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Quote from: 67 GT350 on January 14, 2022, 09:29:30 PM
The monster in the box is what you eat....
SUGAR
CARBS
The Monster
Including oatmeal, I used to eat steel cut oatmeal, got my A1C of 7.2 stopped the oatmeal, sugar, carbs and in 3 months got it to a 6.1

Looks like I may have to stop the oatmeal too...

https://youtu.be/S_YiYjxQH1U
Quite the history.

Hotrod Hoarder take on this car.
https://youtu.be/lT6sL_d8S20

Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on January 14, 2022, 06:08:40 PM

Quote from: gt350hr on January 13, 2022, 01:16:30 PM
    There were two tire sizes used . The 750/850  Casler on the steel wheel fit the stock wheel opening and the larger 8.90-15 Casler capped Goodyear needed the reworked wheel opening ..... I don't know who did the work on his car.

The description says "converted to a drag racer for NHRA Sport Stock competition". Did that class allow for wheel well mods?

The invoice from Performance Associates only notes Casler slicks not the size - there are no additional wheels listed. Did both size slicks use the same width wheel? There is no notation for body work and I don't know if "build car to Shelby specs" included wheel well mods. This car seems to have gone to Perf Assoc directly from Mel Burns - but did SA do the wheel well mods on the factory drag cars before they went to Perf Assoc? It would make sense to do it inhouse to keep the costs down. Next time I see Jim Murietta I'll check and see if he did the drag cars. He did the R Model wheel wells and is still doing them on the continuation cars.

That is so great that Jim is around in 2022 doing work on the continuation R models

Quote from: FL SAAC on January 14, 2022, 03:42:48 PM
Also:

quare aliquet in cauda tibiae

Lol!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chyAAzSScfQ

Res ipsa loquitur.

"Dumped in a river."  What the hell is wrong with people?  You steal it because you want it, right?  Then you dump it in a river.  Whatever....

Quote from: FL SAAC on January 13, 2022, 09:05:43 PM
The monsta mash

A metaphor for the cereal you buy.  Exercise good judgment.  That's the point.

I didn't even know who Drew was until this thread.  That said, he did 5R002 from what I gleaned from this post.  How can there be any other rational choice other than to choose Drew?  This is not a paid sponsorship either.  Don't forget the origin of 5R002 least we forget.

Quote from: FL SAAC on January 12, 2022, 09:38:39 PM
That narrator you hired is pretty spooky

To me that is a compliment.  Thank you.

I hope he continues making videos and visiting this site from time to time.  Perhaps he is a bit angry but I say that is a good thing because it is a sign of male health in all seriousness.  It means good levels of testosterone and men are meant to spare with each other from time to time.  Sparing between males is rife through the animal kingdom.  No one should really apologize for it.  It's in our nature.  These days we have a testosterone shortage in young men partly from chemicals in the foods and additives such as soy.  Why is there so much soy in our food stuffs?  It is one of the toughest substances to shop your way out of at the grocery store.  Look at some labels and you will see.  The labels don't tell you that soy is a phytoestrogen that mimics the female estrogen.  It is to be avoided in men at all costs.  It's in some other food stuffs but soy is the worst.
Yeah, somewhat off topic I know, but it sort of applies to explain the exchanges that occurred on this thread does it not?

Us ICE guys are the last of our kind.  There is no shame in reveling in our times.  We are going to leave this world with a bang, an internal combustion bang.  And the rest is history!  We are all history in the end.  Even the millennials.

Quote from: 98SVT - was 06GT on January 12, 2022, 06:25:01 PM
More lies than a politician

But this GT350 that was recently uncovered in Chicago might just be the rarest of them all. Simply because it is unique. This Shelby has been sitting in storage since 1969 and, because it doesn't have a VIN, no one has been able to identify it so far. Not confirmed as a GTanything.

The info that's been uncovered so far suggests that this modified muscle car is a 1967 Shelby GT350. There's no VIN to confirm it, but the big amount of original parts that are still on the car hint that it was built by Shelby in 1967. Should read parts that have now been added to the car. Original photos show many missing parts that have now mysteriously appeared

But here's the interesting bit. This GT350 was converted into a drag racer. And not just any run-of-the-mill, late 1960s dragster, but some sort of experimental vehicle with the engine pushed farther back than usual. Farther than the regulations allowed at the time, which might explain why it was retired into storage in 1969. "Experimental" did they have a setback rule? The set back looks pretty normal for the 60s. Retired at 2 years old - with all that rust?

Yup. this car was never completely finished and never raced. But it was close to hitting the quarter-mile with loads of high-end racing parts and an authentic Shelby roll bar. Was it an experimental drag car put together by Carroll himself? If never ran why is a number on it? A new hook for the fish to bite on - I'm certain in true Gas Monkey garage verbage this will be called a Shelby race car from here on as is Rawlings "Shelby" convertible he built.

Not very likely, but that's something Dennis Collins, who recently purchased the GT350, is looking to find out. But the guys who sold it to him suspect that this Shelby might be the GT350 no. 1444, a car that's been missing since 1967, shortly after it was produced. They KNOW it's not 1444 and have admitted to that fact in their postings on this forum. The sheetmetal dates and trans VIN don't agree - I also suspect the color of 1444 was not white. They also called the past owner a hoarder who had lots of parts from many cars. We know the trans was never installed in this shell in 67 why should we think the roll bar is anything more than a loose part that was lying around - I bought one for $20 and stuck in a 65 Fastback I built.

The level of detective work needed on these cars can be aggravating, but it can also be fun in a way.  Great summation using inductive reasoning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USC5PGKkES8

I challenge any and all of you to get the same visceral effect with an electric vehicle.  You can't.  You just can't.

It's like she's alive.  It's alive!  It's alive!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08nVsgx9wTo&t