Carroll Shelby’s 65 Shelby 427 Cobra Roadster sells for $5.4M

This 65 Shelby 427 Cobra was Shelby’s personal vehicle that he kept until his death 2012. The chassis (CSX3178) was ordered in 1966, the original boasted a Ford 7.0-liter (427 cid) V-8 with dual-four-barrel carburetors and a four-speed Toploader manual transmission.

Shelby put several different paint jobs on it over the years but it was restored to its original condition by the buyer who bought it from Shelby’s estate in 2016.