How long are you planning on keeping your favorite Shelby product?

[Side-Oilers]

As a side note to the "Why Car Museums are Closing" commentary, I thought it'd be interesting to hear what peoples' timelines are for keeping or selling their one most-beloved Shelby product.

Would you ever sell your favorite ride?

If so, when are you planning to sell it? 

What kind of life change would prompt/force you to part with it?


For me, that's my KR.  There is nothing (aside from the microscopically small chance of being offered crazy money for it) that would get me to sell it. If the economy completely tanks and I'm forced to sell my house and cars, I would literally go live in a one-bedroom apartment in order to keep the KR. We've been through a lot together, and I'm not letting it go without a fight.

Also, I believe that having a fast, fun, cool looking car not only helps keep me feeling young(ish), but also limber enough to crawl in and work the four-speed, manual steering and brakes, and sustain enough muscle mass to withstand the accelerative g-forces.  (A car guy's workout!)

But even if I get too old and senile to drive, I hopefully can still push my walker close enough to open the car door and look inside, smell the easily-identifiable aroma of a vintage muscle car, and remember when there was race gas, burnouts, power shifts and fast laps. 

[Steve McDonald Formally known as Mcdonas]

I plan on keeping mine until after the funeral. Then the wife will have to deal with
Owner since 1971 just a few miles short of 240,000

[CSX 4133]

I'm grooming grandkids to someday take possession by involving them in the care, maintenance and learning to drive these cars.    To answer the question on how long.....
until I can't anymore.

[FL SAAC]

No intentions on selling, they bring us to a different time and place. Looking for the next one.

[TOBKOB]

Till death do us part... I have 4 young grandchildren (6 months through 4 years) and I can't afford to leave them all a Shelby but I have 4 Model A's and each will receive one when I die. My wife and son will have to decide who gets the Shelby ( maybe they will draw straws)...

TOB

[67 GT350]

AOC and Gretta say the world will end in 12 or so years.....eh! I will gamble and just keep them all! They are just puppets dummies. Hey, that would make a good band name, "The Puppet Dummies"

[Rocket]

Bought it in 1967, and have no plans to sell it.  If things got really bad, I guess I would sell it, but only after every other thing was sold. Ron

[557]

Last thing I would sell besides my house..My 16 yr. old son wants it(but I suspect he has "ulterior motives")..Well it would make a VERY attractive tombstone I suppose...

[Don Johnston]

As long as I am able to drive it.  There have been a few droolers that would like it and might be able to come up with the proper funds when the decision is made.  It is not going to the kids as I am sure they would rather have the money, if it were to be given to them.  Then there is the issue of all the shelves and walls of  Shelby stuf that at some some level may look like more of a hoarders illness than a collectors dream.

[6972boss]

Til death do us part! I used to dream of having a 67 gt500. But they were crazy expensive for a 12YO,  . Walls were covered with magazine pictures. Didn't know how I would ever afford one until that"one day" when it fell In my lap and it was within my budget.  Havnt looked back since! I have no kids and my nephews and nieces could care less about old cars.  I told my wife that when I go horizontal to sell both mach 1s, the Boss 351 and Shelby and donate all proceeds to our favorite charities. No arguments over money that way!

[Bigfoot]

I'm grooming grandkids to someday take possession by involving them in the care, maintenance and learning to drive these cars.    To answer the question on how long.....
until I can't anymore.

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[gt350hr]

    Since I shot my mouth off about this on that thread , I don't have any kids or family to leave it to so I will probably sell mine when I feel like it. I'm not going to rush into it as I have had it for 45 years already. The history of mine is in drag racing and it will stay that way as long as I own it. I'm sure it is the longest continuously drag raced GT350 ( if not SAI vehicle) ever. IF and when I do turn it out , it will be to someone who appreciates that , not by how much they can flip it for , or someone who wants a day one car.
    Might be a tough sell , LOL Oh well .
       Randy
     

[hertzdonut]

We've enjoyed our Hertz car since 1987. I've endured back problems for the last 5 years, including surgery. Last year I thought we should consider selling, but I wanted to attend one more SAAC Convention and drove over 600 miles to PIRC. To prepare I had some work done (radiator, clutch release bearing) elsewhere as I can't do this anymore. After she was gone a week I couldn't stand it. I had to go see it while it was worked on. I went twice. There is no way I can be without this piece of my life. My children have no interest in any car, let alone a Shelby, so Susan will sell her when I leave this life. 
It's a blessing and a curse, but a good one!
Terry     6S555

[67 GT350]

    Since I shot my mouth off about this on that thread , I don't have any kids or family to leave it to so I will probably sell mine when I feel like it. I'm not going to rush into it as I have had it for 45 years already. The history of mine is in drag racing and it will stay that way as long as I own it. I'm sure it is the longest continuously drag raced GT350 ( if not SAI vehicle) ever. IF and when I do turn it out , it will be to someone who appreciates that , not by how much they can flip it for , or someone who wants a day one car.
    Might be a tough sell , LOL Oh well .
       Randy
   

I HATE PEOPLE THAT EVEN THINK ABOUT FLIPPING....that is why interest is lost.

[Sixx7shelby]

My kids are already calling dibs on the cars..... hopefully they will stay in the family For a long long time!