Bidding has already cleared $258,000 (220,000 euros) on a 1967 Shelby Mustang GT500 that spent time in Carroll Shelby’s personal collection — and the auction is still open. It’s live on Bring a Trailer right now. The hammer drops this Monday, May 18.
The number on the screen is 220,000 euros and climbing. For context: a clean, unrestored 1967 GT500 fastback without any Shelby provenance routinely trades between $300,000 and $450,000 at major auction. This one has the man’s signature on the glovebox lid.
The Car
Wimbledon White over black vinyl, blue GT500 side stripes, proper 1967 fastback — one of just 2,048 built for the model year. Power comes from the 428-cubic-inch Police Interceptor V8, breathing through an aluminum mid-rise intake and dual 600 CFM Holley four-barrels, factory-rated at 355 horsepower and 420 lb-ft of torque. That rating has long been suspected as deliberately conservative, a common Detroit practice in the late 1960s when insurers were starting to penalize high-output cars. Drive goes through a four-speed manual, one of 1,376 so-equipped GT500s built that year.
The GT500 spec brings fender extensions, quarter-panel air scoops, a fiberglass ram-air hood, and a ducktail rear spoiler. Suspension is upgraded with heavy-duty coil springs, a front anti-roll bar, heavy-duty rear leaf springs, and Koni dampers. Fifteen-inch 10-spoke wheels, a woodgrain steering wheel, a 140-mph speedometer, and a roll bar with shoulder harnesses round out the package. The odometer reads 59,000 miles — roughly 4,000 of which were added by the current owner.
One caveat worth stating plainly: this is not a numbers-matching survivor. The engine was reportedly freshened in the late 1980s, the car was repainted during the same period, and the carburetors — a 2804 unit paired with a 2105 — are non-matching. Buyers who need a concours-correct driver’s car should look elsewhere. Buyers who understand what provenance actually means at auction will read the documentation stack instead.
Shelby’s Fingerprints
Carroll Shelby and collector specialist Stephen Becker acquired the car around 1999, after it had reportedly been won through a contest and passed through the hands of California racer Chuck Jones. Shelby personalized it with retrofitted period-style air conditioning and a set of upgraded headers — the original intake manifolds and emissions equipment were retained and are pictured in the listing. The signature on the glovebox is his.
“This one left that facility and eventually wound up in its builder’s personal ownership, which is not a sentence you can write about many cars.”
The 1967 model year carries particular weight among Shelby collectors. It was the last year cars were assembled at Shelby’s own facility at Los Angeles International Airport before Ford moved production to Michigan — which gives California-built cars a distinct pedigree, and this is one of them.
The documentation package is serious: an Elite Marti Report, National Shelby Registry and SAAC certificates, service records, spare parts, and correspondence between Becker and SAAC Registrar Dave Matthews tracing ownership history. A commissioned painting of the car with Shelby is also included. Make of that what you will.
The Logistics
The current owner acquired the car in 2011 and exported it to Greece, where it has been in a private collection since. The listing is denominated in euros and sold on Greek registration. Despite that, the seller is offering free shipping to any U.S. destination — a meaningful concession given what a transatlantic delivery on a six-figure collector car actually involves.
For additional market framing: a previous Carroll Shelby personal car — his own AC Roadster — brought over $5 million at auction. His 1968 “Black Hornet” Mustang and a 1967 Ford Thunderbird associated with his collection have also traded hands in recent years. A 1969 GT500 from the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust cleared Mecum Kissimmee with a certificate of authenticity.
The auction closes Monday evening, May 18. If you want to watch the final hours — or place a bid — the listing is live on Bring a Trailer now. Whether it clears $300,000 will say something meaningful about where the celebrity-provenance Shelby market sits heading into the second half of 2026.
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