Designed by Carroll Shelby, the 249 examples feature an Oldsmobile V-8, a lightweight body, and a race-car-grade suspension.
Carroll Shelby is a legend, but not everything he built was legendary. Case in point: the Series 1 roadster he designed and engineered in the '90s. The car's journey to production was riddled with complications and setbacks, with Shelby American eventually churning out just 249 copies.
Still, no one who bought a Series 1 likely expected a luxury interior—or apparently one that had any cupholders or storage space whatsoever. The roadster was also notoriously unfriendly to driver's over six feet tall, as the standard seating positions put the top of the windshield directly in their line of sight.
Without the optional Vortech supercharger, which is said to have been a nearly $20K add-on, the standard engine in the Series 1 produced 320 horsepower and 290 pound-feet of torque. Sending that power to the rear wheels is a six-speed manual transaxle, and the eight-cylinder soundtrack was delivered through a Borla exhaust system with a set of prominent tailpipes poking out the back.icon Brock Yates reviewed a 1999 Shelby Series 1 that looks identical to the example currently up for auction.
Yet its impressive performance and sophisticated chassis weren't enough to offset its other shortcomings, with Yates summarizing the car like this: "The Shelby Series 1 is essentially a superb concept but remains a work in progress. When all the bugs are worked out, we're eagerly awaiting another call from the man whose name is on this interesting but still unproved sports car."
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