Shelby Built Toyota 2000gt

The Toyota 2000GT is a limited-production front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive, two-door, two-seat sports car / grand tourer designed by Toyota in collaboration with Yamaha. First displayed to the public at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1965, the 2000GT was manufactured under contract by Yamaha between 1967 and 1970. A halo car for the automaker, in Japan it was exclusive to Toyota's Japanese retail.

The Shelby team were pleased and the 1969 season was looking good. So it must have been gutted the team when Toyota informed the team that at the end of the year it would be pulling out of the championship, leaving the 2000GT with a forever unfulfilled potential. This Shelby-built Toyota 2000GT is now the most expensive Japanese car ever sold at auction at a staggering $2,535,000.

The Shelby-built Toyota 2000GT — Ecurie

The car is a stand-out rarity among the already rare 2000GT line, mind you. This Rare, Porsche-Hunting Shelby Race Car Ain't Some Cobra-It's a Toyota The Toyota 2000GT is already the stuff of myth. The Shelby racing connection adds that much more mystique.

Serial #1 of only 351 hand-built Toyota 2000 GTs ever produced. It was prepared and campaigned by Carroll Shelby for Toyota Motor Corps. inaugural U.S.

The Shelby-built Toyota 2000GT — Ecurie

racing program in SCCA C-Production. Having been prepared for racing in Japan, MF10-10001 was chosen as the development car for the Shelby/Toyota project. The engine was tweaked to produce to 205 hp and major suspension modifications were.

The beautiful Toyota 2000GT of the 1960s is as central to Japanese sport car history as the Shelby Cobra is to America's. Now imagine the two teaming up to take on the best from Porsche and Lotus. The Toyota 2000GT resonates with car collectors and lovers around the world.

The Shelby-built Toyota 2000GT — Ecurie

Carroll Shelby seemed unlikely to take the Japanese import racing, but he did. Celebrating the past. Automotive Toyota-Shelby 2000GT 22.02.2022 We have already reported a few times on the first Japanese supercar, the Toyota 2000GT.

But this time it is a special example of this series in many respects. Behind the chassis number MF10. Shelby built three 2000 GT race cars and a pair were entered into the 1968 SCCA production car races.

They both performed well but that was the only year they participated. That single season was to be the end of the 2000GT's American racing story, the production sports car failing to achieve the sales breakthrough Toyota sought in the US market. Toyota focused instead on developing the formidable Toyota 7 sports car for CanAm competition.

Just three SCCA cars were built: two to race and one spare.