1972 Shelby Europe ? Fastback in New Zealand
© Wolfgang Kohrn -  June 10th, 2004, last updated May 10th 2013

Thanks to Dale Mathers/NZ and Wayne Robinson/NZ plus the owner Cedric Price himself,
we got information on this Shelby Europe ? Fastback

 


This is the Shelby Europe from New Zealand belonging to Cedric Price.



Picture courtesy Dale Mathers


Picture courtesy Dale Mathers
The VIN stamp looks different than on other Shelby Europas. Also the VIN does not match the Marti report. See below our remark

Picture courtesy Dale Mathers

After 2 years of research, I got in 2003 the first pictures of this rare car through Dale Mathers from NZ

Dale Mathers reported "Cedric Price, the owner, has a collection of 71-73 Mustangs including a rare 72 351HO (R-code) Mach I. The Shelby Europa ? was imported by a Dutch gentleman along with another Mustang in about the early to mid-80's. It then ended up in the hands of a Geoff Derek (as listed in the Shelby Register).

The car was very rough and rusty when it entered the country and was dark green in colour. Mr. Derek set about restoring it, stripping it to the bare shell, repairing the rust, including the bottom rear corners etc. The car is now painted in a Porsche red colour with the Shelby Europa decals and badging and 5-spoke Shelby wheels.

I think from memory the car was orginally automatic, but Cedric P.converts all his cars to 4-speed manual as he does not like autos. The car is still kept in pristine condition in a heated garage along with Cedrics other cars.



Picture courtesy Dale Mathers

Another enthusiast called Andy once reported: "I have copies of the original certificate of sale. It is a GT 350 from March 1972 model. serial no. 2F05H103183. The car was a mid metallic green colour originally, much the same as fords "limelight green" seen on Cortinas at the time"

Fortunately even the current owner Cedric contacted me and was happy to learn that sb. in NZ has his Certificate of sale. Andy sent him the document. So, this site helps occasionally both owners and enthusiasts to come together in the long end.



Picture courtesy Wayne Robinson


Picture courtesy Wayne Robinson


Picture courtesy Wayne Robinson


Wayne Robinson visited Cedric and came up with actual 2004 pics, once the Shelby Europe was moved out of the garage.
Note as well the race Boss 351 engine with the 8 runners and Weber set-up on the other car..


Picture courtesy Wayne Robinson


Picture courtesy Wayne Robinson

I had in mind to visit the owner during our stay in Australia, but unfortunately our schedule did not leave time to do this. 
The car was for sale some time in 2009, but pulled again later. 

As of 2013, we received the Marti report on this VIN and it turns out that the report does not indicate any relation to a Shelby sold through Claude Dubois. We have to verify, what VIN is embossed in the fender as it might not match the VIN stamped into the Dubois tag. Pending research and we tried to contact Cedric for clarification through his friends and via his old e-mail.

We meanwhile have heard he has moved since away from Matamata. Whoever is in contact with Cedric Price, please contact us to get in touch with him. We need some more insight into the real body VIN. Thank you.

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