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Auggie

(31,964 posts) Sat Dec 21, 2024, 11:17 AM Dec 21

Rare Shelby Cobra skids on wet roadway, crashes on California's Highway 50

San Francisco Chronicle / Dec 21, 2024

A rare Shelby Cobra crashed on Highway 50 east of Sacramento near Placerville (El Dorado County) over the weekend, striking a metal guardrail after the driver lost control, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Officers from the CHP’s East Sacramento division responded to the single-vehicle crash, which involved a high-value classic car that drew the attention of both authorities and car enthusiasts.

According to a CHP Facebook post, the driver accelerated through a wet patch of roadway, causing the vehicle to skid before crashing.

The average resale price of a classic Shelby Cobra is estimated at $1.8 million, according to the car appraisal site Classic.com.

Paywall: https://eedition.sfchronicle.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=c125557b-9f70-4756-bc51-268770939d87&id=63485914-ef91-470c-8a41-dd37c84db994

I guess I get it -- a chance to open up a Cobra on a stretch of road less traveled. This chance came with a price. If one could afford an actual Shelby Cobra, couldn't one also afford to rent track time too?

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Rare Shelby Cobra skids on wet roadway, crashes on California's Highway 50 (Original Post) Auggie Dec 21 OP

I had a co-worker who owned two lapfog_1 Dec 21 #1

You would think the driver would have skill displacedvermoter Dec 21 #2

It is a replica, not all that valuable and certainly not rare MichMan Dec 21 #3

Good eye Auggie Dec 21 #4

Yup plastic body with a ford engine. Historic NY Dec 21 #6

For unknown reasons, I didn't hit the usual paywall. Maybe because I cleared browser cookies. usonian Dec 21 #5

I live near hwy 50 in Sacramento crud Dec 21 #7

My wife cousin had one of these replica Cobra cars. He let me drive Emile Dec 22 #8

lapfog_1

(30,284 posts)

1. I had a co-worker who owned two

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 11:22 AM

Dec 21

or rather his family owned 2. Both inherited from their father. I believe they ended up selling one just to pay the insurance premiums on the second car.

Works of automotive art.

displacedvermoter

(3,358 posts)

2. You would think the driver would have skill

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 11:24 AM

Dec 21

commensurate with the car being driven. Steve McQueen this was not. Or Paul Newman!

MichMan

(13,718 posts)

3. It is a replica, not all that valuable and certainly not rare

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 11:32 AM

Dec 21

No authentic Cobras were ever made of fiberglass.

Auggie

(31,964 posts)

4. Good eye

Reply to MichMan (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 11:35 AM

Dec 21

Historic NY

(38,166 posts)

6. Yup plastic body with a ford engine.

Reply to MichMan (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 11:50 AM

Dec 21

Now he can buy a metal kit for 20k .

usonian

(15,068 posts)

5. For unknown reasons, I didn't hit the usual paywall. Maybe because I cleared browser cookies.

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 11:47 AM

Dec 21

https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/shelby-cobra-crash-19993387.php

Posting a screensnap of the text. Thanks for the photo (I think, OUCH)

CHP Facebook Post
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0kgVxpjPkvvVYRoK2wRGr8shf4inzCdJxHqyVRX7waU5x7LUpJyx9zfZrMU8J6HDTl&id=100068039979772

crud

(857 posts)

7. I live near hwy 50 in Sacramento

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sat Dec 21, 2024, 12:04 PM

Dec 21

This photo looks like it was taken near El Dorado Hills, an upscale suburb. Placerville is further into the Sierra foothills, more curves and more hills. looks like they can fix it.

Emile

(31,295 posts)

8. My wife cousin had one of these replica Cobra cars. He let me drive

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sun Dec 22, 2024, 05:53 AM

Dec 22

it once on a Saturday night in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Fun to drive and a real head turner.

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