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The 2 lane road through Oatman was Route 66 from when it opened until 1956 - 30 years. It was pretty much a dead town when 66 was designated having had a major fire a couple years before and the most of the mines closing. At the height of the depression LAPD sent officers to the borders to turn people back. It was called the "bum blockade". NO STATE RELIEF FOR NON RESIDENTS - my how times have changed.
Our Model A Club goes to Laughlin NV (if you liked Vegas in the 50-60s you'll love Laughlin). They do a poker run that ends in Oatman. You do have to time your arrival so you don't arrive while they have the only paved street through town shut down for their twice a day 20 minute show/gunfight.

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0261897,-114.3834472,3a,90y,353.94h,85.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTZad-Buxl3DmT5yNq9AhcA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?authuser=0&entry=ttu

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Yes windage tray.
Probably an owner "upgrade" on the core plugs - https://fortesparts.com/product/ford-performance-parts-threaded-freeze-plug-kits/

Quote from: SCJSTU on April 01, 2024, 07:46:31 PMI would question why someone would want to restomod a nice car

Selling price. There are a lot of deep pockets at BJ every year willing to drop $250-400K on their teenage dream car with a modern driveline. A GT500 Restomod will bring a lot more $$ than one with aftermarket FG, non matching engine/trans & repro parts. Sure you can source originals but when you get done your cost will exceed value.

We all know that CS first approached GM for Corvette engines to drop into the AC. Is this the reason he went there first?

Scaglietti Corvette

In 1959, a Texan oil well drilling contractor named Gary Laughlin wondered if it would be possible to create a vehicle with Italian design characteristics using the chassis and engine components from an American car like the Corvette. To oversee this creation, he enlisted the help of car constructer Jim Hall and race car driver Carroll Shelby, whom he was good friends with, to assist with the engineering of the project and, after their efforts, each man was to receive their own Corvette custom made to their liking. Thus, the trio managed to get three rolling Corvette chassis off of the production line and arranged to have them shipped to Modena, Italy. There, with the help of Road & Track correspondent Pete Coltrin, they managed to get in touch with Italian coachbuilder Sergio Scaglietti, famous for his design work on Ferrari road cars at the time. Scaglietti agreed to create and fit a new lightweight aluminium body to each car in secret, as Enzo Ferrari reportedly threatened to cancel Scaglietti's partnership with him after learning of the project. The resulting Scaglietti Corvette ended up weighing roughly 400 lbs less than any other Corvette at the time.
Each of the three cars assembled were unique for each owner:
Car #1, originally for Laughlin, was finished in red. It used a slightly different body to accommodate for an existing Corvette front grille. It originally came with a 283 cu in V8 with 315 hp and a four-barrel carburetor, mated to a 2-speed automatic transmission.
Car #2, originally for Hall, was finished in blue. This version had a body more closely resembling the Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta LWB. It came with the same carbureted V8 and automatic transmission as Car #1.
Car #3, originally for Shelby, was finished in red. This model was somewhat unique as though it used a similarly designed body to Car #2, it was the only model fitted with fuel-injection and a Borg-Warner 4-speed manual transmission. Unlike the other two members of the project, Shelby never took delivery of his car, citing that it was too expensive for his purposes for it.
However, the Scaglietti Corvette was not without its issues. Though conceived in 1959, the final projects wouldn't be completed and shipped back to the US until 1961, by which time it became clear that the aluminum bodies, though much lighter, had caused dramatic effects to the Corvette's chassis, resulting in dangerous front end lift at high speeds. Coupled with legal pressure from General Motors and Enzo Ferrari to put an end to production, and the Scaglietti Corvette project would be forever cemented as only a concept. However, many ideas from the car would prove inspirational, leading Jim Hall to found his Chevrolet-powered Chaparral racing team and Carroll Shelby to revisit the idea of a European-American sports car with the AC Cobra.

Quote from: davez on April 01, 2024, 12:57:54 PM
The African safari 350. Decaled up to look like a Zebra. 

From Shelby's years in Africa after his Ford contract ended.

I think the first April Fools cover was the Thurman Munsen (?) Cobra also on one of the Marque's I think it was a color cover.

Just found this one - not a Kopec but ranks right up there with Blinker Fluid and Muffler Bearings.

I'm sure this PSA will have your auto parts store running short so give them a call to order yours ASAP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMapKS5ax3o

Quote from: Bill on April 01, 2024, 12:16:55 PMTaxes on antique automobiles 

He claims he quit doing 4-1 gags after that one. He said he could never top it. All the previous ones paled in comparison and have fallen by the wayside.

NYTimes archive - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/83385/pages/spoof-new-york-times-page-p1-large.gif?ts=1608134169321

Here it is memorialized by Hemmings - https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2011/04/06/shelby-americans-april-fools-fools-the-world

Reading Snake Bite Bulletins are worth doing just for the Howard Pardee ads. One would believe that Howard was the world's authority on Cushman motor scooters among other things.
When the Aids crisis hit Kopec printed up some envelopes with an Aids Test Results return address. When you held it up to the light you could read "positive". The guy who was equipment manager for the LA Rams got one at work. Everyone had a great laugh.

Quote from: Don Johnston on March 31, 2024, 05:50:26 PMAfter the first year that Shelby's team took over we stopped attending due to comments previously posted about the switch from SAAC operating the event.

It became a profit center rather than a fun gathering of fans.......

Quote from: Side-Oilers on March 31, 2024, 03:10:51 PMBrett, are you referring to Richie Cline? He was a high-up guy at Imperial Palace, not Caesar's. 

You're right. Don't know why Caesar's popped into my head they didn't have a car collection. It had been a joint venture between the owners of the Sands and Imperial. I think when Cline got the boot they decided to sell and that's when Brunton Smith stepped in and bought them out.

Quote from: gt350shelb on March 30, 2024, 08:59:43 AMhe is busy with his new racecar

You need to do some homework on the Arfon brothers. Crude - yes, successful - yes, true hot rod heroes - yes   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7BS64iTI_0

Quote from: owenkelley on March 30, 2024, 04:51:05 PMThe old SAAC Does Vegas meets were a blast. Back in those days all there was were the original classic Shelbys,

Lots of politics when CS took over SAAC does Vegas. CS was in Vegas - that was the prison years when he had inmates building the cars. He was in the building by the track. That was a sweetheart deal. The GM of Caesar's Palace built the place and let him move in with a startup loan. The problem arose when the GM who was married to the owner of CP daughter got divorced and he was out on his ear. CS was in default on the note he has secured with the Coupe. CP took the Coupe and CS had to do a lot of fancy footwork to get it back. He was the Shelby GT there and as he grew he demanded that SAAC give him the Vegas event. He had his employees working alongside the SAAC volunteers learning how to do the event. None of them were happy with their added duties and no extra $. TS which is now an inhouse marketing arm rather than a true club and lacks the comradery of a SAAC event. Since there are 100,000+ of the "new" Sheblys it means they don't need many repeat customers for a successful event.

Quote from: ChicagoChris on March 30, 2024, 12:37:21 PM..... comment of 'I'm not going to hurt your fancy car' was met with "I know your not."  I call car show damage "avoidable accidents" and don't mind if I offend folks who don't respect other people's property.

COCOA was invited to do an inside carshow at Montclair Plaza. Jim and Cheryl Wallace brought their 1 of 12 Ferrari RHD 275 GTC LeMans car. He looked over and a guy had come inside the ropes and was watching his his kid play vroom vroom in the drivers seat. I was impressed the guy didn't leave by ambulances. Jim walked up to him and complimented him on the car. He said "oh it's not mine". Which was the perfect opening line for the tirade on respecting peoples property that followed. I'm certain the kid learned a lesson that his parent's hadn't taught him.

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/mo21/monterey/lots/r0177-1966-ferrari-275-gtb-competizione-by-scaglietti/1133313

Quote from: Don Johnston on March 29, 2024, 09:18:27 PMIt has never been convient for me to attend, though I have thought of it

I've been a couple times with a friend who was an invited guest. I wouldn't spend my own money to attend.

You can join Auto Club without their insurance. Their Plus level ($88) gets you 100 miles - Premier 200 (once) then 100 mile.
Standard membership only gets you 7 miles. We've had Auto Club for years just for the DMV services and never used our towing.
Sometimes when you get towing with your insurance you have to pay then submit your bill for reimbursement.

Quote from: Don Johnston on March 29, 2024, 01:47:38 AM
Team Shelby event: https://www.shelbystore.com/product-p/z79-bash24-ticket.htm

Thanks I'll pass - $765 to participate in everything. I won't even do their "shop tour" to watch guys swap parts on cars for $59.