by Mike Gulett - 2022 is in the rear view mirror and 2023 is now here! During this eventful past year we saw changes in domestic and world politics, the economy, the stock market, society, technology, covid, new cars, old cars and more. Some … [Read more...]
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Is Any Stock Looking Corvette Worth $3 Million?
December 30, 2022 By 7 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I not only remember when the '69 Corvette came out, I wrote the 1969 Corvette brochure, I owned one, in yellow. But with a small block engine. Now of course a 427 big block was available but I wanted a little gas mileage (even … [Read more...]
The 2023 Sports Car Market Pocket Price Guide
December 27, 2022 By 3 Comments
by Mike Gulett - The Sports Car Market Pocket Price Guide has a new Editor-in-Chief (Jeff Sabatini) and a new methodology for presenting the data for car prices. This year they are showing actual price ranges from low to high for transactions … [Read more...]
A New AC Cobra is Coming in 2023
December 22, 2022 By 5 Comments
by Mike Gulett - Carroll Shelby likely would not be happy to hear that AC Cars has introduced a new version of the AC Cobra. We remember how upset he was when AC and Autokraft and Ford introduced the AC Cobra Mk IV in the 1980s (see what he said … [Read more...]
The Many Faces of Carroll Shelby
December 19, 2022 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - As a biographer I wrote my first Shelby book back in 1977, "Shelby's Wildlife the Cobras and the Mustangs". It sold 50,000 copies. I got to know Shelby, who wrote the forward, meeting him to ask questions about his career … [Read more...]
Big Block Cobra Coming Up at Mecum Auctions in Kissimmee 2023
December 17, 2022 By 2 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - I’ve seen 427 Cammer-powered big block Cobras before but turns out it wasn't until years after Shelby built them using pushrod big blocks, either a 428 or 427 ,that folks began gilding the lily by adding Ford's fearsome … [Read more...]
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