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If I remember it was on Pershing at Campbell in Playa Del Rey. I think was while CS was living in Marina Del Rey.

I was going to post this in the thread on 6501 but it's a different location and I wanted to include some extra history. SA also had a sales office on Sepulvda a block or two south of the airport (building and address no longer exist - replaced with highrise).
COCOA member Bruce Burger worked at nearby Hughes Aircraft and followed one of the striped Mustangs he had been seeing to 6501. They sent him to the sales office and he purchased 5020. His daughter Cheryl kept getting too many tickets in it so he painted it light yellow. It was that way until the late 70s or early 80s when it was repainted correctly. I think Phil Schmidt still has the car. He was married to Cheryl when she passed away. Bruce, his wife Cheryl and her first husband Jim Wallace were the movers and shakers in COCOA Orange County when I joined in 1975. Jim was a store manager for Pacific Stereo and arranged for us to meet at their warehouse in Anaheim - within sight of Disney's fireworks.
There was a large parking lot and often there were spirited driving demonstrations in the parking lot. A few times Jim was able to get one of Mike Shoen's Daytona Coupes out of Petersen's museum on Hollywood Blvd and bring it to the meeting (first time I got to drive a Coupe). Tom Ford had a GT40 MK2 and got followed into the parking lot by the police. They complained about the noise and lack of windshield wiper. Tom produced the wiper from behind the seat and explained how much Boeing charged for the replacements. With the growing crowd of arriving members and noisy cars the cop wished everyone a good meeting and left. An average meeting would be 5-10 Cobras, 15-20 GT350/500, and usually 1 very limited Shelby built car.

Noticed they are doing a show on the Coupe the crazy chick hid for so long. I wonder if they will tell the true story of the recent one pitched by the museum that owns it now.

I bet these are some fast rollers.

taken too far

Hadn't seen this before https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XRE3yw-PdM

Russ Davis started selling tractors in Covina, CA in the 1920's. By the 60s it was a successful Ford dealership covering an entire square block. In 1964 he lured a drag racing salesman away from his lightweight Galaxie ride for Downtown Motors in LA. He gave Gas Rhonda a new Thunderbolt to campaign in 65 Ford sold him a SOHC Mustang for $1. That car got totaled when an axle broke. Ford seeing it wasn't his fault sold him another $1 car. The next year saw the birth of the Funny Car and Gas ran those until his career ending crash/fire in 1970. After that he opened a bar in Azusa and then one - Rhonda's Gas House - in West Covina. That land got taken over by Roger Penske for his Mercedes dealership service shop and Gas retired to Palm Springs where he passed away last year. Gas still owned a Mustang and it was maintained and tuned by his friend Les Ritchie's son. Les built Shelbys drag cars.
Dealership will become retail and residential area.

Here are a couple shots I found on the history section of their web site. Ned probably knows the number. I think this belonged to Rich and Guy had a red 427 kit.

2 days only October 7 & 9 - https://www.fathomevents.com/events/bullitt-50th-anniversary

All the drag race spots are gone - but some show spots still available.  https://www.hotrod.com/events/n-hot-rod-70th-anniversary-celebration/

Nope - this one is from Bob's Big Boy.

Too much work to get done so I'll be missing the convention. Anyone willing to bring me a Tshirt to the LA area? size XXX. Can drop the $ off before you go or pay when I pick it up.
Thanx

Blue 1 of 553. 4.10 rear, alum driveshaft, side exhaust, stock and no cat mid pipes Steeda short shifter, orig owners manual, strut tower brace, all original decals and labels intact. Engine apart. Block prepped .020 over. $2900. Whole car only not selling parts. SoCal never crashed no rust

Missed this one..... http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=1464154

Wonder if she was named after Carroll? She is one of the luckiest people walking around today.

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2018/06/22/video-car-goes-airborne-flowood-gas-station-crash-driver-walks-away/725072002/

Not Kopec worthy but still not too bad
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Thinking of buying 96-98 SVT Cobra Mustang for track toy. Anything to watch out for. Known problems/fixes?
Thanks

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Just bought a 1966 Tbird with a 390. It's got the air pump all the hoses brackets heads etc. Is it usable/same as on GT500? I'm going to end up with my 428CJ in it so I won't need the emissions stuff.