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after. And 48 years later they still have the
car and drive off into the sunset.
That’s the short story and, like we
said, compared to the accounts of other
Shelbys, it’s not much of a stretch. But it
is consistent with the bond owners have
with their Shelbys. The starting point of
this article was a hardcover coffee table
book that Hunt Palmer-Ball sent to us. It
contained excellent large format photos of
his 1967 GT350, 67200F2A01412 along
with the story of the car, from day one. Re-
search wasn’t a problem because Hunt
bought the car in July of 1967 and has
never let go of it. A graphic design and
branding firm in Louisville, Kentucky,
Lopez-Bonilla Resources, took the photos
and created the book. A small number of
hardcover books were produced (a small
number because the 44-page books were
$120 a copy) and Hunt gave them to his
friends and to those who helped him with
the car over the years. It was a pretty im-
pressive package.
High school led to trade school and
that led to a job as a mechanic in a Texaco
station. Hunt really wanted to work at the
local Ford dealership and applied for a job
there. He was hired. About that time he
happened to see a new black 1967 Shelby
in another dealer’s showroom. It was love
at first sight.
He explained to his father that he had
just seen a new car that he absolutely had
to own. He didn’t know too much about
Shelbys at that time, but the car spoke for
itself. A couple of days later they were look-
ing at a dark blue 1967 GT350 on the
showroom floor at Burns Ford in
Louisville, Kentucky. The price on the win-
dow sticker was $4,392.53. Both acknowl-
edged that it was way more than either of
them could afford. But instead of turning
around and walking out of the dealership,
Hunt was already figuring out how he
could make it happen. He would sell his ‘56
Ford and he had some money saved. They
went home to talk it over. Mostly, it was
Hunt that did the talking.
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