I'm going to post more about this later, but for a moment, I just wanted to make sure I don't forget to post this photo. One guy's 8 chosen cars of dozens he owns and is auctioning off, it's quite impressive.
In front is 5R002, the first competition Shelby Mustang, the first to be raced, and the first to win. It is the very car that was piloted by Ken Miles at Green Valley Raceway on Feb. 14, 1965.
This marked the first time any Shelby Mustang was entered into a sanctioned competitive event. Amazingly, Miles took the car to a dominating first-place finish and, en route to the win, was captured in one of motorsports history’s most memorable photos showing Miles and the Mustang airborne with all four tires of the car lifted clear off the ground.
A total of 12 vehicles are slated to cross the block as part of the Atzbach Indy 2020 auction offering, and the group encompasses nine other incredibly rare Shelby Mustangs—including the only production factory supercharged 1965 GT350, the first production 1966 GT350, a factory supercharged 1966 GT350, the first 1966 GT350 convertible and the final 1970 Shelby GT350
and 1200 items he collected, a lot of rare Shelby stuff, like these team shirts:
https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/news/the-flying-mustang-to-make-may-landing-at-mecum-indy
https://www.mecum.com/auctions/indianapolis-2020/collections/john-atzbach-collection/
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