- A Shelby Cobra duplicate allegedly used for filming of 1995’s “Unhealthy Boys” is headed for public sale
- The automobile is claimed to be certainly one of two examples used for filming and the one one to have survived unscathed
- The automobile will go underneath the hammer at Mecum’s 2025 Kissimmee public sale
Whereas most followers affiliate the Porsche 911 Turbo owned by Will Smith’s character Mike Lowrey with the 1995 hit movie “Unhealthy Boys,” there was additionally an equally memorable automobile within the movie: a Shelby Cobra.
Now a automobile alleged to be certainly one of two Cobras used for filming has surfaced as so much for Mecum’s public sale happening subsequent month in Kissimmee, Florida.
The Cobra was utilized by the movie’s villain, Fouchet, performed by Tchéky Karyo. Followers of the film will recall that Fouchet crashes the automobile on the finish of the movie. That wrecked instance was a stunt automobile, whereas the automobile up on the market was the hero instance used for a lot of the filming, in line with Mecum.
Allegedly, the automobile remained with a single proprietor after filming wrapped up, and the proprietor saved it in dry storage all this time. It’s truly an authentic Kellison Stallion-built automobile, of which 117 have been made between 1976 and 1980. Energy comes from a Ford 351 Cleveland V-8, however as a substitute of a handbook, there’s an automated transmission with a Hurst shifter.
1965 Shelby Cobra duplicate used throughout filming of “Unhealthy Boys” – Picture through Mecum
Per the itemizing, the automobile was acquired from South Seashore Classics, a collector automobile dealership that additionally focuses on leases for filming. Included with the sale are paperwork presupposed to authenticate the automobile because the “Unhealthy Boys” Cobra, equivalent to an authentic certificates of insurance coverage from the producer, Columbia Footage, with a reference to the “Unhealthy Boys” film, an authentic 1099 kind issued from Columbia Footage to South Seashore Classics, and a replica of a registration made out to Columbia Footage.
Mecum additionally bought the hero 911 Turbo from “Unhealthy Boys” solely two years in the past. The automobile ended up fetching a successful bid of $1.3 million, which resulted in a ultimate promoting value of $1.43 million when making an allowance for the client’s fee.
The Cobra duplicate is lot S201 for Mecum’s upcoming Kissimmee public sale, which is scheduled for Jan. 7-19. It will not be the one film automobile going underneath the hammer. Certainly one of the Porsche 917s used for the Steve McQueen iconic film “Le Mans” can even be bought in Kissimmee.
