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At The Planes Of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA

Saturday, Oct 9th - 5 till 10 PM



Experience the first live on-stage interview of Henry "The Hank" Williams: A TRUE legend, well known to the Ford - Shelby - Cobra racing industry.



Henry "The Hank" Williams will share his life experiences beyond the speedway in front of an exclusive live audience for the first time ever.
Come witness his stories of struggles, victories, and his journey to becoming one of the most famous and highly respected racers of all time: The Gentleman Racer.  This unique, untold story will inspire you and touch your heart in so many ways.

Quote from: Chris Thauberger on August 12, 2021, 10:03:09 AM
Caught up with a previous owner yesterday and he graciously offered this polaroid of my car circa 1975.

I have been searching for this image for a long time. That's a pair of dice by the lower scoop.

Great find. 

Cool!  Where was this held? 

Might want to 'pack' if you are visiting the city. 

Quote from: gt350shelb on July 20, 2021, 08:31:46 PM
I have had new cars with everything installed that would not roll /start / come out of gear/ and you could not release the parking brake   rendering them a very large paper weight  for 6 months .  This will be a disaster   FYI/  lets make the dealers store and build our cars  while they finance them on their floor plan . great

Exactly.....

Quote from: Dan Case on July 21, 2021, 07:10:51 AM

Quote from: Karguy on July 20, 2021, 11:38:53 PM
I've never seen one of those before, very cool. Does anyone know what the application was? Just an aftermarket accessory item? HM racing part?

Regular production option for 1963 Cobras with HP260 engine. Only a few ordered. Carried over into HP289 powered Cobras 1963-64. The only aluminum COBRA 4V model until fall 1964. Could be ordered into the CSX24xx chassis range.

The problem is they were made for 260 engines in terms of 1962 ideas of what a high performance intake was. The passages and ports were way too small for even a mild 289 engine. 

My notes indicate that this is the sixth (6th) one I have ever seen.  I came across the first example in 1986 and bought it. They were still available as an over the counter accessory in mid 1965. I have not seen one bolted to an engine yet.

Your wealth of knowledge is mind boggling. 

Quote from: Side-Oilers on July 14, 2021, 09:04:50 PM
So...how will they get all the non-running vehicles onto all of the trains and trucks, for delivery?  An extra thousand or so Teamsters to help push?

Might be hard to push/pull without dollies if the ECU controls putting the vehicle into neutral.

Quote from: shelbyhertz66 on June 26, 2021, 10:43:28 AM
Three things:
I hope the occupants were ok
I hope they had good insurance
I hope this vin does not end up on another car

I'm wondering if it wasn't in a structure fire and the building collapsed on it?

Quote from: Silver Bullitt on July 17, 2021, 01:16:55 AM
All these pictures were recently found in a garage. ..........
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Always great to uncover old never seen photos and share them! 

Good stuff.

Quote from: 1109RWHP on July 11, 2021, 11:47:14 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRNEL9YKOe0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSL-idWSLwY

Many of us that can not attend will be there in spirit. RIP

Wow, way too young and to lose such a great guy and enthusiast is so sad.  I only dealt with him one time and he was a stand up guy.

Condolences to the family who must be so grief stricken.

Quote from: poboy427 on June 25, 2021, 07:41:03 PM
The Bad Glass is in! Blocked sanded 1/4" off each side. Used a 10" block with 180 grit reg adhesive backed, auto body grade paper, and-zero heat generated. Slow and steady, mask and safety glasses. Most say it can't be done with tempered glass. 12 man hrs each side over the course of 6 days-2 guys and $25 worth of paper.

I realize it could explode any day. Not unheard of for tempered glass to fail after a repair. We had nothing to loose, non returnable and I never would have sold the glass. We looked for OEM and even a repo glass to no luck. One vendor would not ship, another would not measure their glass and supply is mostly back ordered. So we just jumped in with caution and a "what do we have to loose attitude".
Don't recommend anyone to do this.  I got lucky...so far. Next guy might not=Ray

Great attitude..... good luck.

Quote from: FL SAAC on June 24, 2021, 09:46:12 PM

Quote from: Rodster-500 on June 24, 2021, 09:20:16 PM
Next forum crash is right ahead of us.....

Please don't say that....

'Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.'