Barrett-Jackson will auction a few of its amazing development vehicles from the official Shelby American corporate museum during the 8th Annual Auction in Palm Beach on Saturday, April 3. The eight cars are an exciting mix of concept vehicles, test mules and development units. They include an '06 Shelby GT-H coupe prototype (Lot #678.2), Shelby SR prototype (Lot #370.2), Ken Miles edition MKII GT40 Chassis #GT40P/2001 (Lot # 370.1), Shelby Turbo prototype (Lot # 374.2), 2007 Shelby GT Show Car (Lot# 374.1), '88 Shelby CSX-T (Lot# 55) and '99 Shelby Series 1 (Lot# 663.2).
"When Shelby American renovated the museum in Las Vegas, they decided to trim their collection of cars," said Steve Davis, president of Barrett-Jackson. "Like the Ford and GM development vehicles sold at No Reserve through Barrett-Jackson over the past several years, they are a snapshot of an original masterpiece or idea."
Concept cars, test mules and development units are an important part of creating a production automobile for any company. They are used to develop power trains, engineer suspensions, tune bodywork and try out new ideas. Some are close to final production trim while others are exercises that never come to maturation.
Typically, most of these types of cars end up crushed, dismantled or in corporate collections. Few ever make it into the hands of the general public. However, Shelby American chose to release a small number of its development vehicles to collectors through Barrett-Jackson. The cars were used by Shelby engineering and design teams at the Las Vegas factory, design studio and Las Vegas Motor Speedway to create their line of performance vehicles.
"Our team chose to offer a handful of vehicles at Barrett-Jackson because it's the most democratic way to give the average enthusiast an opportunity to own a rare glimpse into the Shelby way of building cars," noted Amy Boylan, president of Shelby American. "It extends the benefits of being part of the Shelby family to more people."
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