1968 Shelby GT500-KR Garage Find & Appraisal That Buyer Uses to Pay Baby Boomer – Price Revealed

imagine your parents have a 1968 GT500 that theyll GIVE YOU and you want a VW Beetle for your first car because its "cute"

Those kids not wanting it. My heart stopped for a second.

The seller...the woman.... is absolutely adorable. 'We didn't buy it as an investment we bought it because it was fun.' Those words gentlemen ... indicate to any real man ... that her husband... STRUCK GOLD. LUCKY MAN! CHEERS GOD BLESS Y'ALL

Don’t let Richard Rawlings see this, he’ll wash and wax it and want $750,000 for it.

Lady: "Our kids arent interested in them..." Me: adopt me...

The seller should have brought their own agent to deal with Mr. “35k in metal work”. $68k for a KR is robbery even in that shape.

My father passed away over a year ago and I inherited his Shelby GT 500. It's a 2009 that's red with white stripes. Low miles. I get a liittle taken away sometimes that he never truly got to enjoy it during retirement. I have a choice to either have it shipped from Louisiana to California, or make a road trip out of it. I know it's not the same prestige as an old one, but I'm proud to have it still and it got me into learning more about these cars.

Seeing these beautiful pieces of history get a second chance at life really does my heart good. I was very fortunate in that I grew up in a time when beauties like these could still be found quite easily and at affordable prices. I was a car fanatic and by the time I was 25, I had owned nearly every car a young man could wish for.. My grandkids often ask, if I could own just one of the cars I had back then, which one would it be.. And that's a tough question. But my answer is usually always the same. When I was 18, I purchased a beautiful 1968 Chevelle SS 396... At that time the car was only ten years old. The only thing it really needed, was my personal touch to truly make it my own. It was my daily driver. The car I drove when I got married, and the car that I drove my wife and new baby daughter home from the hospital in.. that was in 1981. Unfortunately at that time, it just wasn't the practical car for a young new family. Or so everyone told me. Besides, I could always get another one later on. Who knew that "later on" they'd cost as much as a small house, I sure didn't. So here I am today at 62.. Father of four, grandfather of nine. I lost my wife of 38 yrs. to an unknown illness in 2020. The Chevelle had always been her favorite, and unfortunately I was never able to replace it with another. Nor was I ever able to replace any of the other cars from our youth. Family came first..still does. But once a car guy, always a car guy. I'll carry the love and passion for the classic automobile with me till I die. And one thing that I absolutely hate to hear anyone say, and I hear it all to often from sellers, is "we're getting older now, and our kids aren't interested in it"..... I'm sure in your business you've heard that many times... it's sad. Well Jerry, keep up the great work. Stay well..Stay safe and God Bless.....JW

01:05 - “Our kids aren’t interested…” - Ugh, modern children. They’d rather drive the video game version of a Shelby over the real deal. Ridiculous.

I owned a 68KR convertible in the early 80'S and my brother and I did a complete concourse restoration on a car that had never been touched minding all those details. We sold the car in the mid 80's and I bought a house with my share. About 2 years ago I found the car living about 10 miles from where I live today, 2,500 miles from where I sold it. At some point it was "restored" again and all those little details were gone. The car looked beautiful but it was kind of sad but the new owner really enjoyed it so it was great! We talked for quite a while and I shared a lot of the history of it that I knew. I presented him with the owner manual with warranty plate that I still had. It was good to see it went to a nice home.

This guy is a Shelby savant. You are witnessing passion to the highest degree.

years ago about 1987 ish l came in to richmond bc on my seiner after a week of salmon fishing.. l needed a ride somewhere and called a taxi... the driver was in his 40's l guess...we started talking cars l had a 76 T/A 455 4gear at the time...he said he had a KR500 l said wow he said it was nearby would l look at it and of course l said yes please so there it was all original driver in his garage..he spoke of maybe selling it and asked if he should..l SAID NO !!! it will be worth more than your house in a few more years...l hope he took my advice...l bet he did and did very well...

" He's a good man and he deserves it" that was so nice to hear her say that. He's got the dream car and the dream wife too!!!!

I''m in Australia and bought a 68 GT500KR here 18 months ago. I'm well into the resto and costs are now pretty clear, might help to give some perspective on this video. These costs are in Aussie $ but convert to US at about .77. My car was in better condition than this one, all original sheet metal and fibreglass, no crash damage but motor had been switched out to a 427. Purchase price was $115k. Costs for nut and bolt/rotisserie resto are panning out to be.....panel/paint $50k(only sheet metal replaced was lower cowl), motor rebuild $23k(482 stroker 600hp), rebuild AA carb, toploader and diff(all original) $5k, misc parts $30k(approx 300 items), misc labour(not inc mine) $20k, re-chrome work $7k, new wheels from Paradise $4k,stuff I've forgotten, still to come(upholstery repairs/ a/c hoses etc) and unexpected say $10-/$20k. So lets say all in about Aussie$265k or US$200K or so. I built the car with the 427 because it's been in the car since 1969 so it feels right to leave it there but if you want to show the car in concours figure on another US$20k for a 428CJ motor and maybe $20k more for NOS parts I didn't use. Oh yeah I forgot just send suspension parts off to Anghel restoration in the states for concours refurb, that will run about another US$3K/$4k or so. I guess all I'm saying is I will have about US$200K in this car finished, add another US$50K or so if you want to to go concours, with smog parts, starter delay, Scott fuller exhausts etc etc. Some will have a different view I guess but this is the experience I'm living and the cheques I'm writing.....I'm having fun though !!

I have a Magnetic 16 GT paid for, 28395 , daily driver, Sleep’s in my heated garage, 1” lowering springs, 20” wheels , 255/35/20 , 285/30/20 , Rouch cold air intake, and axle back exhaust , CT’s 200 Drag carbon fiber spoiler mounted on a new trunk lid , carbon fiber mirror cover’s painted transparent blue the spoiler will be blue too soon the front turn signals are now sequential Up next is carbon fiber ram air or upgrade break rosters and carbon fiber pads and sway bars There’s one special thing …… It’s not mine I’m giving it to my Grandson’s he’s 9 he love’s it .

My kids have already been asking who I'll be giving our old VW bus to when I die. I'm only 39. hahaha

I love those guys that know every little detail. Invaluable.

Jeff Y's attention to details is phenomenal, a true expert and walking Ford encyclopedia... My heart dropped as he found all the problems with the Shelby gt500kr, but it's still a beautiful looking car

This wasn’t a concours restoration. It’s been a driver car. All the negative comments were unnecessary for this type of sale. Only one original headlight. Not CORRECT hose clamps. This is why I don’t go to car meetings of any kind any more. There’s always some one going over board about CORRECT or numbers don’t match crap. THEY ALL DO NOT HAVE TO BE CORRECT TO BE ENJOYED TO OWN. KEEP THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE.

I just love it when someone knows about the details and also when a fair deal is made. Seems like both sides to the deal are happy.