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Not as many up for auction as I was guessing when I opened Brian's post. Compared to Kissimmee anyway.
a noticeably short list of Shelby cars at the Scottsdale auctions this year.

I wonder if the auction companies figured the southwest was saturated with SA cars and advised sellers to go to FL for new market. Or did they take SA cars to FL to get more butts in the bid seats.

Quote from: tesgt350 on January 25, 2023, 11:13:57 AM
ALSO, if you do post in the WANTED section, be on the look out for a guy trying to sell you one that a buddy of his has..........

Or one in a NOS box from Pookie....

Quote from: FL SAAC on January 24, 2023, 10:39:04 PM
let me tell you gentleman I personally am in constant fear of my life living here in Floridaland......you just don't know what you will find on the other side of your door

Jogging free zones need to be setup.

I think the export package would have been dependent on the roads where the cars were being shipped. I'd suspect the export package was ready on day 1 since they had already known it was needed from their experience with the Falcon.

FL the sunshine state?

Quote from: Vernon Estes on January 23, 2023, 10:49:21 PM
It was also suggested to me that export package early 65 Mustangs got Konis........and I kinda doubt even in that case that youd see a 2-64 dated shock on one of those cars?

Mustang intro was 4-64 - Konis came from Holland probably by ship so longer lead time than US built parts. I wonder if some countries got Koni while others could get by with the cheaper HD shock. Or was there another check box to upgrade to the Koni on the export cars?

Homogated part for the Ralle Falcons? Papers just call out Telescopic shocks but a Ford part number would make them legal.

https://historicdb.fia.com/sites/default/files/car_attachment/1649332801/homologation_form_number_1250_group_t.pdf

I want the headers!

Quote from: Side-Oilers on January 17, 2023, 04:01:19 PMHollywood is 99% BS, and so are most of its cars.

For the most part 20 footers built to awe an audience then throw away. George Barris' brother Sam was the genius metal worker - George was the designer and face of the company. After Sam left it became more Movie-TV than quality built customer cars https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/the-custom-creations-of-george-and-sam-barris

Sam's 51 Merc sold for 2.14 million last year - highest price for a 50s custom. It's also on the historic registry of cars.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/video/how-barris-kustoms-built-the-hirohata-mercury-in-only-14-days/

When will you finish the Mannix Collection and add the Toronado?

Anybody can build bad custom cars - Colman MIlne also turned it into a limousine. The also did a Tesla Hearse.

Maybe with gold stripes it'd be the Mach-H......earse

Ernie Immerso won America's Most Beautiful Roadster award 3 times. Twice with his Model T - The second win it had been completely redone with an Indy engine. Ernie owned Thunderbird exhaust products. After he passed they had an auction and there were 5-6 serious bidders for his 2 winning roadsters. The Petersen Museum was not to be denied and got both cars. At one time they displayed the Ardun powered Orange Twist on a lift so you could see the chassis. These were owner built cars which is unheard of today.

Barris went over the top with the ZEBRA for Old Blue Eyes

http://www.mustangdrivers.be/mustangtrivia/sinatra_mustang.html

Twiggy's friends Mustangs - by Barris of course. Looks like it's at their Palm Springs home.

https://www.motortrend.com/features/1805-saga-of-the-sonny-and-cher-mustangs/

PS - sometimes custom cars get no respect

Quote from: Wedgeman on January 16, 2023, 01:33:14 PMI have been fortunate enough to visit Lynn's Garage

Disneyland North - With the ultimate ride - Angeles Crest Highway is his backyard.

I met Lynn back in 1975 at a COCOA meeting at Galpin Ford. Always helpful and with a word of encouragement when you screw up at Willow.

There is a new one along the 210 - Ford of Upland. Closest one to Rancho

Quote from: ChicagoChris on January 15, 2023, 07:11:30 PM
Never knew! Very interesting and maybe where he made the contacts to request Chevy engines for Cobras before approaching Ford?

I wondered that too - Bill Thomas was a GM insider - In 1956 Thomas commenced work tuning and modifying Chevrolet Corvettes for racing for C S Mead Motors Co. By 1960, Thomas had started his own company, Bill Thomas Race Cars. At that time General Motors approached him to undertake performance work on the new Chevrolet Corvair. The secret to where the Corvairs are may lie within the Thomas history.

On the other hand CS had already dropped a Chevy V-8 into a Ferrari so he knew the potential. It was a pretty tight knit group of friends at the upper echelons of the SoCal hot rod scene - that group I'd describe as those making a living from it. You can see it in those that were gathered for this test. Mobil Oil was also a well known company for it's economy runs. They ran them on a cross country national level with factories supplying cars and drivers in different classes. They had 100 mile high school events where they measured ton mileage to make everyone equal (won that with my 59 Ford wagon). There were 3 day events sponsored by the police advisory council for car clubs - Dealer supplied cars - 2 drivers and a observer. (won that one in the Luxury class with a 300 Chrysler).

Chevy may have regretted not giving engines to CS and decided they needed a Cobra beater: In 1963 Thomas gained covert support from General Motors Performance Product Group head Vince Piggins to develop the Cheetah as a concept vehicle. It was designed by Thomas and Don Edmunds, his lead fabricator. ....Thomas arranged for material assistance from Chevrolet for the major components - the Corvette 327 engine, Muncie transmission, and independent rear-end assemblies. Other components were stocked from the larger GM parts bin, such as Chevrolet passenger car spindles, and NASCAR spec Chevrolet drum brakes. - - - - In 1964, race car rules changed from 100 cars needed for homologation to 1000 cars. This prompted Chevrolet to advise Thomas that they would no longer support the Cheetah project.