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Those are all Mustangs awaiting conversion into Shelbys at A.O. Smith.

Great story Ruben. It was a pleasure meeting and having lunch with you, Nick, and Brian, at The MCACN show last November.

John

Photo appears to show a 289 car with cutback doors?

Nice Vern...already a bootleg directors cut floating around here in Boston

Met him several times at Lime Rock and once at Laguna Seca over the years...always a gentleman signing autographs and taking pictures with fans.

Best money spent to be part of a great community. I joined in 1981 as a 13 year old fan who grew up with my dads best friends '68KR (#4166) that he had purchased new at Tasca Ford. I was lucky enough to buy my own Shelby at age 23 and owned it for roughly 22 1/2 years before selling in 2014. Met lots of wonderful people from all walks of life.

Quote from: Tig65gs on March 07, 2020, 09:45:17 AM
What size tires were the big block cars,street and SC delivered with?

Street 427 cars had 8.15 x 15 Goodyear Blue Dot tires...The S/C cars had 11.40 x 15 Speedway Specials at the rear.

How about the Cobra Caravan Press Kit?

Best of luck with her Brian!

Quote from: Bob Gaines on January 03, 2020, 11:39:39 PM
What day and time is it supposed to go through?

Looks like it goes through Friday night January 10th Bob

WOW! Sorry I even suggested it!!

As I approach my 40th year as a SAAC member I was thinking wouldn't it be neat that for every decade that you're a member you would get a special member decal with maybe just a simple rocker, top or bottom or both, added to the standard SAAC decal that would signify 10 year member, 20 year member, etc. ...What do you folks think?

Saw it last night at the only 4k IMAX in New England in Reading Mass. Entertaining for sure and more importantly to me I hope it sparks interest in these cars and the Shelby American story amongst the youngsters who see it.

Great footage!...thanks for sharing.

Quote from: jjh on November 11, 2018, 01:13:12 PM

Quote from: 8T03S1425 on November 10, 2018, 11:37:22 PM
Yeah, I thought finding a specific car was a stretch. I'd be happy to see any Al Grillo Ford ad for Shelby's or a Lynn, MA news paper article on his passing.

Not sure that we'll ever know what happened to Al Grillo. I live in the next city over from Lynn, Ma. (Peabody, Ma.) and have heard bits and pieces about the dealership for years now. I was born in 1968 so I didn't live through it but just this summer I met a gentleman at a local cruise night who turned out to have been a mechanic at Grillo when he was just 18! His feeling was that Grillo went into hiding or possibly witness protection and was not bumped off. This gentleman was nice enough to part with two original Al Grillo dealer trunk emblems which he had in his tool box for the last 50 years. He also told me that Grillo's daily driver was a black "67 Mustang that the dealership dropped a 427 SOHC motor in. I hope to get together with this former mechanic again and pick at his memory some more. He did not have any photos of the dealership. Feel free to pm me if you'd like a photo of the metal dealer tags I have.
Kind Regards, John

Steve, I got your pm but your e-mail address isn't working for me. If you're ok with pm me your phone number I can send you a photo via my cell phone.