We should probably clarify some terms
Concours restorations are not for survivors
Concours restoration is the process or art of finely detailing the car to factory specifications and make it historically correct. Presumably for national show competition , but not always
In order to accomplish that you can not just clean up a few parts.
Once the engine has been changed to a different displacement there is no opportunity for concours
Thank You both very much for the reply.
This thread probably needs to be moved to the 1969 GT350/GT500 board.
My objective is to keep most aspects of this car as unchanged and original as possible, only cleaning, repainting and reinstalling what is necessary to keep it as mechanically sound as possible. Driving a true survivor may be great for shows, but it is not that much fun in the Texas summer at highway speeds when everything is coming apart and needing replacement.
My # matching 428 SCJ block and internal rotating assembly will remain on my bench until I get it in a machine shop for a full rebuild. I will keep this 427 beast in my car until I start the full rotisserie restoration which will not happen until next year sometime.
I'm finishing up the last month of a rotisserie Resto on my 69.5 Superbee 440+6 and this Shelby drives and looks too good to disassemble right now.
The goal is to replace all of the ugly, visually obvious, incorrect things under the hood such as the rusted hose clamps, ugly wiring, clean up the alternator and PS pump, brackets, etc... replace the 1/2" carb spacer with a 1" spacer for better heat dissipation, etc...
I prefer to not use any aftermarket replacement parts, keeping everything original, just remove the surface rust and oil grime and put back on.
My white interior is also original and I just bought new seat foam and will reuse the center section of the seat covers and have the side bolsters replaced as close as possible.
I was just hoping that, since most of my experience is with Mopars, some Shelby experts out there could lead me in the right direction under the hood with a few suggestions as to what they see
may already be wrong and need correcting.
Thanks again,