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Too late. We are already have been Californicated. We even have our own moonbeam. Moonbeam Inslee. You will see more of him as he runs for POTUS on the Carbon tax to fix Climate Change platform.

Quote from: gt350cs on May 02, 2018, 02:36:10 PM
Side-Oilers,

That most definitely describes the current condition of California! It's time to stop the MADNESS!!!!

And Washington.

Our loons copy everything your loons do.   

^^^^ 😂

The unnumbered cars were stashed away with all the 427 prototypes that ended up being released thru backdoor channels.

Quote from: Dizzy on May 01, 2018, 07:16:15 PM
I have ZERO knowledge about this train accident that involved Shelby produced cars. That being said,I can only offer my own experience with insurance salvage and the amount of theft involved. In the Chicago area I worked with the Dealers Transport operation at 130th / Torrence which was very near Chicago assembly plant....they drove from the plant to the shipping yard. That shipping yard handled many Ford vehicles,from train to truck. The Ford dealer I worked at from '66 / '80 had a contract to repair damage in transit. That included thefts ( most common) and damage during transit. Many high performance cars were vandalized while in transit ( which included storage for weeks in large storage/holding lots) Black market for am-fm radios,4 speed trans,wheels/tires ,etc was at a peak then. We would take the damaged vehicle (usually Mustang,Fairlane,etc) back to our dealer and order anything /everything needed to put it back to "original". See any flaws with this yet? As with any theft and insurance claim there were those that "padded" the repair estimate....yes,people lie. I dealt with same insurance adjusters for many years that were crooked as they come. Railroad salvage companies added to the payoffs and false claims and special railroad detectives (also known for taking a little cash under the table.......
When a BIG claim happened (like Shelby cars,not cases of pickles) the politics took over. First boss on the scene made the call for "clean up" and inventory recording. Depending on the cargo (tv sets and liquor were in big demand for their resale value) the little guys were pushed aside by the big money guys. The story of a car being buried is ridiculous and may still be out there in some garage waiting for the next MM crew to "find" it. Don't waste your vacation time with a metal detector looking for that car.
I bought many,many insurance salvage cars over the years and had to deal with burned out Corvette cars that others only had a way to "repair" . Chop shops were funded by mafia,and controlled by mafia around Chicago. They might have buried Hoffa,but not a Shelby on railroad insurance 

Ahh... Ain't America great?     

In 1998 I bought a 3800 mile 1994 BMW 850Csi from a guy in Queens N.Y.

He insisted on cash. $66,000. I don't know what the hell I was thinking, but I flew all the way there with a briefcase filled with drisp $100 bills.

Right now, I have no clue why I thought this was a good idea. He picked me up at La Guardia, Drove to his house in Jamaica where he had a huge argument with his adult son and wife (not about the car) in front of me, Then we drove to White Plains as the car was at the BMW dealership there having a PPI. It was as advertised so I gave him the cash, which he counted 3 times in the lobby while, with title in hand,  I arranged with the BMW dealer to have the truck pick it up.

He could have shot me and dropped me in Longa Island sound.

Not to mention going thru the airport in Seattle, Chicago and New York with all that cash. The authorities could have easily seized that as potential drug money and made it my responsibility to prove it wasn't. (yes that happens all the time).

I will NEVER do that again. I now realize how mortal I really am.

Oh yeah, I sold the car a year later so I could dive into the stock market. Remember the dot.com days?    That same car sells for around $75,00 today.

Beautiful Brian!!!   

Draculow is the predecessor to Eleanor.

Looking at the tread pattern of the tires, I will guess around 1977-1978.

Quote from: stangman39 on April 30, 2018, 11:45:40 AM
Often the people who don't keep their word want cash or certified check and don't want to even consider a fast deposit to hold the car etc.

Have fun getting 6 figures of cash out of the bank.

BTW, I believe both deposits and withdrawls of $10K or more automatically get reported to the IRS.

Quote from: gt350cs on April 30, 2018, 10:57:05 AM
I couldn't believe the oil pan!

SeaSalt brand motor oil.

I haven't seen a Marti report like that one before.

You can make your best offer with a 7 day (or something) expiration date and move on to the next car.

Seller might come back to you after reading that date, but drop the offer # a bit lower if it was after the expiration date.

I was told that Wheel Vintiques sold to Coker.

Everything they made is on massive back order as things get swapped over.

I think that Ford is seeing the future. Much like they did before the 2008 meltdown. This time it is going to be government regulation and honestly the demand for driverless drone cars owned by rideshare fleets (maybe owned by the manufacturers themselves?). Private ownership of family sedans is most likely going to go away.

There is a big change on the Horizon. I think they see it, quite clearly.

My feeling is that for much the same reason they don't build a Corvette fighter, they see expensive to engineer, insanely fuel efficient sedans as a zero profit endeavor. Japan and Korea own those markets right now. Ford co-owns (leads) light trucks and co-owns pony cars and SUVs. They can survive on those alone and shed billions of operating costs.

I think they would import their European mini-cars if push came to shove.

I see the logic and because I would never buy a 4-door car, ever, so I don't really care much either way

Quote from: Richstang on April 26, 2018, 12:13:02 PM
Well, at least it circles back to Ford.

Quote from: BGlover67 on April 26, 2018, 01:16:42 PM
Just when you think you know every curve and line on a '67 SHELBY, something like this comes along and surprises you.

Xactly     

Quote from: Richstang on April 26, 2018, 11:48:01 AM
The spine running through the centerline of the car can even be seen in the rear window as it continues the roofline to the trunk lid.
I've heard that Ford design feature was "borrowed" from the '63 Corvette.

And that was borrowed from a 1960 Ferrari 250 which in turn was borrowed from a 1956 Continental MK II!