CSX3153 for sale at Le Mans ClassIc

[French Frie]

http://www.auction.fr/FR/vente_peintures_arts_graphiques/v18100_artcurial_briest_poulain_tajan/l3622372_1965_shelby_cobra_427_roadster.html
   
   english text at the end of description [;)]...
   
   Is it a thames ditton car or a Continuation ?

[bex316]

CSX3153 is an original Thames Ditton (or 1960s Shelby if you will) chassis number. It might as well be original given the 500 000 / 600 000 € estimate. Moreover, the car is stated to have rolled out of the workshops of AC Cars on July 24, 1965 and sold to Hayward Motors in California on February 8, 1966.
   
   Jerry

[French Frie]

Yep, but I was wondering, as nearly all the parts were changed (body, engine, etc), and as they were talking about Autokraft, it may have been the "old chassis left" tale [;)]... Thanks !

[French Frie]

The car wasn't sold on last week-end auction (whereas an ally Shelby continuation was, at k€119 [;)] )...

[SunDude]

Do you know what the high bid was on CSX3153?

[French Frie]

Nope... Artcurial's website only mentions  it was not sold: http://www.artcurial.com/fr/asp/fullCatalogue.asp?salelot=2138+++++159+&refno=10400380

[MkIV Lux]

quote:Originally posted by French Frie
   
The car wasn't sold on last week-end auction (whereas an ally Shelby continuation was, at k€119 [;)] )...
   

   
   described in the catalogue as "Chassis number CSX 6020
   - The last AC Cobra built"  [?]
   
   http://www.auction.fr/FR/vente_peintures_arts_graphiques/v18100_artcurial_briest_poulain_tajan/l3622399_1965_ac_cobra_427_continuation_.html
   
   strange statement by the auction house:
   " The car on offer is the twentieth in this series and comes in a red colour, with black leather interior. As was customary on the «continuation» series, Shelby's signature is on glove box lid and the model has a few detail changes from the original 427, including independently sprung rear wheels. Extremely rare, this example has covered barely 150 miles and it comes in a superb condition."
   [:D][V]

[nikbj68]

quote:Originally posted by MkIV Lux:...described in the catalogue as "Chassis number CSX 6020 - The last AC Cobra built"[?]...

   So would that have been built after CSX6024 & CSX6025, mentioned on the Shelby Forums? [;)]
   

quote:Originally posted on Shelby Forum by ssrock64, in 2009: "...I was at Shelby Parts and Restoration...when the subject came up of their two 427 S/C CSX6000 series Cobras...These cars have official, stamped Shelby I.D. tags in the car that state them as CSX6024 and CSX6025.

   According to Computerworks: "It's just a numerical change. [Shelby] have been reserving the unused low CSX4xxx numbers for aluminum replicas...and used the high-end for the 'glas cars (CSX4750 and up).
   Running out of high-end numbers, [Shelby] just continued with assignments in the CSX6xxx range. Same cars, just different series of numbers."

[Chafford]

quote:Originally posted by MkIV Lux
   

quote:Originally posted by French Frie
   
The car wasn't sold on last week-end auction (whereas an ally Shelby continuation was, at k€119 [;)] )...
   

   
   described in the catalogue as "Chassis number CSX 6020
   - The last AC Cobra built"  [?]
   
   http://www.auction.fr/FR/vente_peintures_arts_graphiques/v18100_artcurial_briest_poulain_tajan/l3622399_1965_ac_cobra_427_continuation_.html
   
   strange statement by the auction house:
   " The car on offer is the twentieth in this series and comes in a red colour, with black leather interior. As was customary on the «continuation» series, Shelby's signature is on glove box lid and the model has a few detail changes from the original 427, including independently sprung rear wheels. Extremely rare, this example has covered barely 150 miles and it comes in a superb condition."
   [:D][V]
   

   
   Nothing 'AC' about this Shelby Continuation and not that rare - Shelby American is churning out grp and aluminium bodied cars year after year.

[MkIV Lux]

and all wheels have always been sprung independently !!