Equipment
318/170hp, automatic, column shift, factory cassette stereo, Shelby wheels.
Condition
#3 Good
Runs and drives well. Flaws not noticeable to passersby. Most common condition.
This is the first Shelby Dakota built. Supposedly sold to a private customer who then sold it back to Shelby. At Shelby, it was reportedly used as a shop truck and it sure does look like it. The paint is dull. The graphics are faded and scratched up. The pickup bed looks like it has had a ton of stuff grown in the back over the years. The interior is pretty good. Really a poor example objectively, but supposedly Carroll Shelby was in it a few times, and that kind of thing gets bidders excited.
Market commentary
Whether the low production number or the time at Shelby contributed more to this price isn't clear, but they accounted for more of the money here than the truck itself, which is on the shabby side. For reference, a restored one over at Bonhams sold for just $13,200 and this is exorbitantly expensive ... except to the new owner who can throw rusty Pic'n'Pull parts in the bed with impunity while driving Shelby's shop truck.