Imagine that you have a racing car.
You can’t really drive it to the track, or you’re not so inclined even if you
could. So what are you going to do? Why, you’re going to get a transporter,
that’s what. Probably a pickup with either a trailer in tow or a bed on the
back modified to carry the car you need to haul. But if it’s a classic car,
you’ll want the classic truck to go with it. And for a vintage Cobra, this will
be the one you want.
It’s a 1966 Ford F-350 that looks like it’s been
hauling Shelby roadsters, modified Mustangs, and GT40s for decades now. But in
fact it’s only been doing it for five years. That’s how long ago it was
converted – to look of the same vintage, mind you, as the car on the back. In
the process, it was fitted with the 5.8-liter V8 from a ’96 Ford truck,
complete with modern ECU, front disc brakes, cruise control, and automatic
transmission.
In between the three-across bench-seat cab and the
bed for the car in the back, it’s been fitted with a small sleeper compartment,
with a carpeted berth, a fold-down seat, and even a little sink. Not the kind
of space, in short, that you’d want to live in long-term, but enough to let you
camp out by the side of the track at a vintage racing event instead of having
to find a hotel nearby.
The owner in the UK apparently had it commissioned,
complete with racing stripes and logos, to carry his classic Shelby Mustang
GT350 to such events. Like the Goodwood Revival, where it’s said to have been a
hit. But now it could be yours, if you’re in the market.
Silverstone Auctions had it consigned for its Race
Retro sale this weekend. But having evidently failed to sell, it’s now offered
for £ 43,700. That’s about US$ 60k, give or take, at current exchange rates, or
about the US sticker price on a new F-350 Platinum.
