Unsold

1968 Shelby Turbine

$450,000

Unsold

High bid

1968 Shelby Turbine

Seller details

  • Auction

    Mecum Auctions

  • Location

    Monterey, CA; US

  • Event date

    Aug 14 - Aug 16, 2014

  • Lot

    S183

Vehicle specs

  • Body style

    Indy Car

  • Interior Color

    Black

  • Exterior Color

    Gold

Vehicle details

Notes and observations recorded by Hagerty staff.

Equipment

Gold centerlock alloy wheels, all-wheel hydraulic drive, display engine included.

Condition

Good paint. Display car for many years. Never raced at Indy, more's the pity. Craftily engineered by Ken Wallis with a variable intake to get around USAC's intake annulus restriction, but eventually proved to be unsuccessful even in the hands of 'rookie' driver Bruce McLaren as well as illegal.

Market commentary

A sidenote in the history of racing in general and the Indy 500 in particular, a highly engineered car with great potential done in by an uninformed rules change and an undercapitalized team. There was no interest in it today.

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