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Re: Random car pictures
« Reply #285 on: February 10, 2018, 08:45:24 AM »
5S399  John Tunstall driving  SE division  with 1966 updates for the season  this vehicle went on to win the SE divisional  championship in 1974
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Re: Random car pictures
« Reply #286 on: February 10, 2018, 08:49:54 AM »
5S399 at the runoffs at VIR with Joe Jenkins driving

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Re: Random car pictures
« Reply #287 on: February 10, 2018, 10:02:45 AM »


Well, its not a 1968  ;D
Pete, I'm not too familiar with details, but what are the details that don't make it an actual 68? I seen the marker lights on the quarter and assumed a 68. The photo is somewhat blurry. Tell me what you see.
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« Reply #288 on: February 10, 2018, 11:35:11 AM »
Pete has all the details, but basically that is a '67 Mustang mocked up to look like the upcoming '68 Shelbys. Print collateral and marketing materials had to be created before actual production began, so prototypes like this were created so that photographs could be taken.

Just for added context, I will post he entire ad. This is the left hand spread, that contained the Shelby.

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« Reply #289 on: February 10, 2018, 11:38:27 AM »
and here is the right hand spread.

This appeared in a 1968 edition of Fortune magazine, an oversized business mag.

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Re: Random car pictures
« Reply #290 on: February 10, 2018, 11:47:25 AM »
Correct, technically it is a 1967 Shelby dressed to look like the new 1968 Shelbys....

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Re: Random car pictures
« Reply #291 on: February 10, 2018, 03:25:28 PM »
Ok, so still, what do you physically see that makes it a 67? that's what I meant, what is the tell-tell item that shows it's 67 status.

I'm not as up on ID of detail items as you guys are, I'm just learning. I seen the marker lights on the quarter panel and front fender and assumed it was a 68.

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Re: Random car pictures
« Reply #292 on: February 10, 2018, 07:14:50 PM »
It isn't what is seen, it is what is documented. It is essentially a '67 "engineering car". I don't know the serial number. I'd have to ask Dave Mathews.
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« Reply #293 on: February 10, 2018, 07:29:12 PM »
One of the outward signs that it is a '67 are those ten spoke wheels - those fit over the '67 disc brakes but would have not cleared the larger '68 discs.

Essentially all of the production '68s came with steel wheels and hubcaps, except a handful (3?) that were exported.

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Re: Random car pictures
« Reply #294 on: February 10, 2018, 07:52:15 PM »
One of the outward signs that it is a '67 are those ten spoke wheels - those fit over the disc brakes.

Essentially all of the production'68s came with steel wheels and hubcaps, except a handful (4?) that were exported.

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10 spokes fit 68s with a small modification. I never saw any paper work stating the issue but it is likely that it was Ford who didn't want to warranty that?
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Re: Random car pictures
« Reply #295 on: February 11, 2018, 01:18:45 AM »
I'd like to know the story behind this photo. It looks like the bowling ball bag was the only survivor.


Good chance it was the results (what is left of the car) after the rescue or removal of the passengers and driver not what it looked like after the crash.  Have done similar on a number of  occasions. If you notice the picture is staged - doors nicely stacked up to the side, roof not in the picture, indication the car may have been pretty rusty in areas


If this is a result of an impact or car wreck  the possible age of the picture may suggest that it was taken before fire departments started using tools like the Hurst "Jaws of Life"  In some locals in those days guys would connect wreckers to panels and parts and ripe the car apart on scene ::)  Not something I ever took part of
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Re: Random car pictures
« Reply #296 on: February 11, 2018, 09:33:10 AM »
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love this picture shows what was happening in the 70s look at the mud flaps, the wheels personalized with red on the inserts and the fashion that was being worn.....kool
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« Reply #297 on: February 12, 2018, 07:55:26 AM »
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« Reply #298 on: February 12, 2018, 08:01:39 AM »
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Re: Random car pictures
« Reply #299 on: February 12, 2018, 09:18:33 AM »
 ^^^   RAEY|DOOG tires?   ;D

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