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Ron Pratte Pays $5.5 Million For Shelby Cobra

Ron Pratte Pays $5.5 Million For Shelby Cobra

  SCOTTSDALE, Arizona – An 800-horsepower Shelby Cobra, once the personal car of the racing veteran who developed the iconic vehicle, has sold for $5.5 million at auction, a record for an American car. The sale of the 1966 Shelby Cobra “Super Snake” brought a packed house to its feet Saturday at the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction after a pair of bidders drove the price up. Carroll Shelby, 84, who created the Cobra in the ’60s using Ford engines and … Continue reading