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Title: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: deathsled on November 26, 2021, 11:48:51 AM
Sounds like it's alive.
https://youtu.be/0i3xeMm_qj8
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: shelbydoug on November 27, 2021, 12:29:19 PM
I can't remember ever having heard an engine idle like that.
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: Bob Gaines on November 27, 2021, 12:37:47 PM
Quote from: shelbydoug on November 27, 2021, 12:29:19 PM
I can't remember ever having heard an engine idle like that.
It sounds like a super size version of a hit and miss engine.
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: shelbydoug on November 27, 2021, 12:51:02 PM
Quote from: Bob Gaines on November 27, 2021, 12:37:47 PM
Quote from: shelbydoug on November 27, 2021, 12:29:19 PM
I can't remember ever having heard an engine idle like that.
It sounds like a super size version of a hit and miss engine.

I think it is "Vogue-ing".
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: Side-Oilers on November 27, 2021, 02:45:59 PM
Pretty badazz to hear it come about 2-degrees away from dying, then taking a big breath and continuing.

Sorta like my grandpa.
Title: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: Bill Collins on November 27, 2021, 06:50:17 PM
I saw this car at the National Mustang Day show held this past April at the AACA Museum in Hershey. It was trailered into the parking lot of an adjoining hotel, unloaded and driven into the show. It is a fastback customized to look like a Shelby. The footage was shot at the nearby Tanger Outlets Mall in Hershey, about a mile away.

The wave idle is a common effect with large Rootes style superchargers, I heard it many times when working on the NHRA National Event crew in the 1970's. 
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: 69mach351w on November 27, 2021, 07:56:35 PM
Quote from: Bob Gaines on November 27, 2021, 12:37:47 PM
Quote from: shelbydoug on November 27, 2021, 12:29:19 PM
I can't remember ever having heard an engine idle like that.
It sounds like a super size version of a hit and miss engine.
That's the blower surge.

Check this Mopar out!!  Bad Azz as hell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq8nCAoyRDI
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: deathsled on November 27, 2021, 08:27:27 PM
That is quite the Challenger.  Look at those meats in the back and little runners in the front.  Perfect stance.  I can almost smell the racing fuel through my laptop.
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: 557 on November 27, 2021, 09:20:09 PM
Too low key..... ;D
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: 69mach351w on November 27, 2021, 09:30:26 PM
Quote from: 557 on November 27, 2021, 09:20:09 PM
Too low key..... ;D
Then you need your ears re-toned ;D
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: shelbydoug on November 28, 2021, 08:17:40 AM
Way back John Paradise had a '69 GT500 that was similar. I don't remember ever having heard it run?
I just saw pictures of it. I haven't seen the car since. That's got to be '75 ish?
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: Wedgeman on November 28, 2021, 11:26:32 AM
My recollections were that it was a 68 GT500..called .." WARLORD " ?
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: shelbydoug on November 28, 2021, 02:45:08 PM
I'm thinking of a red 69 GT500. There may be a 68 also that I don't remember.

I'm pretty sure I have those Super Fords bound and on the shelf.
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: Wedgeman on November 28, 2021, 05:15:16 PM
yeah, he had a big spread on the WARLORD  in one of his magazines. If you find the pics please post them !
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: 69mach351w on November 29, 2021, 07:18:07 PM
Quote from: Bill Collins on November 27, 2021, 06:50:17 PM
I saw this car at the National Mustang Day show held this past April at the AACA Museum in Hershey. It was trailered into the parking lot of an adjoining hotel, unloaded and driven into the show. It is a fastback customized to look like a Shelby. The footage was shot at the nearby Tanger Outlets Mall in Hershey, about a mile away.

The wave idle is a common effect with large Rootes style superchargers, I heard it many times when working on the NHRA National Event crew in the 1970's.
Some on here must've never heard a pure race Drag Car  ::)  ;D
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: 67_1183 on November 30, 2021, 09:15:52 AM
Quote from: shelbydoug on November 28, 2021, 08:17:40 AM
Way back John Paradise had a '69 GT500 that was similar. I don't remember ever having heard it run?
I just saw pictures of it. I haven't seen the car since. That's got to be '75 ish?

Quote from: shelbydoug on November 28, 2021, 02:45:08 PM
I'm thinking of a red 69 GT500. There may be a 68 also that I don't remember.

I'm pretty sure I have those Super Fords bound and on the shelf.

Is it this one? 
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: shelbydoug on November 30, 2021, 09:22:15 AM
I believe that is the one, yes. You saved me from digging it out but I believe there is a cover shot of it with a hood?

Watch this space.


I remember a conversation with John about severely modifying a real Shelby like this and he said, "the car was a total wreck to start out with".

They were just $3,500 cars back then.
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: shelbymann1970 on November 30, 2021, 10:12:19 AM
Quote from: shelbydoug on November 30, 2021, 09:22:15 AM
I believe that is the one, yes. You saved me from digging it out but I believe there is a cover shot of it with a hood?

Watch this space.


I remember a conversation with John about severely modifying a real Shelby like this and he said, "the car was a total wreck to start out with".

They were just $3,500 cars back then.
I went and looked at that maroon GT500 in Belleville Mi less engine in the late 80s for 9900. It had the hood and the hood was cut for the blower. The car pictured above is the profile of a local FB friend Pat Sweeney who owned it back then. He was also a GM employee and invited me to a 1990 GM employee  powertrain show at the Willow Run facility(I worked at the Warren facility) and won participants choice and my class with my 1970 GT500 DP car. Yep at a GM employee show.  Gary
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: shelbydoug on November 30, 2021, 10:58:48 AM
I know that I have a color picture of the '70 but so far can't find it.

I never had a picture of the '68, just the cartoon.

Here is a one page article that he did on his '70. If it is the same one that you are talking about Gary, I wouldn't know?

My memory says it was red with a gold side stripe. My memory can be stupid?
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: shelbymann1970 on November 30, 2021, 11:39:38 AM
Quote from: shelbydoug on November 30, 2021, 10:58:48 AM
I know that I have a color picture of the '70 but so far can't find it.

I never had a picture of the '68, just the cartoon.

Here is a one page article that he did on his '70. If it is the same one that you are talking about Gary, I wouldn't know?

My memory says it was red with a gold side stripe. My memory can be stupid?
I think there may have been a red supercharged car out there. I just got a message from Pat. He still owns the car so he never sold it after I looked at it and has been parked since August of 1983. I lost track of Pat many decades ago but he sent me a Facebook  friend request a few days ago. Weird coincidence. Gary
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: tesgt350 on November 30, 2021, 01:57:25 PM
I believe this is a 69 since no hood stripes or front spoiler.
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: shelbymann1970 on November 30, 2021, 05:36:39 PM
Quote from: shelbydoug on November 30, 2021, 10:58:48 AM
I know that I have a color picture of the '70 but so far can't find it.

I never had a picture of the '68, just the cartoon.

Here is a one page article that he did on his '70. If it is the same one that you are talking about Gary, I wouldn't know?

My memory says it was red with a gold side stripe. My memory can be stupid?
I just talked to Pat about his GT500. Original maroon 4 speed 3.91 geared drag pack(said 1 of 3?). He is getting ready to restore it. Has a guy lined up. Hopefully another car on the road soon. Bought it in 1976 and told me stories about SAAC shows and Car Craft Nationals. Gary
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: honker on November 30, 2021, 09:32:48 PM
I have this in my files, I think this is the same car as in post #15.
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: Wedgeman on November 30, 2021, 09:40:39 PM
I believe the 68 Shelby called  WARLORD  was basically a show car....Chrome Everything. I am trying to find the pic of it in an old Super Ford ...
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: shelbymann1970 on December 01, 2021, 04:58:50 AM
Quote from: honker on November 30, 2021, 09:32:48 PM
I have this in my files, I think this is the same car as in post #15.
That is Pat's car. He said the first thing he did was paint the wheels white. He told many stories about SAAC shows and the Car Craft nationals. I will be seeing the car in the near future before he sends it out for Restoration. Funny in that one time we were both owners of 428SCJ 4 speed 391 geared drag pack Shelbys and working at GM's Hydra-Matic division. I'm going to be helping him find some of the parts he is missing as I know a few who has what he needs. He is looking for 428 SCJ engine components. He bought the car non matching numbers as the prior owner blew up the SCJ. He still has the CJ engine he had in it apart with the blower also. Gary
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: snakeoil on December 01, 2021, 10:56:20 AM
 Think this is the chrome show car Wedgeman is referring too- 68 Kr from Vegas
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: 69mach351w on December 01, 2021, 11:31:05 AM
Quote from: honker on November 30, 2021, 09:32:48 PM
I have this in my files, I think this is the same car as in post #15.
Aw, Man. Love the vintage look. Especially the blower and let's not forget the shorts  ;D
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: shelbymann1970 on December 01, 2021, 11:35:41 AM
Quote from: 69mach351w on December 01, 2021, 11:31:05 AM
Quote from: honker on November 30, 2021, 09:32:48 PM
I have this in my files, I think this is the same car as in post #15.
Aw, Man. Love the vintage look. Especially the blower and let's not forget the shorts  ;D
Sorry, no shorts here.
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: shelbydoug on December 01, 2021, 12:46:05 PM
That's not Paradise's Warlord. I can't quite see the license plate but if it is a Nevada plate it is probably Pete Buompane's GT500.

I'm sure Rick has the owner information inside the cover.
Title: Re: Modified 1968 G.T. 500?
Post by: Wedgeman on December 01, 2021, 12:51:25 PM
"WARLORD" ...was an all chromed blower or could have had stacked injection...  68 Shelby ..engine stood 3 ft. out of the hood..hard to describe .. :o...I believe that drawing in Reply 18 is an artists rendition of ..WARLORD..