Shelby American; USA Transporters and Service Vehicles

[Richstang]

After the tour was over SA continued to used the truck for various purposes. One of them was this delivery to Richard Roe for his 65 GT350 5s048. This photo taken April 28, 1966 by Richard. The registry mentions he bought the car in spring 1965 so this delivery may have been after the car was refreshed. We can see the R model front valance on it by this time.

[Richstang]

This next photo was clearly taken off a Television. The caption I have noted states the scene was from a show called "The FBI" I was not able to find any info about it except that it might have aired in early 1967.

Would anyone happen to know more about this episode, when it was filmed, or when it aired?

[Richstang]

In late September 1964 a new cab arrives in the SA fleet. It's the '65 Ford C-950 COE pictured below with the previously seen square structure open trailer attached.

[Richstang]

We see the Ford C-950 COE cab again in Venice (along side the Carter Ave building) in February 1965 loading up for the 24 hours of Daytona.







We also see the rounded structure open trailer in the background along with several steel rimed '65 GT350s

[Richstang]

Now at LAX (in the northwest corner of the race shop/hanger) in May 1965, we see the new Ford C-950 COE cab getting ready to haul to Riverside.

CSX2558 is getting final preparation for the weekend races along with a few '65 GT350's for display (demo rides?).

EDIT: (These two are Dave Friedman photos)

[Side-Oilers]

Richstang: 
I looked through all the 1966-67 season episode info about "The F.B.I." on IMDbPro for any mention of Los Angeles Airport (and anything else possibly Shelby related that I could think of) in the synopsis, and found these two that sound promising.
 

Season 2, Episode 24: Flight Plan
Original airdate: Mar 5, 1967

A painting worth $500,000 is stolen from a Washington museum. A former U.S. government official is seriously injured trying to stop the theft. The thief flies to Los Angeles, intending to sell it to a collector the thief has done business with before. The thief, though, gets more than he bargained for when he meets a woman who falls for him. Erskine and Rhodes don't have much to work with. The FBI men begin to put pressure on the collector. Meanwhile, the thief concludes he'll need to kill the woman to ensure her silence.


Season 3, Episode 2: Counter-Stroke
Original airdate: Sep 24, 1967

An Eastern Bloc courier is shot and captured at an airport while entering the U.S. The courier had hidden tape intended for a mysterious operative known only as "Alexander." Erskine goes undercover, taking the place of the courier. He quickly discovers the situation is more complicated than he imagined. The FBI inspector is now in the middle of an espionage ring with conflicting allegiances. Alexander is loyal to Moscow, while other members now are loyal to China. On top of that, the courier Erskine is portraying was hired to kill Alexander. Colby and other FBI men can only keep track of the FBI inspector from a distance.

[98SVT - was 06GT]

Were the COEs sold to SA cheap or loaner/test trucks from Ford? Different exhaust on the HD might be accounted for if it was loaned to SA for real world testing.

[Richstang]

Richstang: 
I looked through all the 1966-67 season episode info about "The F.B.I." on IMDbPro for any mention of Los Angeles Airport (and anything else possibly Shelby related that I could think of) in the synopsis, and found these two that sound promising.
 

Season 2, Episode 24: Flight Plan
Original airdate: Mar 5, 1967

A painting worth $500,000 is stolen from a Washington museum. A former U.S. government official is seriously injured trying to stop the theft. The thief flies to Los Angeles, intending to sell it to a collector the thief has done business with before. The thief, though, gets more than he bargained for when he meets a woman who falls for him. Erskine and Rhodes don't have much to work with. The FBI men begin to put pressure on the collector. Meanwhile, the thief concludes he'll need to kill the woman to ensure her silence.


Season 3, Episode 2: Counter-Stroke
Original airdate: Sep 24, 1967

An Eastern Bloc courier is shot and captured at an airport while entering the U.S. The courier had hidden tape intended for a mysterious operative known only as "Alexander." Erskine goes undercover, taking the place of the courier. He quickly discovers the situation is more complicated than he imagined. The FBI inspector is now in the middle of an espionage ring with conflicting allegiances. Alexander is loyal to Moscow, while other members now are loyal to China. On top of that, the courier Erskine is portraying was hired to kill Alexander. Colby and other FBI men can only keep track of the FBI inspector from a distance.

Wow Side Oiler!

You must have put some time in this search. Both episodes look like good possibilities. I looked for video clips of either episode, but no luck.
I also checked the car IMDB. They have several Fords pictured from the series, but no Cobra Caravan.

[Richstang]

Were the COEs sold to SA cheap or loaner/test trucks from Ford? Different exhaust on the HD might be accounted for if it was loaned to SA for real world testing.

I don't have an answer about the trucks they had, but I doubt the were test vehicles of any kind. SA needed safe reliable transporters to get to all the various tracks around the western US (from Washington state to Arizona) They were likely given deep discounted leased or purchased vehicles. (maybe loaners)

[Richstang]

This next photo is likely the most popular photo when discussing transporters.

Two of the right side lights hanging below the front bumper have the lens's busted out. We also and we get a clear view of the license plate.
I can't be certain, but I thought it was said to be filled with '66 GT350 carryovers taken sometime in October 1965.

[Richstang]

Here's the same time and location from the other side showing this rounded structure open trailer.
We also get a glimpse of the second Ford C-950 COE cab and the square structure open trailer.

[Richstang]

This photo is from the George Watters Collection (photo scan thanks to "SFM66H" aka Kieth).
We've got all kinds of good stuff to look at here.
Both open trailers, a box trailer way to the left in the background, and GT350s with lemans stripes everywhere.

[Richstang]

Here's a cropped version to show the second COE / open trailer closer up.

[Richstang]

In February 1966 another new SA transporter appears at Daytona. I'm not sure of the official name so I'm calling it a Ford C-950 COE rollback dual carrier.

While I imagine it was used often, there are only a few photos of it out there. This is the most common photo I've seen of it with the color washed out and very dark.

[Richstang]

This nearly identical view shows the color is actually a bit brighter and the typical dark blue used on the other transporters.