- A Shelby Cobra reproduction allegedly used for filming of 1995’s “Unhealthy Boys” is headed for public sale
- The automotive is claimed to be certainly one of two examples used for filming and the one one to have survived unscathed
- The automotive 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 automotive within the movie: a Shelby Cobra.
Now a automotive alleged to be certainly one of two Cobras used for filming has surfaced as quite a bit for Mecum’s public sale going down 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 automotive on the finish of the movie. That wrecked instance was a stunt automotive, whereas the automotive up on the market was the hero instance used for many of the filming, in accordance with Mecum.
Allegedly, the automotive remained with a single proprietor after filming wrapped up, and the proprietor stored it in dry storage all this time. It’s truly an authentic Kellison Stallion-built automotive, of which 117 have been made between 1976 and 1980. Energy comes from a Ford 351 Cleveland V-8, however as an alternative of a handbook, there’s an computerized transmission with a Hurst shifter.
1965 Shelby Cobra reproduction used throughout filming of “Unhealthy Boys” – Picture by way of Mecum
Per the itemizing, the automotive was acquired from South Seashore Classics, a collector automotive dealership that additionally focuses on leases for filming. Included with the sale are paperwork presupposed to authenticate the automotive because the “Unhealthy Boys” Cobra, reminiscent of 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 offered the hero 911 Turbo from “Unhealthy Boys” solely two years in the past. The automotive ended up fetching a successful bid of $1.3 million, which resulted in a ultimate promoting value of $1.43 million when taking into consideration the client’s fee.
The Cobra reproduction is lot S201 for Mecum’s upcoming Kissimmee public sale, which is scheduled for Jan. 7-19. It will not be the one film automotive going underneath the hammer. One in every of the Porsche 917s used for the Steve McQueen iconic film “Le Mans” can even be offered in Kissimmee.