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The Lounge / Happy Birthday GT 350
« on: January 27, 2021, 04:55:13 PM »
With the current raft of ugly news in the World, I felt some good news for this day in history would be uplifting. While I cannot vouch for it's accuracy, it seemed authentic enough and was a nice item to pass along:

On January 27, 1965, the Shelby GT 350, a version of a Ford Mustang sports car developed by the American auto racer and car designer Carroll Shelby, is launched. The Shelby GT 350, which featured a 306 horsepower V-8 engine, remained in production through the end of the 1960s and today is a valuable collector’s item.

j

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1966 Shelby GT350/GT350H / Oil pan cofiguration question
« on: April 03, 2019, 10:20:16 AM »
I am in the process of digging out 2021 and it is like an archaeological dig... just in my garage. Anyway, I came across the oilpan that came with the vehicle when I got it in '72. It is the slab-sided COBRA pan, not the one with the wings & baffles. I have checked the various Registries I have and could not find any specific info on this so I thought I would throw the question out. Is this possibly an original pan?
The car was setup for SCCA B Prod racing when I bought it. The question of course is why would the guy change from a T type pan to a slab sided pan? 

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1966 Shelby GT350/GT350H / Valuation Question for 66 GT350
« on: January 20, 2018, 11:00:49 PM »
I started this discussion with Dave Redman but thought that you folks would also have some relevant opinions. As I wrote to Dave, I am probably not going to get around to restoring what had been a B-Production SCCA school car (6S2021). It had been stripped down with the glass and rollcage removed in the early 80’s. With the best of intentions, and many life changes later, it has become a repository of other non-moving things in my garage. It’s been in the registry since the 80’s and has some cute anecdotes but nothing particularly exceptional.
Hagerty Insurance has a Valuation tool that says that the Average value for a 1966 GT-350 runs $198,000 for a #2 Excellent car (and $250,000 for a concours example). Numbers like this scare me since I’ve hung onto these cars for what feels like just short of forever (I’ve owned this one since the early 70’s). But just for the sake of argument, let’s say that if it would take $100,000 to get the chassis into #2 condition, does that mean that my chassis could be worth $98,000 give or take?
I understand that it’s only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, but what is a fair method of establishing its worth as it stands? Obviously, it’s much easier for completed cars, there are more comparables. The car has significant value but I am in a quandary as to what would be a fair valuation or how to determine it. Asking the folks in the Shelby community seemed like the most reasonable starting point.

jim

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