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The very first Shelby GT350R designed specifically for racing hit the auction block this weekend and went for $3.85 million. The Ken Miles Mustang broke the record for most expensive Mustang ever ($3.4 million), which you may remember was set this year by Steve McQueen’s Bullitt. The car was...

It's the first-ever competition Shelby Mustang. The GT350R Competition model known as the Flying Mustang thanks to an iconic photo of Ken Miles behind the wheel of the car driving it to victory at its first race in 1965 with all four wheels in the air. The car, badged as 5R002 was used by...

When the Ford GT first came out, the process for actually ordering one got a lot of press. And if you weren't lucky enough to get one, fear not! Your chance hasn't gone yet. Unfortunately, it may go soon, so get thee to the Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation gala where one of the last GT...

The only 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake was expected to sell for between $1 and $1.2 million when it went across the block at Mecum's Kissimmee auction over the weekend. Turns out, it didn't. Instead, the car sold for a massive $2.2 million. Making it the most expensive Mustang ever sold at...

The one and only 1967 Shelby GT500 is up for auction. It was built to show off a new set of tires, and it sports a GT40 427 V8. And it's going to go for a whole lot of cash. Carroll Shelby was more than just the guy who built fast Mustangs in 1967. He also had the west coast distributorship for...

With more than 10 million Mustangs built, and some long-lost cars like the pair used in Bullitt having surfaced in the last few years, it's a surprise at just how many significant Mustangs are still out there and not well known. Like this one, the first pre-production Mustang hardtop. And it's...

You know that Ford GT? The one that John Cena sold, then got sued, then it was sold again, then there was a sealed settlement? Yeah, it's been sold...again. It's traded hands about half a dozen times now, and been part of half a year of courtroom battles, but the 2017 Ford GT that was...

Sometimes we see a modified car and we're not really sure how we feel about it. This is not one of those times. This is a passion project. Edsel enthusiast Rob Cerame built this car to celebrate 50 years of the much-maligned marque. Could this car be what the brand would have come to if it had...

Not long ago, we were perusing RM Sotheby’s various lot listings and drooling over all the precious metal that we’ll never be able to afford. Among a sea of Ferraris with perfect patina and overpriced air cooled Porsches sat a 1976 Ford Escort GL sedan that the auction house predicted would...

Earlier this month, a Ford GT mysteriously appeared on the lot list for Mecum’s Indianapolis 2018 auction, which was held this past weekend. The GT ended up selling for a staggering  $1,815,000  – this despite the fact that Ford made purchasers of the supercar sign an agreement that they would...

This Saturday, a 2017  Ford  GT with just seven miles on the odometer is crossing the auction block. The number 48 of 250 Ford GTs produced in 2017 will be one of the main attractions for Mecum Auctions’ Indy 2018 auction, wearing an Ingot Silver exterior with black striping. The 2017 Ford GT...

Being responsible for some of the world’s best and most desirable cars, it should come as no surprise that Carroll Shelby had a pretty great car collection. But the quality and diversity of the collection, a part of which will go across the auction block at Bonham’s June 2 and 3 Greenwich...

One of the biggest collection of Ford vehicles in the world is going up for auction. The Den Hartogh Museum collection has more than 200 Fords and is being split up and sold in a June Bonhams auction . Piet den Hartogh bought his first Ford in 1956. And then he tried to buy all of them. He...

It’s funny to think that there was a time before T Buckets. As with all things, though, the fad had to start somewhere. The Ford Model T is, in many ways, the original hot rod. But in the ‘50s just taking off its fenders and upgrading a flathead wasn’t doing it anymore. We'd just won a war...

It's a 429 cubic-inch monster. That's 7.0L of big block American V8 power. Designed to compete with Chrysler's 426 Hemi around the tracks of NASCAR. Shoehorned into the Mustang in 1969, it made for one of the fastest, meanest, and rarest Mustangs around. This 1969 Mustang Boss 429 is the 189th...

A special edition Mustang named for the man who brought the car to market is going up for auction in April. The 2009 1/2 Iacocca Silver 45th Anniversary Edition Mustang was a collaboration between Lee Iacocca, coachbuilder Gaffoglio Family Metalcrafters, and Galpin Ford. It's a 2009 Ford...

Ford has sold the very first 2019 Mustang Bullitt, and it brought big money for charity. The Bullitt was shown for the first time just last week at the Detroit auto show. Last weekend, the very first car went on the block at Barrett-Jackson's Scottsdale auction. When the gavel sounded, the...

Gas Ronda was one of the pioneers of the Funny Car, and this 1966 Mustang is his first. Now it's going to auction and if could be yours. Ronda wanted a Funny Car in 1965, to compete with Dodge and Plymouth entries. Ford told him they would give him one for 1966 if he finished 1965 in the less...

This 1969 Mustang Cobra Jet is one of 200 consigned vehicles to be offered at the 36th Annual New England Auction of Antique, Classic and Special Interest Automobiles held at, sponsored by, and to benefit The Owls Head Transportation Museum, in Owls Head, Maine on August 17th, 2013. Visit the...

The 1968 Greet Hornet Mustang GT-500 EXP is a one-off custom, concept car that many people thought had been crushed, like most concept cars. The car is thankfully still in amazing shape and will be on the auction block this January at Barrett- Jackson. After the success of the 1967 California...