I can confirm that my GT350H came from Chicago, probably rented our of OHare. I sold it in '74 for $3450, as I recall. It had mileage in high 80s. My previous car was a '66 Mustang 271hp (K model?) that I sold to my roommate. Thereafter we had sort of a horsepower race, which I always seemed to win. The original tri-Y headers rusted heavily in one Minnesota winter, so I replaced them with long tube headers. On reflection I think this was a mistake as the tri-Y design is better for street driving with stronger mid-range. Then I installed a big Crower cam. Recall it had 310 degrees intake duration. This plus a 750 cfm carb made the car almost undrivable, way too rich. It was so bad that I stopped in Denver during a trip and bought a 600 cfm Holley for $35 and installed it on the street in front of the parts store.
The original C4 transmission was a jewel. Don't know just what was modified, suspect it had a special valve body. Whatever, I once towed a 21 ft inboard boat from Denver to Minneapolis never exceeding 55 mph. This fried the transmission. Removed the transmission and sent it to B&M for a rebuild, which was a mistake. The transmission from B&M was an off-the-shelf exhange unit that did not have the special characteristics of the original - that is the ability to get second gear rubber.
Shelby seemed to offer a Paxton supercharger option at about $500. Tried to buy one and could not get anyone to order it. Finally years later, about 1969 saw an add in Road & Track for new Paxtons at $150 offered by Holman & Moody in Santa Monica, CA. Long story, but I hopped a military plane to CA and bought the kit. Holman & Moody had a bunch of these kits sitting on their loading dock immersed in the salt air. Supercharger lasted less than 1000 miles before bearing failure. Sent it to Paxton for a rebuild. I was never really happy with the supercharger's performance. It needed carb tuning, I think. Best boost was around 5 psi, and this was well before intercooling.
To some extent I tried to modifiy the suspension to '65 specs - doing Koni shocks.
In the 80s I had the motor "rebuilt" with a valve job and new rings. It really didn't need it.
Finally, had the car painted by John Kosmoski, now retired, owner of House of Kolor. Painted it a pearlescent white with candy-blue stripes.
The original C4 transmission was a jewel. Don't know just what was modified, suspect it had a special valve body. Whatever, I once towed a 21 ft inboard boat from Denver to Minneapolis never exceeding 55 mph. This fried the transmission. Removed the transmission and sent it to B&M for a rebuild, which was a mistake. The transmission from B&M was an off-the-shelf exhange unit that did not have the special characteristics of the original - that is the ability to get second gear rubber.
Shelby seemed to offer a Paxton supercharger option at about $500. Tried to buy one and could not get anyone to order it. Finally years later, about 1969 saw an add in Road & Track for new Paxtons at $150 offered by Holman & Moody in Santa Monica, CA. Long story, but I hopped a military plane to CA and bought the kit. Holman & Moody had a bunch of these kits sitting on their loading dock immersed in the salt air. Supercharger lasted less than 1000 miles before bearing failure. Sent it to Paxton for a rebuild. I was never really happy with the supercharger's performance. It needed carb tuning, I think. Best boost was around 5 psi, and this was well before intercooling.
To some extent I tried to modifiy the suspension to '65 specs - doing Koni shocks.
In the 80s I had the motor "rebuilt" with a valve job and new rings. It really didn't need it.
Finally, had the car painted by John Kosmoski, now retired, owner of House of Kolor. Painted it a pearlescent white with candy-blue stripes.