GT switch and the circuit is live.
>>29061901its not a kit its a replica reeeeee
>>29061736>NOOO NOT LIKE THAT
>>29062225A replica is a clone, an engineered duplicate that has compatible components to the original.The Factory Five is a completely different vehicle that has similarly shaped body panels. The bidy is the only thing similar. The underpinnings are a a combination of a proprietary chassis and late model OEM production pieces from an unrelated vehicle.Its a kit by all definitions.
>>29062232could they not have figured out a wing design that doesn't look like complete shit?
>>29062706How else are you going to do a chassis mount wing that wouldn't lead to water intrusion?
>>29062706Also, its an SCCA NASA homologated chassis for weekend racers. They're not concerned and shouldn't be concerned with how the wing looks because thats about on par.
>>29062725what's the point in going racing if you don't get to look cool while doing it?inb4 you reply, don't bother I don't care.
>>29062762Whats cooler than a chassis mount wing?
>>29062766one that looks cool
43 million, for a statue essentially. Beautiful car yeah but it is pretty bananas to comprehend that sheer volume of liquid exchanging over a 1 of 7 race car. Million(s) sure, but 43 big ones is just absurd. Then again people pay crazy prices for pixels on a screen in a videogame like counter strike so maybe it's me
