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Quote from: TLea on September 06, 2023, 08:34:21 PM
465 and 466s, all carryovers were the factory, Shelby sanctioned cars. There was another 65 that was bought directly from high-performance motors and taken by the new owner to Les Richie. In my book not a factory drag car.

Extremely slight correction...the one "non factory" yet Perf Associates built drag unit was bought at Mel Burns and taken straight to PA by the first owner on the same day as he purchased the car.

Also, maybe the red car the original poster is remembering has to do with 6S021 which has not been in the public eye for a long time but, as I understand it, was at one time painted red and possibly still is?

Thanks Pete!

Always fun to do a little sparring in the comment section...keeps me sharp 

My listing...FYI...happy to answer any questions you guys might have in the comment section or through email. vestes85(AT)gmail(DOT)com

Anytime you see a "big box" dealer name like "Classic Auto Mall" and photo studio images....well, if you know..you know.

Not speecifically disparaging the selling dealer...just saying that offerings from these big consignment offerings who specialize in nothing whatsoever tend to fall short of what is displayed in pics. Just saying.

Kind regards,
Vern

Quote from: NC TRACKRAT on August 10, 2023, 09:02:00 AM
Since "discussion" is permitted in this section, I have to ask the obvious question: Was it the color change that affected the hammer price or what?

Probably didn't help it.... frankly, if I needed a car to keep around, I'd have kept going... my bids were made with one eye on re-selling. That was a very nice car and, IMO, well bought. Nobody else was jumping in on the action, though, and I didn't see a point to making the other guy pay too much more for it.

Kind regards,
Vern

When I made the post from earlier today, the images were appearing in the body of the post...they seemed to have gone away though! Went ahead and attached them to the posts so hopefully they don't go poof again!

Kind regards,
Vern

Here are some clearer images of the shock removed from the car if anyone is interested in seeing. The other shock next to it for comparison is a 6/66 dated koni....the 2-64 shock has a longer top portion of the body and the "Tip" of the bottom of that top portion is rolled as opposed to straight.

If you look closely at the pictures it does have black pinch weld overspray...albeit probably less than ive typically seen on unrestored 65s.

After looking closely at the oversprays what it is actually missing is the blue rocker stripe overspray...though few restorations generally replicate as much blue overspray as there typically actually was.

This particular car has been for sale on and off for the last year.

Kind regards,
Vern

VIN is 2732!

Hey guys!

Just wanted to drop a wanted ad for the below parts as Charles and Nathan Turner are currently in the process of completing a preservation-style recommissioning of a very special 68 Shelby for me. The car is a factory Black/Black GT350 convertible with factory air and automatic transmission. The car is special because it has just come out of the ownership of its original owner. The ole girl has had a paint job but is otherwise mostly an unrestored car...really sweet, honest car. We are looking to clean the car up, rebuild the required systems, and add what original/used/nice parts we can find to match the originality and integrity of the car. If you have any of these parts in unrestored but presentable condition, we'd love the chance to put them on a worthy car!

Please PM me here on the forum or send me an email at vestes85@gmail.com if you have something!





Interior
Original console arm rest
Find a better steering wheel center bezel (fake chrome part)
Correct style hazard pull knob

Trunk
15" wheel
Original spare tire, E70-15 Goodyear Speedway, RWL
Shelby lug wrench
Original used trunk mat
Original used LH filler board
Original used Shelby tail panel boards

Exterior
Good used original exterior door handles
Good used original LH door mirror and screws
Good used original tail light bezels
NOS door and quarter glass outer sweepers
Good used LH side horn, A/C style

Engine Bay
Good used original battery tray
Good used original battery hold down clamp and J bolts/nuts
Good used original starter solenoid
Good used original positive and negative battery cables
Good used or NOS radiator cap
Good used or NOS distributor cap (repro?)
BF42 power tip spark plugs
Spark plug wires, probably best to go repro?
Heater core
Heater hoses, has originals, maybe best to go with new repro?
Good used or NOS air filter?  There's a Purolator type that's a good match to original.
Brake booster vacuum port (has white one)
Correct alternator belt (repro?)

Undercarriage/Suspension
Correct set of tire valve stem extensions (4)


Kind regards,
Vern

Dang it, sort of figured it would be near impossible but figured id ask. The wheel is for a car on which details like steering wheel dish is completely irrelevant.... the flatness of the repo wheels just bothers the heck out of me.

And, cmon Earl...you think I need to trade Bob to get what I need?

Nah, I just go over from time to time and utilize one of two strategies depending on Bob's mood..

1. Wonder over like a lost puppy dog....if in a good mood bob will just feel sorry for me and hand over the goods.

2. If the ole boy is feeling a bit spicy I just make a really obscure request for something way in the  back of the cave....then I go to town out in the front room taking what I came for. He hasn't noticed anything gone yet and this strategy has been in use for over a decade now 

Hey Guys,

Ive got a repop 65 steering wheel which will be going on a daily driver type car that I am currently building. Have any of you ever tried to add more dish to one of these wheels?

This particular steering wheel has more dish than a lot of the very flat reproductions out there but it still bothers me that it doesnt have the amount of dish that a real 65 wheel has.

Any general directions or suggestions are welcome!

Thanks!
Vern

Quote from: Chad on June 08, 2023, 04:03:34 PM
I personally think they will have a hard time selling five of them.  They have a hard time selling the real Dragon Snakes and by the time you add the options to these new ones they will be bumping $1,000,000!!

What is the over/under on total sales? 

All I want is the contact info for the buyers....got some ocean front property in Kansas City to sell those guys.

Kind regards,
Vern

Interesting hood.... but wasn't the original "backwards" scoop originally run on 5R002 while the car was being tested at Willow Springs? If exhaust relief vents were envisioned, you would think they would have been run on 002 on that day. in some sort of form if nothing other than holes cut in the hood....
https://www.motortrend.com/news/unseen-outtakes-of-shelby-ford-mustang-g-t-350-prototype-at-willow-springs-in-1965/

FWIW, neither of the styling prototype fastbacks which were mocked up by SAI (street and comp versions) had a backwards scoop on the hoods....or any scoop for that matter. On the original SCCA homologations papers for the 65 GT350 (which show these two cars and what Shelby actually envisioned early on for the GT350) neither car features a scoop of any kind but the last page does show a picture of a mocked up hood underside which appears to show a cowl induction/ram air sort of under hood setup which feeds directly into the carb/air cleaner.

Kind regards,
Vern

Howdy folks!

Just wanted to alert the forum that a car which was once the topic of discussion for its own build thread is ending tomorrow on BringATrailer.com at absolutely NO RESERVE!

This car was a painstaking, high quality build which was completed with the best of everything...absolutely no expense was spared in the production of the car. In addition, while the components of the build are absolutely "second to none" the car still appropriately and respectfully pays hommage to the original Shelby GT350Rs which trounced the Corvettes in B/P SCCA racing in 1965-1967!

Link to build thread:https://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=1254.0

Link to the auction!: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1966-ford-mustang-499/













Kind regards,
Vern