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A good friend of mine in another city recently surprised me with a gift of his lifelong collection of Shelby materials.
I was literally humbled - what a huge surprise from a great guy!

Among the lot is a bunch of small clippings, many of which I had never seen before, like this one.
Here, an intent-looking Chuck Cantwell shows off the new 289 manifold developed for the Trans-Am racing program.
(there was no source on the backside of this clipping)

What a cool photo:

honker - Thanks. I have the "Mustang - The Original Pony Car" (April 1982) issue that you show, and it's definitely not in that issue.

mgreene - Thanks too. Can you confirm that page 76 in your issue of "Mustang - The Car That Started The Pony Car Stampede" (January 1980) is the same page 76 with the article "Shelby - The Ultimate Mustang" that I have posted here?

 

Does anyone know which issue of Consumer Guide this Shelby article was in?
It's a five page article (pages 76-80) in a magazine format (pages are 8" x 10 3/4").

It only says CONSUMER GUIDE on the bottom, but no month / year.
I'm speculating it may be from the 1980's, but I'd like to know for sure...

Thanks!
Kieth

"YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN A COBRA TO A BUREAUCRAT OR A CONSUMER ADVOCATE"
Now there's a politically correct headline!!

I'm just now getting around to scanning a new-to-me magazine/article/photo that I found at MCACN in November 2021.
It's the October 1974 issue of SPORTS CAR magazine and it had a great article on Carroll Shelby's Cobras.
It consists of five pages, with 3 photos from the 1963 Bridgehampton FIA Double 500, plus a whole page on author Wade Hoyt's CSX2288.

The photo below is exceptional to me because it's a large 8 3/4" x 12" in size. Better resolution would be nice, but hey, I'll take it!
It nicely shows a photo that I had never seen before, Gurney smoking out of the pits in LeMans Replica CSX2137 on his way to Shelby American's first FIA victory on that September day in New York:

Mike - I sent you a PM.
Thanks again, Kieth

Mike,

EXCELLENT idea - Thanks for the help!! A great idea of yours, and it was very much appreciated.

Found it here on page 38 in the July issue:



Thanks again,
Kieth

Does anybody know which issue of CARS magazine this article was in?

Thanks,
Kieth

Quote from: joephil on February 12, 2022, 01:23:27 PM
On April 21, 2021 it was posted: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1454591-vintage-pics-of-days-gone-by-533.html with the comment: "Was stationed near Washington DC back in late 66, ran into this Ford GT350H while on a weekend pass ... photo was taken not far from the Washington monument

joephil - That is awesome - Thank You so much for sharing the source with us, much appreciated!!

Kieth

Quote from: Britton on February 11, 2022, 07:28:45 PM
Neat photo!

Anyone else notice the fender to door gap?

I sure did. It was one of the first things that caught my eye...

My friend Mitch just emailed this never-before-seen (by me) HERTZ photo! The fact that it is dated in 1966 is just off the charts cool!!

I have no details or information on this photo (I'm sure he would have included it if he had any) but I'll be reconnecting with him anyway to see if he at least remembers where he found it...

In the meantime, enjoy:

It's an SFM6S number higher than 252 . . . .

It defies comprehension that this labor rate was in our lifetimes! 



Kieth

More MCACN scores!

These newspaper ads for Carroll Shelby's motel in Lake Tahoe show a later version of himself on the left and a vintage version of him on the right. The combo ad on the left also has a nice shot of CSX2345 in a cool ad for Autosport Products, Inc. It mentions a "revised 1971 Cobra Parts Book" and the ad on the right had race results on the back that I was able to Google date as April 24, 1970 - so it's nice to be able to have a date for these two ads.

Kieth

I found this ad at MCACN a couple weeks ago. It was from a magazine / publication called "SPEED & CUSTOM DEALER" in January 1967. At first, I thought it was an advertisement for the (perhaps) better known event that took place at Dodger Stadium in 1967, which we all know ended up being the precursor to SEMA.

But I didn't know about "the big AAMA show in New York's Coliseum on February 6th-9th, 1967" in booth 1825. Does anyone here know about that show, even what AAMA stands for? My Google searches were unsuccessful.

But it's a really cool ad:

Quote from: 67 GT350 on August 14, 2021, 10:21:08 AM

Quote from: The Going Thing on August 14, 2021, 04:27:05 AM
They're billet 17X7 one-off to replicate the 1967 hubcaps. They are not the legendary-Drake wheels Illustrated. They're 3K a set.

So, where can they be ordered from?

^^^ (insert popcorn emoji)