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Up For Auction / Re: Ten Spokes - 1966 Gt350
« on: March 18, 2024, 08:40:48 AM »
No kidding, crazy town on the price. Originals are getting tough to find though anymore. Sort of interesting since 66 ten spokes used to be much more easily obtained. Used to feel like there was always a set or two floating around for sale.

I have a nicer set than what is listed which I would sell for a more reasonable price if anyone out there is looking. It is a full set of 5, too.

Kind regards,
Vern

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Up For Auction / Re: HERTZ Sports Car Club Jacket Yellow - Medium
« on: March 16, 2024, 06:09:50 PM »
Not implying this is the jacket by any means but wasn't one of these stolen out of someones car not to long ago while its was on display.

Wasnt it a garment bag that got stolen? Or did the garment bag have a jacket inside it?

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Up For Auction / Re: HERTZ Sports Car Club Jacket Yellow - Medium
« on: March 15, 2024, 10:17:38 AM »
I personally dont see anything about the offered jacket which leads me to believe that its anything but authentic...the price is pretty looney but the jacket itself looks legit to me.

I once found a perfect one of these in my grandpa's attic...he wasn't much of a "car guy" but i guess he must have rented something in the hertz sports car club at some point. He had passed before I had found the jacket.

Kind regards,
Vern

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Figured I'd have a little fun and listing a piece of memorabilia on BaT. 

Feel free to take a gander at the below link!



https://bringatrailer.com/listing/cobra-chassis-instruction-manual/

Kind regards,
Vern

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Shelby American Racing / Re: Group II Mustang - Race
« on: March 01, 2024, 02:01:01 PM »
The Group 2 cars have always sort of been snubbed by people saying "they aren't a Shelby, they are a Mustang".

Yes, they were classified as a Ford Mustang because Ford wanted to win the Trans Am series...but pretty much everyone still considers the cars Shelby products...which is why they are in the registry.

They are such a vastly misunderstood Shelby product. Mechanically identical to an R Model in a different bodystyle, twice as rare, and in some ways more extreme while in other ways less extreme in their modifications.  The entire program for the Group 2 cars was done in house by SAI and specifically Chuck Cantwell from start to finish...ordered by SAI, delivered to SAI, sold by SAI, supported by SAI..... point being, it's technically true that Ford didn't want the cars to appear as Shelbys and be referred to in that manner.....but the only reason Ford had to go out of their way to insist on that is because they WERE Shelby products.

Whatever someone wants to call them is cool, I've just always been bothered (even before owning one) that people are so quick to say "they arent Shelbys". They are. In my opinion, they are more "Shelby" than any Shelby American produced street car made from 1962-67. (insert sound effect of can of worms opening)

Kind regards,
Vern

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Up For Auction / Re: Last first gen GT350 up for auction
« on: February 20, 2024, 10:32:20 AM »
I will not comment on the current $263k bid or what the car is or is not. That train is on autopilot  :D

I will comment that I am surprised that nobody on BaT (or here) has researched the BaT seller. His history with the Cunningham LeMans Corvette, Key Bank and NextGear financial judging by a simple Google search and what was published in many articles in Sports Car Market by Legal Files columnist John Draneas is interesting reading.

Certainly I'd suggest the winning bidder, if there is one, complete this transaction with a trusted escrow service. Which, is good advice with any high dollar car from an unknown seller, right?

Attached is a screenshot from one of the SCM articles. Also, since the seller owned this GT350 prior to these proceedings, was it declared as an asset? If not would the creditors have a claim to the car or sale proceeds? I'm not an attorney but it seems maybe that's a question one would ask.

Should be a fascinating and entertaining conclusion in any event!
I'm impressed you found out so much. I see the seller. A private seller so how did you find out who he was? Dealers are easy for the most part. Kudos on your sleuthing.

Lots of us have plenty to say on the subject.

No interest in wasting time on BaT trying to educate the sheep though.  Been there, done that..not worth the grief.

Best of luck to the winning bidder. Life is all about the journey..Hope his/hers is a smooth journey from here on out.


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Up For Auction / Re: Illuminated Hertz GT350H Sign on B.A.T.
« on: January 31, 2024, 03:24:03 PM »
I made a somewhat brief comment on the auction because I don't wanna go out of my way to cast doubt on someone's object if I dont KNOW that it's a made up deal...but there are many aspects of the sign that sort of raise an eyebrow or two given the seller's claim that it is an original 1966 produced sign.

Just as with the cars...lots of wiggle room here via semantics but the implication made by the seller thus far is clearly that the sign was used at a Hertz desk in 1966 and has always had the GT350H verbiage on it.

Meh...like I said, I can't say for certain that it wasn't...but I have serious doubts.

Kind regards,
Vern

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I shared an article. I put no comment up about it personally. Someone else on this thread believes that I think the sky is falling. I never said that. I never said anything. I simply shared an article.

Post corrected ;)

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Just to be clear........


I'm falling on the knife for you all and offering BIG money currently on great cars.  I'm calling it the "END OF TIMES BUY BACK BLOWOUT EVENT"!!


Hagerty is totally correct..... THE SKY IS FALLING.


Get out NOW.... I'll take the LOSS for you!


This offer even applies to original Cobras, 65 GT350s, GT40s etc etc...... the bigger the value the bigger the potential loss now that the world is coming to an end! Get rid of em while someone (me) wants to buy them!


Wish there was a little emoji I could insert here of a guy laughing himself out of his chair.   

Nonsense articles written about the general market which is made up mostly of mediocre/subpar cars. Mediocrity has been selling for too much for the last 10 years...everyone in the business knows it. And many dealers exclusively deal in mediocrity and are benefited by the wild swings.  Sell it for too much today to an enthusiast who doesnt know his head from a hole in the ground...buy it back a few years later for much less...rinse, repeat.

The great stuff hasn't seen much if any change from the last few years and I highly doubt it will outside of a sizable macro economic event. Even in that case, just as it always has been in the past, that event would be temporary.

In closing.... always best to throw in the mix that classic cars are not great investments. You should buy them simply because you love the cars. At BEST, they are a good place to "Park" cash....but they aren't "investments" contrary to the information which sources like Hagerty are constantly cramming down the hobby's throat. 

Kind regards,
Vern


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Hey guys,

Looking for a couple good cars for a couple good clients.

Not looking to buy cheap. Happy to pay significant finders fees for information leading to the purchase of good cars.

Please reach me PRIVATELY via cell or email below.

Kind regards,
Vern

cell- 913 six8seven 1 six six 8

vestes85 @ GMAIL (.) COM

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Wanted to Buy / Re: Wanted: 65 Steering wheel and horn button
« on: January 06, 2024, 01:56:53 PM »
Not intending to complicate things but there are at least 2 versions of the 15” slotted wheel. A thin wood grip and a thicker wood grip.

Also not looking to complicate things...but people should be careful about "thicker wood grip versions"... yes there was an original produced with thinker wood rim but it is still "thinner" than any repop ever made. Has a different "dish" to the wheel as well...among many other differences.


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Hey Guys,

Broadway stuff can be tough to find so posting this in the hopes that someone with a Broadway delivered car might like to have it. Broadway was KC's only Shelby dealer from 65-67...quite a few cars were delivered there although finding dealer emblems from them can be tough.  No affiliation with the seller..

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115950576544?hash=item1aff3163a0:g:fOsAAOSw07tlNbiG&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8L%2FElMnDAKCR5Du%2BiBpvaQLZ8fNwqWvYlpe1PdKyyM2D6YbCeTWMZP%2BY%2BhVTrWH26aYekzLIaamUtWrngurIRlBaZI3mSpJtllKmMONHRChvzX2WRQVdZFtgMQMfmdKW5itYO0uc%2BWx6grm8hrIWJleZNvZ3aUkJ05sq%2FSP%2BAksNUP%2BVeYh31Tsl86vl5nZzOnifK9K5icnGKU1qQ72Q0B18AnIAjxDh3IgZkqB83CiND1SEag3Hij63ZG%2FNaDiHBTiK8kcST6zHeGJVDsE%2BNeytzsykUBetpkDM9TJx8vzcm%2BH%2FMq6%2FOYKxD8AUZaTJ8w%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR57cpuOXYw

Kind regards,
Vern

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Wanted to Buy / Re: Movable Lift
« on: December 23, 2023, 01:55:14 PM »
Advantage Lifts are great if you want all the bells and whistles... my father has one and its a pretty incredible thing in terms of build quality.

That said, just throwing this out there...but theres nothing wrong with the typical chinese lift.....and most of the lifts you are going to buy (with very few exceptions) are going to be coming from China regardless of the extensive marketing attempts by the part of these lift companies to make you think otherwise.

The Chinese stuff certainly serves a purpose and works fine....there ARE different levels of quality and features from these international products also.

Kind regards,
Vern

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1965 GT350/R-Model / Re: original hipo lid or not ?
« on: December 20, 2023, 10:22:26 PM »
I’ll add that hole size for the stud is an easier tell than the contours when photo angles can make seeing the profiles of the lid contours difficult.

Looks like the real McCoy to me

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Up For Auction / Re: Car advertized as "True 1965 Shelby GT350..."
« on: December 19, 2023, 10:24:55 AM »
1 of 1 production 65 GT350 ever made with rocker trim and standard shock tower braces, obviously


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