Shelby CAN AM Cars And Factory Parts Offered In Unprecedented Sale

The Shelby CAN AM Series was never about celebrity drivers or big factory-backed teams. It was about access. About giving ambitious racers a real-deal, professionally engineered single-seat sports racer with Shelby DNA baked into every weld and curve. While many today, might not remember this bit of Shelby history, a collection of that chapter of American motorsports history is coming to market in one sweeping, almost unbelievable sale.

At the center of it all is a 1990 Dodge Shelby CAN AM listed through Hemmings, but calling this just a car misses the point. What is being offered is effectively the remaining physical archive of the Shelby CAN AM SCCA series. Cars, molds, engines, drawings, tooling, spares. The infrastructure of a racing idea that burned brightly and briefly, then faded into legend.

The Shelby Can Am Series That Few Remember

The Shelby CAN AM was conceived under the watchful eye of the late Carroll Shelby, working alongside Alan Burke at Swift Engineering, a name synonymous with precision racing chassis. The fiberglass bodywork came from Peter Brock, the same mind behind the Daytona Coupe.

The mission was simple and radical. Create a true spec racer for SCCA competition that delivered professional-level performance without professional-level budgets. Every original car left the factory with a Dodge 3.3L V6, bolted to a Weismann Shelby H-pattern four-speed gearbox. No trick parts. No arms race. Just drivers, setup, and courage.

In period, these cars were quick, physical, and unforgiving. The kind of machine that rewarded smooth hands and punished ego. They filled grids. They built careers. And then, like many good ideas in American road racing, they disappeared before the wider public ever even noticed. N

Chassis 006 and a Life Lived on Track

One of the crown jewels in this offering is chassis 006, the car most enthusiasts recognize as the blue and yellow number 66 Indy-style tribute machine. Originally campaigned as number 6, it was photographed on track at Watkins Glen International in 1994, wearing its history honestly.

Today, chassis 006 remains powered by the original Dodge 3.3L V6 used throughout the pro series from 1991 through 1996. While the Indy-style bodywork has not been wind tunnel-tested, the original Shelby and SCCA-developed body has. That original aero package can be refitted, returning the car to its period-correct specification with documented aerodynamic data.

This is not a static showpiece. It has been raced in historic events at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Illinois, and it still carries the posture of a car that expects to be driven, not admired from behind velvet ropes.

More Than One Car. More Than One Era.

The scope of the sale stretches far beyond a single chassis. Included are three complete race cars, one never-sold and never-raced Shelby CAN AM chassis number 070 that remains entirely original. There are two Indy-style aluminum-bodied cars, one retaining the Dodge V6, the other fitted with a 5.7L Corvette LS6. There is a complete roller chassis, number 008, famously driven by Scott Harrington in pro competition, plus a brand new bare frame.

Over the years, the CAN AM platform proved remarkably adaptable. Though the original spec mandated Dodge power, seven different engines have since lived in these chassis. Small block Ford. Small block Chevy. GM LS. NISMO V6. Indy Buick V6. Even Indy V8 configurations. Yet all retained the original Weismann Shelby transaxle architecture, a testament to the robustness of the original engineering.

Then there are the parts. Pallets of gears. Multiple transaxle cases. Three-piece wheels. Casting patterns for uprights. Original body molds. And perhaps most compelling of all, a cabinet filled with original Shelby CAN AM engineering drawings. The literal blueprints of the series.

Everything is included. Shelving. Tools. Bead blaster. Grinder. It is a workshop frozen in time, offered intact due to medical and age considerations. This is not liquidation. It is preservation by transfer.

The Moment That Defined the Grid

One photograph included in the archive captures the spirit of the series perfectly. A podium shot, left to right: Memo Gidley, Scott Harrington, and Kyle Konzer. Three drivers. Three paths. One spec car series that made its achievements purely about execution.

That is the enduring appeal of the Shelby CAN AM. It was honest racing in an era when honesty was already becoming expensive.

A Price That Defies the Market

The asking price for the listing stands at $82,000 OBO. That figure would barely buy a well-optioned modern track toy with no provenance and no future collectibility. Here, it opens the door to owning not just a car, but the remaining backbone of a factory-supported American spec racing series created by Carroll Shelby himself.

For the right buyer, this is not about flipping or restoration. It is about stewardship. About deciding whether this history lives on as active historic racers, a curated collection, or perhaps even the foundation for a revival.

Because some stories are too good to stay boxed on shelves. And some race cars deserve to keep making noise. For more information and to view the full inventory of the sale, visit the listing at Hemmings.com.

Photos courtesy of Hemmings