P/1018, 1 of only 48 GT40 MkI Race Coupes produced.
Delivered new to Shelby American for show and demonstration purposes and retained by them until 1968.
1 of only 2 GT40s known to have been driven by Carroll Shelby.
Retains its original chassis.
Repainted in 2024 in its original, as-delivered Maroon.
Equipped with a 289 CI V-8 engine and ZF 5-speed manual transaxle.
Comprehensive history dossier.
Delivered to Shelby American on November 9, 1965 as a race car prepared in “show trim”.
Upon delivery and despite receiving minor front nose damage in transit, P/1018 was immediately ushered down the runway to Shelby’s LAX premises and used in a promotional photo shoot with Carroll Shelby.
After the minor nose damage was repaired, P/1018 was first shown publicly at the Seattle auto show in November 1965, followed by the San Francisco and Portland auto shows. Carroll Shelby drove this car at the opening of a new section of the Santa Monica freeway on January 6, 1966 with Miss Santa Monica in the passenger seat. For your consideration at Mecum.
The 1933 Ford V8 stolen by John Dillinger on March 3, 1934, from Lake County Sheriff Lillian Holley returned home to Crown Point for the first time in 87 years in 2021. Dillinger escaped from the jail, taking guards hostage with a wooden gun, stealing two submachine guns and then the car to make his escape.
By taking the stolen car across state lines, Dillinger committed a federal offense, and the FBI began it's own manhunt.
The car was abandoned in Chicago. “If I ever see John Dillinger, I’ll shoot him dead with my own pistol,” Lillian Holley told Time Magazine. Holley died June 15, 1994, at the age of 103.
John Dillinger’s stolen cop car sold for $149,788 at Witherell's Auction House, August 26, 2023.
The Pininfarina-styled Dino Spider debuted at the Turin Motor Show in October 1966. The 2,475-pound Dino Spider was Fiat's brightest star when introduced.
This 1968 Fiat Dino Spider is one of about 1,133 2.0-liter V6-powered examples produced between 1967 and 1968. Its equipped with triple Weber carburetors and a five-speed manual transmission. Features include a black soft top, 14” Cromodora wheels, a stainless-steel exhaust system, chrome bumpers, a Nardi steering wheel, and an aftermarket stereo.
Dino was the nickname of Enzo Ferrari's son Alfredo, born in 1932. He adored engines and proposed a V-6, then something of a rebellious gesture. When Dino died in 1956, his father was so grief-stricken that he mandated all Ferrari V-6 engines thereafter be called Dinos. The Spider was rear-drive, and its aluminum DOHC V-6 drew from a trio of two- barrel Webers. Sixty mph came in 7.5 seconds. The engine's short stroke gave an 8000-rpm redline. The car's original price was $5,860.
The GT350 was born in 1965. The Shelby cars were offered with high performance options. For 1968, Shelby and Hertz Rent-a-Car resurrected their "Rent-a-Racer" program with Shelby Mustangs as part of Hertz's Sports Car Club fleet.
224 cars are known to be delivered within a total of 1,053 Shelby GT350 Fastbacks made for 1968. The first cars had 4-speeds, but that was quickly changed to automatics as customers burned out the clutches.
This example was one of thirty-three 1968 Shelby GT350Hs shipped new to San Francisco. It was highly equipped with power steering, power front disc brakes, a tachometer and trip odometer, an AM radio, and a tilt-away steering column.
The original rate to rent the car was $17 per day and 17 cents per mile. That won't be happening today. This GT350H made $101k at RM Sothebys in 2010.
In 2015 a 'barn find' 1968 Shelby Mustang GT350H was found chained to a house in California. The purchaser paid a highly reasonable $8,200 for the icon.
Hagerty suggests a concours quality 1968 Shelby Mustang GT350H is trending around $200k.
True Australian Falcon XB. Shipped to the US and built with Australian components. Built in the style of Max Rockatansky's modified Interceptor from the Mad Max films. Right hand drive. 351 CI V-8 engine. Functional Weiand blower.
One of the most iconic movie cars ever made, the Falcon XB Interceptor, or Pursuit Special, started life as a 1973 Ford Falcon XB by Ford of Australia. The 1979 movie “Mad Max” called for an intense, mean-looking vehicle. The 1974 Ford Falcon XB Interceptor delivered.
This example made $96k at Mecum against a $15k to $30k estimate in 2021.
Gooding & Company offered a 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider to its Pebble Beach auction docket in 1999, joining a 1962 Ferrari 250 California SWB Spider at RM-Sotheby's. Since 2008, eight Ferrari 250 GT California Spiders have sold for more than $10m, with the highest price doubling that. The prices fetched by the two cars in Monterey provided insight into the top end of the market.
There are two main variants to the Ferrari 250 GT California Spider, the LWB (Long Wheelbase - 2,600 mm) and SWB (Short Wheelbase - 2,400 mm). In total, 108 were built, 50 LWB and 58 SWB. The LWB were built between 1957 and 1960 and are powered by a 2,953 cc SOHC Colombo V12 engine producing 237 hp at 7,000 rpm. The SWB appeared in 1960 with disc brakes replacing the drums of the LWB and a 276 hp version of the same engine. The SWB is the preferred car, with the exception of 'competizione' units, built for racing.
At the height of the global financial crisis in 2008, a Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider attracted a high bid of 'just' £2.6m. ($4.2m) Hagerty suggests a concours 250 California Spider is trending around $24m.
One of the original 11 cars built for use in Touchstone Pictures 2000 film 'Gone in 60 Seconds' by Cinema Vehicle Services.
Recent rotisserie restoration, 90 miles since completion. Blueprinted HiPo 351 CI V-8 engine. MSD ignition system. Aluminum heads, roller camshaft. Edelbrock Performer intake. Headers and stainless side-exit exhaust with Magnaflow mufflers.
Tremec TKO 5-speed manual transmission. Hydraulic clutch, PIAA lights. Quicktime bellhousing, Wenco driveshaft. 3.70 Positraction differential. Power steering, Wilwood disc brakes. Total Control Products suspension. Pepper Gray Metallic with Black stripes. NOS system, 120-125 additional HP
'Gone in 60 Seconds' depicts a band of car thieves led by Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage) out to score an impossible heist of 50 cars. The movie was packed with an array of stellar cars, but it was a 1967 Ford Mustang GT500 in Pepper Gray Metallic with black stripes riding on Halibrand-style wheels that was the star. The carmade $852k at Mecums.
