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« Reply #30 on: June 23, 2020, 11:41:08 AM »
  I still get those comments because "all" Shelbys had roof stripes according to those experts that don't own one.
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« Reply #31 on: June 23, 2020, 02:41:08 PM »
  I still get those comments because "all" Shelbys had roof stripes according to those experts that don't own one.

I'm confused by your statement. Are you saying that your car has LeMans stripes but not on the roof? Or are you saying that there are no Lemans stripes on the car at all?
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« Reply #32 on: June 23, 2020, 03:48:23 PM »
    Doug ,
  Reply 26 no roof stripes. Lesser informed individuals are not aware that roof stripes were an option.
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« Reply #33 on: June 23, 2020, 07:17:44 PM »
    Doug ,
  Reply 26 no roof stripes. Lesser informed individuals are not aware that roof stripes were an option.

Well I'm in the less informed group on this one. Live and learn I suppose?
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« Reply #34 on: June 23, 2020, 10:43:30 PM »
It’s interesting a Mustang with stripes gets mistaken as a Shelby and a Shelby without stripes is mistaken as a Mustang. 

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« Reply #35 on: June 23, 2020, 10:47:00 PM »
It’s interesting a Mustang with stripes gets mistaken as a Shelby and a Shelby without stripes is mistaken as a Mustang.

Oh, so true! 8)

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« Reply #36 on: June 23, 2020, 10:47:37 PM »
It’s interesting a Mustang with stripes gets mistaken as a Shelby and a Shelby without stripes is mistaken as a Mustang.

 :o ::) ???

Thanks for the laugh!
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« Reply #37 on: June 24, 2020, 12:40:20 PM »
It’s interesting a Mustang with stripes gets mistaken as a Shelby and a Shelby without stripes is mistaken as a Mustang.

      That was my point on reply 30. Because I do not have roof stripes I get all kinds of comments. One "helpful Shelby historian" asked why I didn't have roof stripes but had gone to so much trouble "to make one". I showed him the original invoice to Hertz and asked where the charge for the roof stripes was. His comment then was "Oh I've never seen an original invoice and wouldn't know where to look". This actually happened at the Santa Monica pier show.
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« Reply #38 on: June 24, 2020, 08:49:51 PM »
It’s interesting a Mustang with stripes gets mistaken as a Shelby and a Shelby without stripes is mistaken as a Mustang.

      ... "Oh I've never seen an original invoice and wouldn't know where to look"

maybe, "Not much" of a historian? ???
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« Reply #39 on: June 24, 2020, 10:52:04 PM »
Color does matter.  When I was buying my first "expensive" collector car I really wanted a red car and I got my 68 GT500 convertible in red.  Now 15 years later, when I but a cool car, I want anything but a red.  In fact, I won't even consider a red car so color matters to me.

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Re: Does Color Matter $$
« Reply #40 on: June 25, 2020, 12:16:23 PM »
     Car shows are FULL of Shelby historians!! Most of them own GT350 hardtops. You know the ones with the "Shelby drop" suspension and LeMans stripes.
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« Reply #41 on: June 25, 2020, 12:34:01 PM »
I do know them... The ones that have SHELBY sun visor stickers across their windshields.  ;D

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Re: Does Color Matter $$
« Reply #42 on: June 26, 2020, 08:53:49 AM »
Yup, you heard of McDonald's?

We consider those McTacky....simply horrendous

Left out the most important thing, also installed a top loader 4 speed, those were things that mattered to me.
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« Reply #43 on: June 26, 2020, 10:41:06 AM »
  Florida is a breeding ground for them. ;)
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« Reply #44 on: June 26, 2020, 11:04:56 AM »
So we hear, powerful  !

  Florida is a breeding ground for them. ;)
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