I came across these while cleaning out my Uncles attic and wanted to share with the group. The last pic is of some clear stickers and a stub from a race at MIS in 68’
I’ve already posted them on the GT 40 forum for the guys over there.
Couple more
Mustangs.
Thomas, thanks for posting ! great images, some I've seen before, and some are new to me. did your uncle work for Ford ?
Mike
Quote from: honker on July 18, 2019, 08:03:56 PM
Thomas, thanks for posting ! great images, some I've seen before, and some are new to me. did your uncle work for Ford ?
Mike
Mike,
Yes, he was involved in Ford racing in the 60's.
(//)You ever thing, darn I wish they made that car also?
Quote from: 67 GT350 on July 18, 2019, 09:37:07 PM
(//)You ever thing, darn I wish they made that car also?
I'm not sure what the black two door is, but it's a great looking car.
Quote from: Thomas on July 18, 2019, 09:47:11 PM
Quote from: 67 GT350 on July 18, 2019, 09:37:07 PM
(//)You ever thing, darn I wish they made that car also?
I'm not sure what the black two door is, but it's a great looking car.
Bordinat designer for Ford did this alternate body for the Cobra, Bordinat Cobra CSX3001 design study. There were two cars one was the Cougar II, the other was a convert not sure what the other name was or which was which. Jeff Burgy long time (SAAC member) knows about the cars.
http://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=3854.0
The Cougars at a recent show, I think there was a thread on forum 1 about these two cars, by some one here who was involved with them ? Might have been Jeff Burgy as mentioned by JD.
It was quite small compared with the other two, in this photo taken at Ford Styling.
Mike
(photo:conceptcarz.com)
Lou Costablile shot some video of the Cougar II and the Bordinat Cobra recently -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm_xlyhkZX0
- Phillip
Yes, it was Jeff Burgy who confirmed the identities of both Bordinat cars. The red Cougar II is Cobra chassis CSX 2008, while the light green car os CSX 3001.
Hello all. While digging thru the attic again, I was able to find another stack of old ford racing pictures from the 60's timeframe.. Maybe some of you history buffs will be able to identify some of the cars and people in the pictures.
1st group
2nd group
3rd group
4th group
5th group
Very cool pictures. Thank you for sharing them.
Awesome
In post #11 there is this picture of cars along with drivers. The same picture appeared in a two-page advertisement in the April 1967 Car and Driver. I've scanned the ad and at the bottom, the drivers and their cars are identified.
Thomas, thank you for posting these fantastic pictures! I am struggling to decide if the coolest is this picture, the Mustang and Cougar Prototypes or the Ford GT at LeMans in the rain taken from the air?
Jeff
To have all those cars together in one place is feat uppon itself, with drivers, mind boggling at the logistics and visceral intensity. Any thing today would be photoshopped and unbelievable...
Thomas (or anyone on the forum) do you know where this picture of the assembled Ford race cars was taken?
TJ, I agree, how they got all those drivers and cars together is quite amazing.
Jeff
JWH, looking at the grading at the sides of the track, wild guess Riverside ???? It's more likely that all those cars and drivers
would be on the West coast (California)
I've included a pic of a Mustang parade lap at the '68 Riverside Trans-Am race for comparison.
Mike
Here's a front view of the same Ford Ad on Ford Images. You can see more area on the side off the track.
https://fordimages.archivea.com/perl/options.pl?imageID=12791&ckon=thumb&sessionID=8718666cded5f6f55c8b715145da33bf
Quote from: honker on October 21, 2019, 12:15:11 PM
JWH, looking at the grading at the sides of the track, wild guess Riverside ???? It's more likely that all those cars and drivers
would be on the West coast (California)
I've included a pic of a Mustang parade lap at the '68 Riverside Trans-Am race for comparison.
Mike
That is #875 on the inside row, 3 cars back.
Here is the text blurb that goes with that drag snowmobile/'69 XR-7 Cougar photo that Thomas posted.
Darn thing was designed by Larry Shinoda - no wonder it looks so cool.
This is from the July 1969 issue of Hot Rod magazine.
- Phillip
(http://www.saacforum.com/gallery/134-211019204553.jpeg)
Quote from: honker on October 21, 2019, 12:15:11 PM
JWH, looking at the grading at the sides of the track, wild guess Riverside ???? It's more likely that all those cars and drivers
would be on the West coast (California)
I've included a pic of a Mustang parade lap at the '68 Riverside Trans-Am race for comparison.
Mike
Man, what a great picture. Thanks Mike!
What a super cool vintage 69 photo.
Just look at the boys and the way they're in AW over the sno drag. The younger boy would be about 7-8 yrs old, exactly same age I was in 1969.
Priceless
Cool pics,thanks for sharing. It'd be neat to get who ever is left to sign the pic with all the different drivers.