Mustang Shelby GT500 Eleanor Replica Mysteriously Abandoned in Beverly Hills
Why would anyone would just leave a pricey Mustang Shelby GT500 Eleanor replica sitting on the side of the road?
It was a long and winding road – er, legal case – but Shelby American finally defeated Eleanor Licensing LLC in court a couple of years ago, paving the way for replicas of the Gone in 60 Seconds Shelby GT500 Eleanor Mustang to be built and sold by other entities. Regardless, none of those replicas are what one might call inexpensive, with many selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Thus, it’s a little bizarre to see one just abandoned in the streets of Beverly Hills, California.
Regardless, that’s precisely the case, as we can see in this video from the YouTube channel effspot, which recently spent some time doing a little car spotting in a town that’s perfect for such endeavors. After all, there’s arguably more money in this small outlay of Los Angeles than most towns, and folks there love to flaunt that wealth by driving some pretty exotic machinery. We see plenty of that in this video until the crew stumbles upon this abandoned Shelby GT500 Eleanor, thanks to a viewer tip.
Apparently, this Shelby GT500 Eleanor replica has been parked here for over a week when they catch up with it, having accumulated several parking tickets as proof of that. Thanks to a logo on the car, our hosts were able to figure out that it was built by Adrenaline Motorsports, so they decide to head on over there and try and figure out why this car was left sitting in the same spot for so long. Trouble is, Google says the business is closed, and there is no contact information to be found anywhere. When our hosts arrive, they find nothing more than an abandoned piece of land, to boot.
Interestingly, it seems as if the authorities or someone has been marking the placement of the tires on this Eleanor replica, though our host theorizes that perhaps the car broke down and belongs to the owner of the house that it’s sitting in front of. However, three weeks later, they return to find the car still sitting in the very same place, and at one point, there’s even a parking enforcement truck behind it. At this point, it seems as if that’s the fate that awaits this pricey machine, which is a rather sad and unfortunate place for it to end up – in a repo lot awaiting the owner, or perhaps, an auction where it will be sold off to someone else, eventually.
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