1966 Promotional Ford Shelby T-Bird

[silverton_ford]

Is anyone watching this?  It is bid up to $92,100.00 and still has a day to go!  Wow!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-Ford-Thunderbird-LANDAU/264079451335?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

[roddster]

  $92,000 plus, and think, there are nine more out there like it.......

[gt350hr]

Interesting photo

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/175640454202771678/

   Except that one is a '65.

[gt350hr]

IIRC, this car (and letter) or one like it was debunked in one of the old Shelby Americans.

   A similar letter was sent to the National Hot Rod Association , signed by CS himself stating that SAI "experimented with aluminum driveshafts" for '67 GT500s. BS from CS.

   ''Service" would have been done at HP Motors (IMHO) Not Santa Monica Ford ( on such a special vehicle)  I too believe it would have been sold through HP Motors. SAI only sold to dealers.
    Randy

[Coralsnake]

... when was the promotion?

It seems Mr Becker might have some insight? I think he posts on the forum.....

[greekz]

The family of a friend of mine supposedly had one of these.  I was a 1966 T-Bird, black, and I vaguely remember it having a HP Motors license plate frame.  I thought he was putting me on at the time, but now maybe not.  However, that was over 50 years ago.

Greek

[acman63]

you can never say never BUT  I asked the SAAC people that have all the records and paperwork and none ever have seen anything on this in any factory records.  Im guessing someone put a set of Cragar mags on it  from a 65 and the rest is history.

[Sfm6sxxx]

IIRC, this car (and letter) or one like it was debunked in one of the old Shelby Americans.

I dug out the Shelby American (#65) where this car and a similar letter were sent to CS and then to Kopec for the SAAC Mail Bag.  See scan. 
As I mentioned, they were debunked after CS, Al Dowd and Lew Spencer called BS. 
I guess the owner didn't like the answer and waited for CS to pass on in order to try and cash in.  You can say what you want if no one is there to deny it.  I know I bought my car because it came with a letter stating Steve McQueen was being pleasured by Angie Dickinson & Anne Margaret  while doing 198 miles per hour across the Golden Gate Bridge.
If someone is willing to pay that kind of coin for a Thunderchicken with Cragars, they deserve what they get.

[Sfm6sxxx]

... when was the promotion?

It seems Mr Becker might have some insight? I think he posts on the forum.....

The Flying Mullet?

[silverton_ford]

In the auction there is a letter addressed to Joel Werchowsky on October 4, 1982 from Carroll Shelby.   The address is 2915 Arglye Salem, Oregon.  This is probably the letter that SAAC debunked in SA # 65.

I live in Salem, OR.   Salem is located in Marion County.  I went to the Marion County Tax Assessor website map and looked up the property. 

The property has been owned by Mr. & Mrs. Callahan since 1979.   In the owner history section there is Mr. Hatteberg who sold it in 1979 and Mr & Mrs. Callahan who purchased it in 1979.  The Werchowsky name is not listed as owning the house at any time relevant to the date of the letter in the auction.  That doesn't prove that Joel Werchowsky didn't live there at some point, but I think it helps out the case of this being a phony story.

[Don Johnston]

Someone is going to be vary angry and disappointed when proper research is done.  Bidding has reached $155,300.00

Maybe Bill Cosby did a test drive in it too! 

[Coralsnake]

Unlikely the bid history is sketchy at best

[silverton_ford]

On a Thunderbird Facebook page one guy shared the window sticker.  (see attached).   Cool, but it doesn't show proof of any sort of promotion or there being 10 of them.

Interesting, not sure why the ebay ad doesn't have it.

[68stangcjfb]

It is a Brass Tag car so it must have been built for someone high up on the food chain. But you're right. no proof of a promotion or how many of them were built.

[Chris Thauberger]

Unlikely the bid history is sketchy at best

Plenty of new bidders with less than 3 bid history usually = shill bidding

I can hardly wait for the law suit