https://autos.yahoo.com/photos/1966-...278-slideshow/

 

Not even a "wow" for Carrol Shelby's truck?

 

Not from me.
I have seen too many fakes and false claims over the years that I am skeptical unless the provenance is documented and provable.
Nothing on that truck - including "signatures" - that couldn't be faked or transplanted from other sources. Granted it would take a lot of work, but the profit would outweigh the cost - at least in dollars.
Nice looking truck, but too many questions for me to accept that it was used by Shelby or his team for transporting race cars.

Just my opinion.

 

Several years ago, a member of the 1973/79 forum said he had seen a white Dentside with Shelby stripes, Cobra emblems and other Shelby related fall-der-all.

But FoMoCo had nothing to do with it, so it was a fake. In 1969, The Deuce (Henry Ford II) fired Shelby after he reported false VIN's on GT40's to F1A (Formula One).

Shelby then had nothing to do with FoMoCo until decades later...after The Deuce had passed away.

The Deuce also fired Lee Iacocca (who had brought Shelby into FoMoCo originally and was the father of the Mustang), but his firing had nothing to do with Shelby.

He was then the prez of FoMoCo and asked The Deuce the reason he was firing him. The Deuce said: "I just don't liked you."

Chrysler was facing bankruptcy in the late 1970's, need US Gov't bailout bucks to survive. Iacocca then became the prez of Chrysler, turned the company around (by getting the bailout bucks and introducing the new K cars).

Shelby soon rejoined him, then Chrysler made all sorts of vehicles with Shelby stripes, Cobra emblems and other fall-der-all.

I've seen in person...a '65 F100 that Shelby owned, it was at his original assembly plant located in a former aircraft hanger on the south side of LAX. But it was painted white, with blue stripes.

This so-called Shelby N Series is painted blue, I don't see any stripes. Most of the Shelby related parts have been reproduced, so it's EZ to make a fake.

 

I don't know much about Mecum's but it seems like they are reputable. Do you suppose they could be easily suckered by a fake? I guess I'm just not suspicious enough to have considered that. I did find it a little odd that it just had the common old farmer's bed if it was hauling race cars. Maybe it was more of a freight truck to haul stuff like crate engines to the assembly plant.

 

The current issue of Muscle Car Review has an article about a collection of cars being sold at this Mecum auction. It lists a Shelby pickup but no details or pictures were included. As the collection if from a well-known collector there is a good chance that it may be a legit vehicle.

 

I doubt it's legit...regardless of who the collector is...unless the collector specializes in Cobra's and Shelby GT350/500's.

You'd be amazed on how many vehicles are fakes today, for example there are more fake Cobra's & GT350's than there are real ones.

 

The same truck was auctioned in 2008 for $66,000. It has taken First place in SAAC show and verified by former crew member John Morton as one he drove to Sebring. If it's a hoax, it's been a good one.