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Disclaimer: This is not a political thread, you want to discuss politics, go find another forum or thread to do so. This about a somber remembrance of what occurred 22 years ago this morning


Local station this morning played air traffic control, cockpit tapes, phone calls from some of the passengers, some I had never heard before, all of the emotions came flooding back at all once, the news of the first plane, all of the emergency equipment from further west of us, and then some filling the highway headed east that morning, the rising up of the columns of smoke that could be seen from our home 35 miles away, having to try and explain to our child that some of his friends parents would not be coming home, trying to wrap our head around it all, friends, business acquaintance, all gone in a moment. Being glued to the TV for days straight as more horrible news came in about the Pentagon and then Shanksville , PA . The feeling of being helpless, no matter where we went, or our we volunteered our time, or resourced. We cannot let any generation forget what happened this horrible day some 22 years ago. Literally, I had to pull over to the side of the road to gather myself as the tears burst forth......

We as a country, no, as a world, must put our differences aside and learn from this.

United we stand, divided we fail.


Edit to correct PA city that flight 93 crashed

Quote from: Doog 427 on August 28, 2023, 01:12:42 PM
Hi hope you are well

Looking for history or background on CSX 4242 please

Thank you
Steve

Sold in 2004 for $70,000 to a SAAC member

Then again for sale 2006 for $93,000
Shelby Cobra CSX4242. Built 5/20/02 by Bill Andrews HRE Motorcars
600 MILES
Fiberglass body with finished wheel well edges
427 Side Oiler Medium Riser built by Lawrence Racing Engines
10.25 to 1 compression
Pump Gas Suitable
Custom Headers and Side Pipes HPC Coated
4 speed Top Loader
3:73 Rear
Painted Vintage Red with extra clear coat, no stripe
Leather seats, door pockets, tonneau, and spats. Wool rugs, mats and trunk
15" Steering wheel
15" BFG Euro T/A Tires on Polished Trigo Pin Drive Wheels
Polished Stainless Steel Winged Knockoffs
Aluminum dress up kit
4 Piston Calipers with Vented Discs
Roll Bar with bracket and 2 shoulder harnesses
Oil Cooler and Fans
Fuel Cell
Electric Cutoff Switch
Plumbed for Fire System

527 HP @ 6000 RPM
522 LBS Torque @ 4400 RPM
Average HP 489.3
Average Torque 492.6

Built in the USA, future CSX 4000 Series cars are not from the USA

Why wait 6-8 months to build this car!

Quote from: Rodster-500 on September 08, 2023, 11:50:29 PM
22 pages of comments on the Future of the SAAC from 2018.

https://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=2344.0

Not sure how much has changed in 5 years.

   I do thank you for linking it, I had meant to in my opening post, but forgot to do so. I originally stayed out of the last thread unless I had something to respond to, as with this thread. I guess that is the difference for some of us, if we have something to contribute, we openly do, when and where we can. As the thread you linked, and history from then till now shows, some have a wealth of on topic knowledge in which they can still impart. Some are still here with us, others have long departed the earth, while others choose to leave the forum behind.
  To coin a phrase, often used by others more commercially educated than I am, that was now, and this is then, on the other side of the universe in terms of what has transpired since then. This goes for SAAC, the saacforum, with the Shelby world in general, and this is why I purposely did not resurrect that thread, and started a new one.


Bill

Quote from: Coralsnake on September 09, 2023, 08:36:11 AM
That is the most common place. It was a common practice at the NJ Assy plant

Yes, folded up in a tight little square with a piece of tape around it and holding it in place.

Bill S.

Quote from: 68stangcjfb on September 06, 2023, 08:10:23 AM
https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=1307978&cc=1377716&pt=8600&jsn=930&_nck=Ekt6BqBF1pwlXdx0gYlm1U17wbyQURW%2FJtcimnkkjpPvCpOUBflZuT3ZK04fYhcuDBv1UV5hzXTcAoSfo35W1Gfvt6q4ZMWy80wjjG%2BjzBpFpOivJyF%2FerBCjPO6q6jtdymaLJscxFxXZxSJzZ2YCTdr5Rv3bUI63bNHxwy0GVt%2FgMWncDehqJ%2FgWGf262qO7ifCMf6dJc6w0C1CSrR0C7affm96FMYzK5p5qG0b%2Bw2HlRN4Qmh6Pozg%2FEt%2BMOQY0yiiHkzVRw%2F20QtyG5EtWXQVWw9H%2BQgE23T643PHTgWp8HikEVIRs%2F7t6dg%2F9aslb3dYkbxz3fQGaKiAZaOegpE2xQ7ed15jilahutUXMb%2FnSiw8fELFag%3D%3D

Interesting, maybe I'll just suggest that they change it and not order new lines. God knows how long it has been there, but by the rest of the car, I'd say at least 10-15 years.

Bill S.

Quote from: 69 GT350 Vert on September 05, 2023, 07:21:53 PM
I had a C6 rebuilt by a shop that insisted I install one of those right after the rebuild.  They wanted me to run it for a month or so.

I can assume a filter of some type, this one has been installed on that car for 20+ years. I've got to order a set of new lines to fix it.


Bill

Ran across this on a 66 Mustang this afternoon. Can't say I've ever seen an inline filter for an automatic transmission. Looks like it has been on there for a long, long time.

Any experience with these?



Bill

Seems to me that years ago, during the saacforum 1.0 days, a question from management went something like this:

Do you like the direction SAAC has been going?

What changes would you like to see happen?

What would you leave the same?

Thanks in advance for your time in responding in a civil manner.


Bill

In search of 1969/70 Luke Bolton Ford (Plantation, Fl) memorabilia


Serious responses only please.

Bill

In search of 1969/70 Matthews Ford (West Palm Beach, Fl) memorabilia


Serious responses only please.

Bill

Great shot 


Bill

Quote from: shelbymann1970 on September 04, 2023, 07:26:39 AM

Quote from: Bill on August 31, 2023, 02:32:06 PM

Quote from: Special Ed on August 31, 2023, 01:57:35 PM
do they even make a white interior 69 shelby convertible diecast. May have to make a specialed special order run.

Not a 1969 per se, but a 70  . If you are going to have it custom painted, the stripes can be removed.


Grabber Orange "esq" (Peach State Edition) too. Ebay has several available, get it while you can.

It would have been nice if they did a 69 CJ Mach1 in red or a 69-70 GT350 vert  in red.

They do, https://www.ebay.com/itm/354922319455?hash=item52a304ce5f:g:trMAAOSwzw1ktf6o&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4KJosKcUqW%2Fxs%2FZMnhuY4r7KINttiznYNvaFXvoI8P3I45Gxr2xJprHz82iEuJxOYkyLndTYfmtuSyvaU8ioxRz3Z%2FeUvlHPF7jU1KQDLGNSTixBZaG453S0Lcc2WfNxJtyeOhB%2FfGbypdVjLTSCb87blUfL28WZB7z3Kmkik4hnulo%2FF0o6NTNN6mlBnOrssZvN7YFQXB0%2BbSO0%2FuO%2F4DfcaYg%2BapMwbNU8XBD%2FgEiQMDQ9Q5lLnHVBUt43qaTInkD0bvHkE47WJkudfRaF2WEjnd17TKxkulSKHTD2BAoe|tkp%3ABk9SR-ysx4vMYg

Quote from: JOHN LEMOINE on September 02, 2023, 09:38:10 PM
information for CSX 3116 PICTURES FROM THE PAST before you aquired it from the restoration shop in Georgia also have signed shirt by Carol Shelby with your car number on it .text me at 318 264 3975 if interested

Are you looking to sell them to the current owner, or give them to the current owner?


Bill

Quote from: Coralsnake on September 02, 2023, 06:43:33 PM
These photos were taken before AOSmith declined the contract to build the 1970 models. That was probably the most significant event in canceling the Shelby program.

I'm fanatical about the 69/70 Shelbys, and have owned more than my fair share of 71-73 Mustang convertibles and Mach I's, yet I could never get behind this specific car if it had come to fruition.


I suspect it would have turned off potential owners more than the Future Mustang fiasco that thankfully turned the Probe into a stand alone, instead of a replacement for the Mustang line.

Bill

Quote from: Coralsnake on September 01, 2023, 04:17:45 PM
Certainly has similarities to the 71 Shelby drawings from the same time frame

All of his have that same type of feel, but all are done from a hobbyist standpoint. Beautiful work just the same.


Bill