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Quote from: deathsled on Today at 03:12:04 PM

...... I supplement that Boss 302s are not Shelbys (unless we are looking at the 1969 Trans Am cars)

Those were also not Shelby's. They were built by Kar Kraft and provided to the teams by Ford. Shelby Racing Inc was at the time a contractor (mid 1967- last race of 1970) hired by Ford to campaign their cars in the TransAm. When Shelby's contract expired the cars were sent to Bud Moore for disposal. Shelby did not own or build the cars.

Good to know.  I thought Shelby did some work on the cars because I recall that the 69s had overrider traction bars.  Not sure if overrider traction bars existed before Shelby or whether he invented them.  Maybe Kar Kraft adopted the overriders deriving inspiration from the earlier Shelby cars?  Interesting historical point.  Thank you.

SAAC covers Shelbys well beyond 1970 to include new ones.  It is my contention that the Boss 302 sub forum should allow for 2012-2013 Boss 302s as well.  And may I supplement that Boss 302s are not Shelbys (unless we are looking at the 1969 Trans Am cars) so perhaps the Boss 302 sub forum should be deleted altogether to keep the forums consistent. 

Black and gold like the Hertz cars is my favorite.

Actually come to think of it that would look pretty wild. And on a Laguna no less. It already confuses those who know these cars.

Incidentally, I am reaching a dangerous cross-road regarding the stripes.  These stripes are clearly not the original stripes on this Laguna Seca though Ford should have offered red like they did on the black 2012s.  In any event, the NOS stripes are becoming increasingly difficult to find first off and second, they are getting to an age where they eventually won't adhere anymore if I decided to change the stripes back to original.  The lettering on Boss is wrong.  The font is called "Eurostile_ according to my research, the "S' letters being thinner at the bottom and top.  Hey, I'm starting to be a bit like Bob Gaines et al.  Lol.  Yeah, right.  Not even close.  But I try.  So keep the red or jettison in favor of the original reflective silver tape?

The car might have been her husband's car and when he died in 2022 it became part of his estate and fell into her ownership.  Sheer speculation on my part.  I just finished scouring the 1997 Registry for 1966 Shelby Mustangs for her name/ his name (Richard Blum) in case the news article was mistaken about the year.  Found nothing.  Once again, did not do a deep dive on individual cars.

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Quote from: daltondavid on September 30, 2023, 03:06:44 PM

at least she voted for the Dress code so Stutterman has to be dressed. notice he still wears sneakers.....as a Pennsylvanian he embarasses me.

+1000 % ....... somehow he doesn't look human 

He reminds me of the bald biker guy from weird science
Michael Berryman .

Ding ding!  I knew he reminded me of someone.  That was the one.

Who says crime er..... politics doesn't pay.

Ten percent to the "big girl?"

Are you sure he's not the getaway driver they are looking for?

May very well be in a secret life.