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Old Classified Ads - Original A.C. Cobra 427 S/C for $10k

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  1. jtdoyleiv

    jtdoyleiv Rookie

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    If you have old car magazines around your garage and house like me, then this article will make you laugh...or cry.

    Sports Car Digest has a good story about "Classified Ads from the Past," where they profile a 1974 Road & Track ad for an original A.C. Cobra 427 S/C that is listed for $10,000.

    SCD said those Cobras now sell for $1.5 million or more. Insane!

    Here is the article: http://www.sportscardigest.com/archives/1761
     
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  2. DMOORE

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    Gotta love those ads. A good buddy of mine tells the story of an original GT40 sitting at a gas station. When he was 16 (1970) there was an original GT40 just baking in the sun, at a gas station in Las Vegas. The owner was asking a few grand at the time and nobody wanted it. But noooooo, he wanted a new Z28 (which he still has). He kicks himself in the ass til this day.:).




    Darrell.
     
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  3. 6.0 se

    6.0 se F1 Rookie Lifetime Rossa

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    Absolutely priceless!! I purchased an original in the late 70's in Mexico. Not too much more than that one. lol.
     
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  4. FerrariF50lover

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    A GT40 or Cobra?
     
    FerrariF50lover, Oct 4, 2008
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  5. ski_bum

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    ...or was it the Z28?!?? LOL
     
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    My dad bought a 427 cobra in 1972 with a dent in the quarter panel for $3500, had it fixed was in it for $5000 then sold it for $10,000 a few years later and thought he made a killing. Woops!
     
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  7. ExoticSpotter

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    Strangely enough my mom drove a Cobra until she totalled it back in the late 60s...if she had only kept her eye on the road I'd be sittin happy in a blue and white SC today
     
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