The auction for Both KITT’s featured on the TV movie Knight Rider and the rights to purchase the last 2009 Shelby GT500KR made sold for $300,000 at the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach event on Saturday. Initially the auction was for both KITT’s but as bidding stalled out at $160K Mark Fields from Ford took control of the microphone and announced in addition to both cars the winner of the auction would also get the rights to buy a 2009 Shelby GT500KR at MSRP. With that being said bidding jumped up to $240K where it once again fizzled out but then the annoucement came the 2009 Shelby GT500KR would be the last one produced #1576. When all was said and done the bidding ended at $300K. All proceeds of the auction went to ‘Salute to Education’ charity.
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Just when you thought all the high dollar car auctions were over Barrett-Jackson slips another one in with it’s 6th annaual Palm Beach Collector Car Auction. This year the auction is held on March 26-30 in West Palm Beach, Florida and will be broadcast live on the SPEED channel with 19 hours of coverage. Like I do with all the Barrett-Jackson auctions I have gone through and picked out all the Mustangs going across the block and provided you with a list including Lot#, Year/Model and the auction day.
The most notible Mustangs this year include the two Knight Rider ‘KITT’ cars, the last 2008 ROUSH P-51A Mustang #151, a 1967 Mustang ‘Pit Viper’ #05, a 2005 Saleen Development/Prototype vehicle and a 2008 Shelby/West Coast Customs Mustang. Of course there are always the 60’s GT500’s and GT350’s along with several 70’s Mustangs to round out the field.
After the jump you will find a complete list of all the Mustangs going across the block with links to a page for more information on each vehicle. Enjoy… Continue reading ‘2008 Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Mustang Auction Preview’
Last Saturday March 22nd Barrett-Jackson and Ford Motor Company partnered to host the inaugural Palm Beach Cruise-In & Open Car Show at Wayne Akers Ford in Lake Worth, FL. Among the 167 cars on hand were the two Knight Rider KITT cars and ROUSH’s last P-51A Mustang that will be going across the auction block at Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach this weekend. Steve Davis and Gary Bennett joined the fun taking photos and talking shop with all the guests along with presenting Barrett-Jackson Choice Awards to their favorite cars. The car show benefited ‘Salute to Education’ and helped kick off the 6th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Event in Palm Beach. Check out all the photos of the car show which included a sizable contingent of Mustangs here.
It seemed like things were going strong for musclecar builder Unique Performance with cars being cranked out and their family-type relationships with Foose & Shelby until a recent article on AutoWeek.com. The article was written by Mark Vaughn of AW who writes about how Unique could be in trouble after Shelby’s licensing branch announced it’s taking steps to sever their relationship after numerous complaints and several lawsuits filed by customers who paid for various ”Continuation” Shelby’s and have yet to receive them. Check below for the full AutoWeek article.
In what may be related or unrelated to this news story because of some sort of partnership squabbling, Unique Performance has re-scheduled their annual Unique PerformanceFest car show on October 20th of this year to sometime in the Spring of 2008 citing “celebrity scheduling conflicts”. The event is held every year around the same time in October. Chip Foose has been a regular to this event and Carroll Shelby has attended before. You can draw your own conclusions from this news. Continue reading ‘Is Unique Performance In Trouble, AutoWeek Thinks So’
This past weekend the town of Sturgis, SD held it’s first annual Mustang Car Show & Rally to great success. From the photo above it looks like they had a good turnout for the car show on the main drag. On their site they have posted up hundreds of photos of the car show and on track events that were held. Check out all the photos here.
Most of us have heard of Sturgis because of Bike Week as the place for the biggest Motorcycle rally in the country but over Labor day weekend the town will be hosting the First annual Sturgis Mustang rally. The event will be held August 31-September 2 with a Poker Run, Swap meet, Show & Shine car show, Drag races and an awards/dance on Saturday night to cap things off. For more on this Mustang rally an
d a schedule of events check out the press release below.
Press Release: Frank Lawton is the chairman of this event, as well as a Mustang enthusiast. He said the Ford Mustang has been an American icon since it first rolled off the assembly line in 1964. “They appeal to all segments of the population,” Lawton, who owns a 2005 Saleen Mustang and a 2006 Mustang GT, said.
Expect to see many older collectible Mustangs as well as their late model, more technologically advanced counterparts.
Lawton hopes that this rally will become the premier Mustang rally in the nation. He expects a very good turnout for this first event.
“We’ve got people coming in from all over the country,” Lawton said.
According to Robin Shrake, the secretary/treasurer for the Mustang Club of America, she puts on a grand national rally every year. Located in a different town every year - the Mustang Rally is scheduled at least two years in advance.
“We’re hoping within three to five years we can bring the national rally here to Sturgis,” Shrake said.
It will be a fun-filled weekend for those who participate. There will be a swap meet, drag races, show and shine, street dance and a couple of different poker runs throughout the weekend where $3,000 in prize money will be available. Continue reading ‘Sturgis To Host First Annual Mustang Rally Over Labor Day Weekend’
The place to be for July 6-9 if your a Ford Mustang fan is Miller Motorsports Park in Toole, Utah for the SVTOA Experience III. The event which is put on by SVTOA, Ford, Ford Racing, SVT and Shelby Automobiles is a convention of sorts for all SVT vehicles with unique on-track driving events held all four days. SVT engineers will be on hand to offer participants hot laps in SVT developomental prototypes. Also at Miller Motorsports Park instruction will be availalbe using Ford Racings Performance Driving School Mustangs. Other activities include vintage races, car shows, parade laps, a road rally and seminars. For more information on the event check out the press release after the jump.
Miller Motorsports Aerial View.
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Finally we have some out in the open photos of the 2008 Shelby GT500 “Super Snake”. According to Shelby Autos this is just the prototype Shelby GT500 “Super Snake” which is on display at the Mid-America Ford Performance and Shelby Meet in Tulsa, OK this weekend. The car is part of a promotion to kick off Shelby Autos new performance parts business venture with Scott Drake, Inc. After the jump you will find seven Super Snake photos. Enjoy…
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Just wanted to get a reminder out to everybody in the Atlanta area about the upcoming 17th Annual Peach State Fun Ford Weekend taking place later this week April 12-15th at the Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, GA. This FFW event will feature the first True Street event of the season with an expected field of around 100 Mustangs to do the 30 mile cruise before their run down the strip. The top payout for this FFW event is $30K for the winner of the Probe Industries Pro class. Other attractions include the usual swap meet, vendor area and a car show with the awards presentation taking place on Sunday. For more Information, Payouts and the Schedule of events check out FunFordEvents.com.
It’s auction time again folks with the 2007 Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Collector Car event being held March 28 - April 1 at the South Florida Expo Center in West Palm Beach. The event will feature over 600 cars of which 42 are Mustangs crossing the auction block, 100 exhibitors and some of the finest automobillia auctions. For those not able to attend the event head on over to the SPEED Channel where they will broadcast the show tape delayed on Thursday March 29 and Friday March 30. On Saturday March 31st SPEED will offer Live coverage from noon to 8p.m.
Just like the Scottsdale event I have sifted through all the auctions to weed out the Mustangs going across the block. I have posted those auctions below along with a link to more information and photos about each Mustang. Some of the highlights include a super low mileage 1990 GT, a pair of 2007 Shelby GT500’s, 2005 FR500C Race Car, 60’s Shelbys and the 300 Millionth car produced by Ford which was a Mustang plus many other great Mustangs. Enjoy and if I missed something please let me know in the comments. Mustang list after the jump. Continue reading ‘2007 Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Mustang Preview’
