Also off topic: darksided values
Thread Starter
|
Hotshot
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 15,882
Likes: 88
From: Durham NC
Also off topic: darksided values
A darksided 48 Chevy COE stakebed recently sold at the Scotsdale auction for 88K! It was a nice clean build, but it was a driver not a trailer queen.
1948 CHEVROLET Lot 430.2 | Barrett-Jackson Auction Company
Who says darksiding ruins the value of a nice truck?
1948 CHEVROLET Lot 430.2 | Barrett-Jackson Auction Company
Who says darksiding ruins the value of a nice truck?
Lead Driver
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 8,813
Likes: 13
From: Littleton, New Hampshire
A darksided 48 Chevy COE stakebed recently sold at the Scotsdale auction for 88K! It was a nice clean build, but it was a driver not a trailer queen.
1948 CHEVROLET Lot 430.2 | Barrett-Jackson Auction Company
Who says darksiding ruins the value of a nice truck?
1948 CHEVROLET Lot 430.2 | Barrett-Jackson Auction Company
Who says darksiding ruins the value of a nice truck?
Post Fiend
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 7,493
Likes: 7
From: Erie, pa
Posting Guru
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 2,068
Likes: 7
From: Moyie, BC Canada
You are absolutely correct. Eveyone reveres Shelby, rightly so, but that's exactly what he did. When I was a real young kid of about 5 or 6, my mother bought me a "Dinkey" toy. It was a Ac Bristol. Ever since then I wanted one. I now have a replica with a 429 in it. I appreciate what Shelby did with the car but I was into them long before he even thought about doing that to an AC. What irritates me most is everyone comes running over to my car and asks "Is it real? "well really, do I look like a millionaire? I tell them "no it's unreal"
Senior User
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 236
Likes: 0
You are absolutely correct. Eveyone reveres Shelby, rightly so, but that's exactly what he did. When I was a real young kid of about 5 or 6, my mother bought me a "Dinkey" toy. It was a Ac Bristol. Ever since then I wanted one. I now have a replica with a 429 in it. I appreciate what Shelby did with the car but I was into them long before he even thought about doing that to an AC. What irritates me most is everyone comes running over to my car and asks "Is it real? "well really, do I look like a millionaire? I tell them "no it's unreal"
Trending Topics
Posting Guru
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 2,068
Likes: 7
From: Moyie, BC Canada
FTE Stories
Ford Trucks for Ford Truck Enthusiasts
Top 10 Fords at 2026 Carlisle Ford Nationals
Joe Kucinski
3 Best / 3 Worst Parts of Modern Ford Ownership
Brett Foote
10 Amazing Upgrades That Solve Common Ford Truck Owner Headaches
Pouria Savadkouei
Every 2026 Ford Engine Explained
Brett Foote
10 Ugly Ford Trucks That We Still Kinda Love
Joe Kucinski
10 Things Every Truck Owner NEEDS (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
Rezvani's Latest Post-Apocalyptic Monster Is a Ford F-150 Raptor Underneath
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Most Expensive Ford Trucks Ever Sold on Bring a Trailer
Joe Kucinski
2027 Ford Super Duty Buyer's Guide (Every Model, Engine, & Package)
Brett Foote
Thread Starter
|
Hotshot
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 15,882
Likes: 88
From: Durham NC
You are absolutely correct. Eveyone reveres Shelby, rightly so, but that's exactly what he did. When I was a real young kid of about 5 or 6, my mother bought me a "Dinkey" toy. It was a Ac Bristol. Ever since then I wanted one. I now have a replica with a 429 in it. I appreciate what Shelby did with the car but I was into them long before he even thought about doing that to an AC. What irritates me most is everyone comes running over to my car and asks "Is it real? "well really, do I look like a millionaire? I tell them "no it's unreal"
Post Fiend
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 7,493
Likes: 7
From: Erie, pa
There is a guy here in Erie that has an original 429 in it - He drives it all the time (except rain) during the summer - I can hear him going thru the gears on a stretch of raod about 2 miles from here
Fleet Owner
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 27,299
Likes: 1,059
From: NM
Weren't the original Cobras 427's? 429's are a '70's engine.
I don't think the auction posted is "proof" of anything except that a truck with probably 3X the selling price into it sold for good money. Very very few cars bring in more money than than are into them, whether they are classic originals or darksided.
I don't think the auction posted is "proof" of anything except that a truck with probably 3X the selling price into it sold for good money. Very very few cars bring in more money than than are into them, whether they are classic originals or darksided.
Post Fiend
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 5,776
Likes: 2
From: springfield il
actually if you look closely many of the 427 cobra's in later years were sporting 428 scj's . they just didna tell any one . the bad **** competitions got 427's , and one lucky ***** , the oriental fella's in hollywood knights , the driver in particular , own the one and only 427 sohc monstrosity !! still trying to find info on that critter !!!!!! big block cobra , a real one , is my automotive pornographic fantasy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
