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Ahhh - Blue Dots 
Thanks for posting

Please send my congratulations to Paul ! This is one bruddah that I would love to talk story.
Wishing we all can be this healthy and positive at 100!

Quote from: FL SAAC TONY on August 30, 2018, 08:52:25 PM
boom shakalaka boom....max

I have never seen this canon on a Get Smart car before. Was this installed for the TV series? Or was it to get slow drivers (like me) out of the way during a SAAC convention parade laps.   

Mark;
thanks for posting your restoration pictures and keeping us arm chair restorers wanting more.
And those header pictures are fantastic  haha

You might be the spark that lights this young guys enthusiasm for everything automotive. Most of all our GT350's. Maybe you can get him to join SAAC     Guys his age in our club maybe rarer than finding an NOS date code correct Blue Dot. 

Quote from: Don Johnston on August 22, 2018, 10:13:20 PM
Also great that they appreciated your ride and had vague familiarity as to what it is.  Obviously they researched the competition.

Even though I know what the response will be, I show the millennials i work with a picture (they don't have the patience to look at more than one) of a 1965 GT350 and many say that "My grandpa had a one". When I try to explain that back in the day, car makes had different performance versions, their eyes glaze over and start to look at their iPhones. This is what to expect from a guy born in 1992 (yipes ! haha) in a time when there are not Prius GT's or 'R' models, 

Sorry, my bad for the pre / post timeline mix up and thanks for sharing the early pics too.

Even though I never (or will) owned an original Ford GT, that sound of Detroit V8 power roaring through a bundle of snakes exhaust is something that is as an integral part of the cars mystique as its looks and history.
Not so sure that the Eco boost V6 will ever have that of type allure.

Quote from: 2112 on August 22, 2018, 09:44:04 PM
Are you wrong au' contraire, you are spot-on.

Way to represent!

+1

Thanks for keeping us up to date FL SAAC TONY. 700HP and a roll cage for the street? The question now is - will they make an "R" model spec version for those who want a real beast to get their Big Mac's      

Thanks Richstang for the reply. I guess this nose configuration was "Pre" crash haha.

Ok,  Cobra experts, I posted pics of one of my favorite 2000 series cars, thinking it was CSX2196 the "Flip Top" cobra. It has the nose section and exhaust that seems to match what I believe is the CSX2196.  But now I am wondering if I have the right car.  Can someone confirm for me that it is that car being unloaded at the SA race shop. Also, all the current pics of this car shows a different nose / front fender configurations than the pics i posted. Are the ones I posted early or prototype or what. Personally , I like this version. Thanks for some help.
Also, what is the story behind the use of the "special aluminum" 390ci FE. Why not go straight to the 427. Was the decision based on class engine size rules?