1967 GT500 #3206 Sells For Whopper at Mecum

[Lucky3177]

I'm surprised I couldn't find this topic already so here goes...

Sold for $302,500 including the juice.

Have y'all ever seen one sell for that much before? Excluding the Super Snake of course.

[azdriver]

https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0518-326914/1967-shelby-gt500-fastback/

ESTIMATE
$275,000 - $300,000
HIGHLIGHTS
Shelby no. 3206
Division 1 Premiere Award winner 2006, SAAC 31
Same owner over 32 years
Completed October 23rd 1967 by Shelby American in California, shipped to Latham Ford Latham, New York
428 CI engine
4-speed transmission
Dual Holley 4-barrel carburetors
Original small letter Goodyear 350 tires
Shelby aluminum 10 spoke wheels
Outboard grille lights
Wimbledon White exterior
Deluxe Black interior with comfortweave seats
33,893 original miles
Completed on October 23, 1967, and shipped new to Latham Ford in Latham, New York, this 1967 Shelby GT500 was one of the last cars to issue forth from the Shelby American Los Angeles Airport facility before its closure. Ford engineers had added volume to the 1967 Mustang through the front bulkhead to accommodate the 390 CI FE big-block engine for the new Mustang GT, so it was natural for Carroll Shelby to add even more punch to his GT. Drawing on the Police Interceptor 428 CI version of the FE engine, Shelby added two rear-mount Holley 600 CFM 4-barrel carburetors on an aluminum intake manifold and capped it off with his signature finned-aluminum Cobra valve covers and air cleaner; thus, the Shelby GT500 was born. The 1967 Shelbys were the first with custom body styling, incorporating an extended nose section, functional body-side scoops and an upswept tail section that combined for a racy silhouette. A full roll bar with twin inertia-reel safety harnesses headlined the Deluxe Mustang interior, which also incorporated a fold-down rear seat, 140 MPH speedometer, 8,000 RPM tach and Stewart Warner oil-pressure and amp gauges. Shelby No. 3206 has been with the same caring owner for almost 35 years. According to the car's Shelby Registry listing, he purchased it "after a weekend of racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course." Then, as now, the car showed just 23,000 original miles and still wore the small-letter Goodyear Speedway 350 tires on Shelby aluminum 10-spoke wheels. Finished in Wimbledon White with a black interior and optioned with a 4-speed manual transmission, the car underwent an extensive restoration, after which it won a Division 1 Premiere Award at SAAC 31 in 2006. It holds a special place in Shelby history as being built in the last week of operation of the Shelby LAX production facility.

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[JD]

This was Jim H's car, won Division 1 Premier first time out at a SAAC Event.  Jim did SAAC concours judging on '67's for a few years.

(Learned a lot about '67's helping on the restoration of this car.)

[Lucky3177]

That's cool, JD. Anybody else have any cool stories about the car?

[Bigfoot]

Huge coin

[2112]

Have y'all ever seen one sell for that much before? Excluding the Super Snake of course.

A nightmist over parchment that was said to have been Michael Shelby's car sold for $440,000 at BJ in January 2015.

[2112]

Wow, the car 3206 was completed October 23rd 1967?

I never realized they were still constructing them that late. Is this car the last '67 made?

[Bigfoot]

Somebody ought to drive it......

[J_Speegle]

This was Jim H's car, won Division 1 Premier first time out at a SAAC Event.  Jim did SAAC concours judging on '67's for a few years.

(Learned a lot about '67's helping on the restoration of this car.)

Thought I recognized the car. Jim went through allot of time and effort building the car

[Bob Gaines]

That's cool, JD. Anybody else have any cool stories about the car?

Yes,it was a pleasure to judge.

[BGlover67]

Wow, the car 3206 was completed October 23rd 1967?

I never realized they were still constructing them that late. Is this car the last '67 made?

That's a great question.  Weren't they well into '68 production by then?

[JD]

I had heard there was a skeleton crew still at LAX, the '68's were being done by different teams in Michigan.

I remember Jim making many phone calls to Kenny Beers, Bob G and Jeff S during the 9 months of weekends I drove to Jim's to help on #3206.  There were a few other guys that would be there helping too, some visit this site also.

[stephen_becker]

Market is HOT right now - Buying & Selling everything I can get ahold of -

[Lucky3177]

Wow, the car 3206 was completed October 23rd 1967?

I never realized they were still constructing them that late. Is this car the last '67 made?

I wondered about the late date too. My car is only 29 cars before that one but was completed 7-17-67.

[Richstang]

Wow, the car 3206 was completed October 23rd 1967?

I never realized they were still constructing them that late. Is this car the last '67 made?

I wondered about the late date too. My car is only 29 cars before that one but was completed 7-17-67.

There a bit of conflicting info in the registry about when #3206 was completed by Shelby American.

The "1967 Shelby Footnotes" state 10/23/67 with 6 other cars completed that day (page 1139)
The "1967 Shelby Build Data" states 10/26/67 with 4 other cars completed the last day of production (page 1163)

Either way, it was the last week of production.