http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070121/ap_on_re_us/car_auction

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"SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - An 800-horsepower Shelby Cobra, once the personal car of the racing veteran who developed the iconic sports car, has sold for $5.5 million at auction, a record for an American car. ADVERTISEMENT 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 a British sport car chassis, said he built the Super Snake — with twin superchargers on a 427 cubic inch V-8 — and drove it for years. "It's a special car. It would do just over three seconds to 60 (mph), 40 years ago," Shelby told the crowd before the sale. "I killed a buzzard with it," he said. "Nasty, nasty." The car had a twin, built for comedian Bill Cosby, but that car was destroyed in an accident while being driven by another owner, according to the Barrett-Jackson Web site. Barrett-Jackson said the $5.5 million price tag for the Cobra was not an overall world record car price, since others have sold at auction for more than $11 million. However, it is a world record for American cars, said Steve Davis, Barrett-Jackson president. The winning bidder was car collector Ron Pratt of suburban Chandler. Last year, he paid $4.32 million for the Futureliner, one of 12 futuristic buses used for shows in the 1940s and '50s by General Motors."

1/22/2007 3:43:48 PM

damn, nice

1/22/2007 4:46:08 PM

I'm sure it's totally worth it to the guy who got it. That car should be in a museum.

1/22/2007 5:01:06 PM

where are they getting 5.5? i watched it the other night, and it was only 5 even iirc...

the guy he was bidding against had already won a couple of cars that were 1mil.+

1/22/2007 5:29:40 PM

killing buzzards... yummm

1/22/2007 5:43:35 PM

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"where are they getting 5.5? i watched it the other night, and it was only 5 even iirc..."

sales tax?

1/22/2007 5:59:04 PM

dunno, could be something like that.

1/22/2007 6:18:47 PM

10% commission to Jackson Barrett

1/22/2007 7:09:46 PM

that's it. forgot about that, they gotta get paid.

1/22/2007 7:18:32 PM

i never though bill cosby to be a car guy. it's a shame that car was destroyed by another owner.

1/22/2007 7:44:19 PM

fool! He gotta be gansta after pimpin all dem jell-o hoes!

1/22/2007 9:53:22 PM