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5s087 photos from the Spring 1967

Started by Richstang, January 30, 2019, 12:21:57 PM

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Richstang

Some of you may enjoy this story I came across. Last night I was searching the web for photos from when Lance Reventlow occupied 1042 Princeton Drive (just before Shelby started building cobras there). A photo of what looked like a dark green 65 GT350 popped up. I followed the link to an acoustic guitar forum.

The following info was noted by "mdunn" the current owner; These photos were taken in the spring of 1967. The car is SN# 5s087 painted by the original owner dark metallic green to match his Oldsmobile convertible. 

Dunn was a student at the U of AZ. At the time, the GT350 owner lived in another apartment in his complex. The original owner was from PA and would drive it home in the summers. One fall, on the way back to AZ they ran into him in OK. Their route back to AZ took them through El Paso, TX. They decided to take a detour into Mexico looking for some provocative Mexican girls.

When the '65 GT350s lease ran out the original owner returned it to the dealer for a '68 GT350. The dealer's son was the next owner. He had it for a short time before Dunn acquired it. Dunn reported it is still that green metallic color to this day (posted 8/22/2016).

Also in the photo is another GT350 in the original white. It is SN# 5s222 owned by a fraternity brother of Dunn's. The Cobra was owned by another student John Hornberg. Hornberg's father was a Jaguar importer in the west.


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2112

Wow, Love that green.

Those guy's college experience was a stark contrast to my own.

acman63

did you send this info to the saac registrars>?
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Owner Shelby Parts and Restoration Since 1977

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CharlesTurner

Interesting that painting a car under lease was allowed??  Imagine doing a color change on a leased BMW these days... dealer would freak.
Charles Turner
MCA/SAAC Judge

Chad

Great pictures.  I would love to know what number the Cobra is!

Bigfoot

It does look good in the Black Jade kinda color.
Great photo find! Nice going.
RIP KIWI
RIP KIWI

Richstang

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Quote from: acman63 on January 30, 2019, 01:12:02 PM
did you send this info to the saac registrars>?

I'll go ahead and email this to Howard and Ned.
1967 Shelby Research Group 

www.1967ShelbyResearch.com
www.facebook.com/groups/1967shelbyresearch

1991-1993 SAAC MKI, MKII, & Snake Registrar

Richstang

Quote from: CharlesTurner on January 30, 2019, 01:43:38 PM
Interesting that painting a car under lease was allowed??  Imagine doing a color change on a leased BMW these days... dealer would freak.

That's the first thing I thought of as well. These days forget it.
1967 Shelby Research Group 

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stephen_becker

Are those Goodyear Speedway 350's on that 1966 car?

shelbydoug

Quote from: 2112 on January 30, 2019, 01:00:08 PM
Wow, Love that green.

Those guy's college experience was a stark contrast to my own.

One of my Professors was from Budapest, Hungary. He didn't particularly like us even though we could have been described as living the American dream?

The problem was that when you go to "University" in Europe (at least then, late '60s) students literally were starving. Here we were 'bitchin' about the cost of gas, how we were getting ripped off paying 49.9 for Super Shell. He didn't like us and really liked to show that.

Now there are two 289 Cobras that I know of that went to two of the biggest "party schools" in the country. UAz and U Miami.  One of the schools I applied to was Miami. The 'old man' saw right through that and it got the kabosh really really fast.
68 GT350 Lives Matter!

2112

Yeah, I did the European method.

For 8 long years.

deathsled

Lol!  I married the European method.  THREE TIMES!  And believe me, third time was not a charm.  I had fun however,   "Hearing the lamentation of their women."
"Low she sits on five spoke wheels
Small block eight so live she feels
There she's parked beside the curb
Engine revving to disturb
She's the princess from his past
Red paint gold stripes damned she's fast"

sfm5s081

5S081 here and I went to Univ of Arizona! Of course I didn't have my shelby then... But I did have a Toyota Supra Twin Turbo MKIV, the 90s hotrod back in the day at school. Good times

shelbydoug

Quote from: 2112 on January 30, 2019, 06:20:35 PM
Yeah, I did the European method.

For 8 long years.

I didn't know you were Hungarian?
68 GT350 Lives Matter!