Auction update

Shannons Melbourne Summer Auction, December 8, 2014. The highest price paid ’ auction for 2014 was $132,000 for a restored 1968 Shelby Mustang GT350 Fastback converted to RHD. This was one of just 1027 built. Not far behind that figure was a 1970 Ford XW Falcon GT-HO Phase II owned by a ‘living treasure’ who was part of the team of three XT Ford Falcon GTs in the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon that won the teams’ prize. He has owned the GT-HO since 1985. The car had been in long-term storage for the past 16 years and was described by Shannons as being in fair condition. This is one of just 42 cars built in September 1970 and one of only 15 finished in ‘Silver Fox’ (the nickname for Harry Firth whom the seller…

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