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Very sorry to hear this - hope Jim gets back to doing what he loves to do soon.

- Phillip

NASCAR-like straps on the back window and upper scoop lights?

Interesting.

- Phillip

Here's is a pic from that FB page you would find interesting Pete.

The text with the post just says "March 1968". From a local newspaper I would guess. Maybe you can track it down.

- Phillip

Hey Steve -

I PM'd you but don't know if you saw it.

Do you have one of these counter cards from 1968?

- Phillip

^^^ that was a fascinating read, thanks for the link Mike.

Of course, it was a Cougar Eliminator hood scoop, not an XR-7 (hood scoops were not a part of the XR-7 package).

According to Charlie Henry's Kar-Kraft book, that first owner contacted Kar-Kraft because of a cylinder head problem, but because it was a prototype with cast-iron heads they were unserviceable.

Cool stuff.

- Phillip

I did an illustration of that Roush Mustang that I've used on a couple of posters I designed.

- Phillip

Thanks Rich (and Brian Styles, who I have been emailing with behind the scenes).

Original renderings, concept drawings plus advertising/marketing materials are of particular interest to me.

Pretty sure the airbrush was around (airbrushed t-shirts became popular in the early '60s) but to my eye (and this is only my opinion) the changes to the signed artwork on the bottom look digital.

Looks to have been made on a copy of the 5-26-66 art, not an original piece of art.

- Phillip