Posted on 12/13/2021 11:18:48 AM PST by mylife
In July of last year, the Shelby GT350 “Ken Miles R-Model” Mustang Prototype sold for a hammer price of $3.5 million ($3.85 million with fees) at auction in Indianapolis, making it the most expensive Ford Mustang ever sold. For reasons unknown, the buyer has decided to flip it, and the iconic Mustang will be up for sale once again, this time at Mecum’s Kissimmee, Florida auction in January.
This GT350R broke the record for world’s priciest Mustang that had been set by the 1968 Ford Mustang GT driven by Steve McQueen in the film Bullitt. It has an incredible pedigree; a resume only topped by Carroll Shelby himself. And that history will undoubtedly result in the auction house raking in big bucks all over again. The only question is whether it will beat its own record this time.
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He’s probably selling the car because he can NO LONGER AFFORD THE GAS.
Front and rear bumpers aren’t on the car, to lighten it for B-Prod racing Class.
If you said that within earshot of any man in the race car shop when the guys are prepping this car for competition, somebody would come over and escort you out by your ear like a child or a little girl.
They’d put you into your little Toyota and send you far, far away
And the Insurance.
Yep
“Alas, 2020 was its last year and with that so is the standard transmission on a Mustang.”
Six-speed manual is base on Mustangs, both eco-boost and V-8.
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