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We all know that Carol Shelby is an indispensable figure in the history of Ford in the United States, because the presence of Shelby allowed Ford to surpass Ferrari for four consecutive years, win the 24 Hours of Le Mans championship, and also created the classic car of Ford GT40; then Shelby also successfully became Ford's high-performance brand, improving the performance of more Ford models. It is this Shelby, which is deeply bound to Ford, who actually had a brief cooperation with Toyota and built three Toyota 2000GT race cars.
In fact, as early as 1967, the year after the first Shelby GT350 came out, Shelby persuaded Toyota executives to convert three 2000GT sports cars that were about to be sold for sale into racing cars, and the three cars participated in the SCCA Racing series in the United States that year. Today's model is also one of the participating vehicles of the year, and this elderly Toyota 2000GT race car also underwent a series of restoration work in the 1980s such as appearance, interior, power, etc., and was a private collection for more than 40 years.
Editor's Summary: Now the Toyota 2000GT race car built by Shelby is about to be sold publicly, and the valuation has reached 2.75 million to 3.5 million US dollars, which is about 17 million to 22 million yuan. The price of this car can definitely let you buy a modern top supercar, and it is dominant in terms of both noodles and performance, but it is a raw melon egg that has not been tempered by history, so its value is only because of the word "supercar".
But this 1967 Shelby Toyota 2000GT has a unique particularity, and after the destruction of time and events and careful repair, its value has long exceeded the vehicle itself; its greater value is that you can see through this car, See Shelby's enthusiasm for racing, under the technical conditions at that time, no matter what car you are, it will go all out to modify and polish, so that each car is a protagonist worthy of respect.
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