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Under "First Rollout at Shelby American Plant Los Angelos summer '67" photo,  is that Phil Remington second from the right?

QuoteWas that a custom bodied Falcon ?

According to the Falcon Challengers story written by Max Muhleman in the July 1962 Motor Trend, Challenger I was built by Holman Moody for the Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix of Endurance. It was built in 10 days based on a Falcon Futura body. They finished 2nd in class behind a Jim Hall Chevy powered Chapparal.

The car was powered by a 221 cubic inch Windsor, bored out to 243.9 cubic inches, just under the 244 cubic inch limit. Compression was bumped from 8.5 to 10.5:1 and a 4V carb was installed. During the race the cylinder heads were replaced due to an oiling problem. Top speed was 135 mph and drum brakes were 3-inch wide in the front and 2.5-inch in the back.

A Challenger II had 3 inches sectioned out of the body center line. 

A Challenger III, in the photo, was built with the 3-inch section along with the fastback configuration. The rear window was plexiglass with an aluminum roof. 

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Hello,

what do you think,

is this 5R002 in the Pics

i found this little breadcumb on a old Custom Mustang Magazin ...

but i found nothing on the net about the Company or any other Mustang wear those
headlight cover

The page is out of MUSTANG A Complete Guide, a Car Life Special Edition. It was published by Bond Publishing Co. in 1965.

The headlight covers were from Weiler Products Co., Box 2525, Huntington, W. Va.

To illustrate how popular the new Mustang was with the aftermarket, The Custom Mustang advertorial section was was 14 pages long and listed 87 companies. They included custom and hard parts.

Historical fyi Addendum

Not only did Eric Rickman write and photograph a story on the GT350, but 32 years later in the February 1987 issue of Petersen's Mustang, he also wrote and photographed a story about the Saleen Mustang. Mustang history comes full circle.

Historical fyi:

The man sitting in the GT350 was Eric Rickman, who was a Petersen Publishing company editor. He started in 1950 and retired in 1990/1(?). He wrote for all the automotive and motorcycle titles. A large segment of early Petersen photo files were shot by Eric, aka ERickMan. He did it all, from tech to event coverage.

Yet another car website that claims to  keep you, ". . .up to date on anything with four wheels."  Isn't the forum rule, extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof? You sure won't find that proof in the article.

Instead the article is totally vacuous. Hence, the joke is on you for clicking the link, because the article is so bad. But their only goal is generating clicks to drive advertising. So by clicking, you played into their scheme.

IMHO unpainted carbon fiber bodies suck

That really sucks big time, but not surprised.

SEMA show is packed with people for good reason and social distancing would be impossible. And the Las Vegas Monorail, which is closed, would be packed shoulder to shoulder with attendees arriving and leaving.

Last year, there were bag checks and metal detectors to enter the display halls, and that alone caused lines.

Plus this is a people show, where indivuals can put a face to a name.

As for a virtual show event, that'll only semi suck.

QuoteThe forgotten ones

Roger that. We overlook the magic that Carroll worked with Chrysler's vehicle line up. And that was thanks to Lee Iacocca retaining him. I recall at a Hot Rod Drag Week, one Dodge Omni (I think) was running low 11 second quarter-mile times. As enthusiasts, they deserve our admiration.

Cool.

Have never seen the Alexander Brothers custom Galaxie before. Some interesting design features.

Baja 1000 addendum

Garner also competed with his American International Racers fielding a team modified SC/Ramblers.

Interesting. . . .but um no.

IMHO the Flex is a design classic in its time and shouldn't be used on another Ford model.

Interesting information and no suprise it has taken over over 50 years to surface. And it raises new questions.

Who ever swapped the rotors had to know which was which. As for the AOC changing their minds on a dead heat that's no surprise.

Quote"Ken said, 'They don't want me to win the race. They want the Amon/McLaren car to win.'

Who the heck is they? HFII? Leo Beebe? Lee Iacocca? Is there any historical clues or witnesses for this animosity? Where was CS during this time? What did he say/do?

In Ford V Ferrari (a very lazy and sloppy script IMHO) it was suggested that the media would promote a Ken Miles hat trick victory (with Daytona and Sebring) and not a Ford victory. There might have been an element of Ford corporate pr paranoia. 

Ultimately, Miles was team player which may not always pay off for the individual involved. Nonetheless, I always wonder why Miles just say to hell with it and win. What was Ford going to do, fire him? He was at the top of his game and I presume he could have written his own ticket with another team.

Enzo Ferrari The Man, the Cars, the Races        Brock Yates


The Whiz Kids   Ten Founding Fathers of American Business and the Legacy They Left Us       John A. Byrne

About the Whiz Kids that were hired by Ford Motor Company. There's the usual suspects, Robert McNamara, Tex Thornton, Ben Mills. Plus some you don't know, Gerorge Moore, Jack Reith. Not all of the subjects' lives had happy endings.

And don't forget he was involved with driver Vern Schuppan in an entry in the 1981 Indianapolis 500. Running a McLaren M24B, the team was comprised of a cross section of amatures, including team head John Sullivan.


They were dealing with various handling issues. On the last day, driver Schuppan said he couldn't drive the car 500 miles the way it sat. Horsman and Sullivan conferred and determined the key lay in the aerodynamics. Horsman whacked 4 inches off the rear wing trailing edge.

They qualifed 31st out of the 33 car field. During the race Schuppan was asked how is the car handling. Great was the reply. They finished third.