Celebrity Life

Presented by Mecum Auctions – Much has been written over the years about the Shelby Cobra, especially in 427 trim like the car offered here. Its unadulterated track prowess, ongoing mechanical development and international attraction are part of that. The encroaching pressure of federal automotive regulations was what finally caused the storied import-based package to […]

The post Mecum Kissimmee 2021: Rangoon Red 1967 Shelby 427 Cobra Roadster appeared first on duPont REGISTRY Daily.

Presented by Mecum Auctions – After rising from the ashes of postwar Europe, Mercedes-Benz returned to racing in 1952, winning the World Sports Car Championship with the now-famous 300SL factory sports racer. That might have been the end of the 300SL concept, as the factory was then planning a return to Grand Prix racing, but […]

The post Mecum Kissimmee 2021: Graphite Grey 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing appeared first on duPont REGISTRY Daily.

Presented by Mecum Auctions – Five decades after Ford’s GT40 dominated endurance racing and nearly one decade after the last second-generation Ford GT left Ford’s facilities in Wixom, Michigan, the latest Ford GT debuted at the January 2015 North American Auto Show. Development of road models was conducted in parallel with the Chip Ganassi Racing/Multimatic […]

The post Mecum Kissimmee 2021: Triple-Yellow 2018 Ford GT appeared first on duPont REGISTRY Daily.

Presented by Mecum Auctions – One of only 34 examples of Carroll Shelby’s all-conquering GT350R SCCA B Production racers, Serial No. 5R106 was raced in Midwest SCCA National events by its first owner, Richard Jordan of Downers Grove, Illinois. A veteran Corvette racer and graduate of the Carroll Shelby School of High Performance Driving at […]

The post Mecum Kissimmee 2021: 1965 Shelby GT350R Fastback – 1 of 34 appeared first on duPont REGISTRY Daily.

Presented by Mecum Auctions – Pista: properly spoken with the flair that is seemingly exclusive to the Italian tongue, it’s a fitting name for one of the hottest road-going Ferraris ever built, which is really saying something when it comes to the birthplace of the Prancing Horse. Translated to English, it means “racetrack,” which is […]

The post Mecum Kissimmee 2021: 2019 Ferrari 488 Pista w/ 975 Miles appeared first on duPont REGISTRY Daily.

Presented by Mecum Auctions – Designed and built to help celebrate Ford Motor Company’s landmark 2003 centennial, the Ford GT also commemorated Ford’s historic 1-2-3 podium sweep in the Ford vs. Ferrari wars at the 1966 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Rooted in the GT90 and GT40 concept cars shown at Detroit […]

The post Mecum Auctioning Off Optioned-Out Speed Yellow 2005 Ford GT appeared first on duPont REGISTRY Daily.

Presented by Mecum Auctions – Ford followed up on the wildly successful introduction of its second-generation GT in 2005 by returning to the historical well for special Heritage Edition liveries recalling the 1966 Le Mans-winning MkII’s pairing of black paint with silver stripes and the orange-on-blue Gulf-sponsored GT40 that scored back-to-back wins at the Sarthe […]

The post Mecum Kissimmee 2021: 2018 Ford GT ’67 Heritage Edition appeared first on duPont REGISTRY Daily.

Presented by Mecum Auctions – Mecum Auctions is prepared to auction off a very rare SUV that’s most likely going to have the most wheels at their Kissimmee 2020 event. This 2017 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6×6 is one of about 110 produced worldwide, making it a rare gem of a Mercedes SUV. With just 5,100 […]

The post Mecum Auctioning Rare Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6×6 appeared first on duPont REGISTRY Daily.

The RM Sotheby’s 2021 Arizona sale continues all long-standing traditions of representing very different, but important moments, in an all-new new venue and format.

The post Two Outstanding Ferraris Will Grace The RM Sotheby’s 2021 Arizona Sale appeared first on LUXUO.

Recently, we covered a few select special timepieces that were headed to the Phillips Auction in New York City as part of the Racing Pulse collection. The exquisite pieces featured in the auction included a Paul Newman owned Rolex Daytona Ref. 6263 (Sold $5,475,000), a TAG Heuer Monaco, worn by Steve McQueen in the Le […]

The post Phillips “Racing Pulse” Watch Auction Sells $27 Million And TAG Heuer Breaks A World Record appeared first on duPont REGISTRY Daily.

Presented by Mecum Auctions – Mecum Auctions is presented this 1997 Dodge Shelby Viper GTS CS Prototype at their upcoming Kissimmee 2021 event (January 7-16, 2021). This is, in fact, the only Viper GTS CS Prototype ever created. Carroll Shelby and his friend Dan Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Motorsports planned on creating 50 examples of this […]

The post The Only Viper GTS CS Prototype is Being Auctioned by Mecum at Kissimmee 2021 Event appeared first on duPont REGISTRY Daily.

Presented by Mecum Auctions – Just as Carroll Shelby’s original Ford-powered Cobra roadster set a new standard for high performance in a sports car, the 1964 announcement of the new Ford Mustang reset the American public’s expectations for affordable performance in a mass-production automobile. The most inspired and brilliantly targeted product in automotive history, the […]

The post Mecum Auctioning 1965 Shelby GT350 Fastback “Advanced Prototype” appeared first on duPont REGISTRY Daily.