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Finally got together with the guy that has this
Shelby for sale on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=574343078
Damn nice car. Great paint, solid interior, engine bay was solid but not spotless. A real driver-no trailer queen. Unfortunately, he was running late so you might guess I didn't get to drive it. Maybe he read my doofus awards on the forum. Sounded great though. He said he thought it would make the reserve but I just looked and the auction expired. Beats me. He said he handles about 180 Shelby's a year so maybe nexttime. Nice career, huh?
He did turn me on to something kind of neat. Not too far from where we met is a Shelby authorized service center. He said that they were loading up some local Shelbys to trailer them to a show or auction or what I'm not sure.
Sure enough, I pull in and there are 3 Shelbys--black 67 or 68 gourgeous car, a red 69 immaculate, and what I am told was Carrol Shelby's personal Candy Red 69 convertible-supposedly out to the Shelby museum (still had the museum plackard in the rear seat.) Shop owner said it had been in the museum for about 10 years and the motor leaked like a sieve when they started it up so they pulled to re-build. The red block was sitting in the corner. Never had seen a 69 convertible--nice.
Damn, That was pretty cool. And at least I found a new Mustang mechanic.
J. Boggs
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1574992&a=11972962&p=43108527.jpg
Shelby for sale on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=574343078
Damn nice car. Great paint, solid interior, engine bay was solid but not spotless. A real driver-no trailer queen. Unfortunately, he was running late so you might guess I didn't get to drive it. Maybe he read my doofus awards on the forum. Sounded great though. He said he thought it would make the reserve but I just looked and the auction expired. Beats me. He said he handles about 180 Shelby's a year so maybe nexttime. Nice career, huh?
He did turn me on to something kind of neat. Not too far from where we met is a Shelby authorized service center. He said that they were loading up some local Shelbys to trailer them to a show or auction or what I'm not sure.
Sure enough, I pull in and there are 3 Shelbys--black 67 or 68 gourgeous car, a red 69 immaculate, and what I am told was Carrol Shelby's personal Candy Red 69 convertible-supposedly out to the Shelby museum (still had the museum plackard in the rear seat.) Shop owner said it had been in the museum for about 10 years and the motor leaked like a sieve when they started it up so they pulled to re-build. The red block was sitting in the corner. Never had seen a 69 convertible--nice.
Damn, That was pretty cool. And at least I found a new Mustang mechanic.
J. Boggs
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1574992&a=11972962&p=43108527.jpg
