[69bossnine]

Car is missing the entire console ferchrisake. When looking at prospective purchases, I always apply the "where there's smoke there's fire" technique... And there's so much smoke here:

1. Missing expensive console
2. Sitting filthy in dark garage on semi-flat tires. When's the last time it ran?
3. Lousy gaps, everywhere.

And then, considering it's not a KR, and the owner appears to be a dismissive prik, I'd be looking far and wide for another car properly presented. $140K is too much for that, and as was already pointed out, even if the original motor magically appeared in the engine compartment, it wouldn't be worth $250K in Qatar, let alone here.

Shelbys aren't "that" rare. Shop around, take some time. Spend a bit more on a great car, and save tons of dough in the long-run.

 

[69bossnine]

Not to be a jerk but why do you want a Shelby. Have you driven one? There is a reason there are so many restomods now. They actually bring more money than the Shelbys and are fun to drive

Not to be a jerk either, but you are coming from a direction that has little understanding of the classic car hobby. Some people spend enormous amounts of money on toys. Others spend/invest money on history, artifacts, and memorabilia. The former depreciates, the latter appreciates. And the latter provides a time machine experience to our predecessor's joy. The people who pay big money for restomods have an ENTIRELY different motivation and goal. It's all good, I support it all, but it's two totally different investments, different dreams, different definitions of fun and satisfaction.

 

[69bossnine]

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I have quite a few old cars. 10 or so (ie my concours 428 SCJ 70). They are nice but I have 4 lifts. My son calls the ones I don't drive top of the lift cars. I guess that's why they sit there. I guess I don't understand all this old car stuff............
I am 54 and like driving my newer stuff........

We're 1 year apart in age. And ironically, I have a '70 428CJ deluxe sportsroof (not SJC, but factory a/c!), which is a ball to drive.

I enjoy driving newer stuff as well, but my newer is newer, and my old stuff is old stuff, and I choose not to muddle the two... My biggest kick and satisfaction is in having the old stuff so dialed-in, so "right", that they drive like brand new and really give that time machine experience. The idea of being able to experience what it would have been like back in the day, to walk out of the dealership with paperwork in-hand, and hop into a brand-new whatever and drive off the lot, totally geeks me out. So that's always been my obsession. And when they're right, they run and drive heavenly.

You also confirmed my fear about buying stacker lifts LOL. I'm getting to the point of being pretty-much out of space, so of course I've had folks suggest to me "you need to buy some lifts!", to which I reply "I have a feeling that the top of the lift is where good running/driving cars go to die. I'd get a bunch up there, and they'd never come down again, no thanks.."..

It's all good, but I wouldn't trade my '68 KR for a few modern Shelby's, or a high-end-build restomod, for all the tea in China. The KR oozes nostalgia and history (plus it was my mom's daily grocery-getter way back). The others don't push those buttons on me.