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I got a "New" reproduction pair of them never used  BUT no date codes and just the eng #s on them. I bought them to be "trunk" items if I ever sell the car as I'm running hookers on my Mach1. I paid 375 for them with bolts so at that price I said WTH. They look really good to me the pair I have. On the car I wonder how much you could see fully dressed.

Hi,I'm looking for a few original 68 Shelby parts. Please let me know if you would like to sell any of the following:

1. Drivers side end cap for fastback.
2. Fog light support.
3. GT350 dash emblem.
4. Front letter panel.
John

I added a picture of the dash emblem I am looking to buy.

Damn you are killing me as I might also need a few of those parts but until I have my next 68 title in my hand I'm not buying any parts(owner is waiting on it).

Hello! I'm looking for a set of 1970 Shelby rotors. The ones with the big bearings. I've been looking and it dose not seem like they make them any more. Any help! Thanks

I hope you can connect with Bob. Talking to Ed many years ago on how the reproduction rotors came about I bought a set I have put away for my car. Now a little history here: When I bought my 70 Gt500 the seller said he had a rotor "made" up. He had a new disc put on the hub. I wondered WTH? You can buy brand new rotors. It wasn't until a year later and now owning 2 B2 suspension 70 Shelbys I found out the differences from Jim Cowles in 1986. So do you have your original set? If you do you can get some discs pressed on I would think. If not then I'd grab Bob's set real fast.

Thanks guys! I did not do the work myself, although it was done at my house, by professional mechanic. I will check with him. I will also put a jack under the lower side which I believe is the left, but I will check this morning. Thanks again steve.

I don't think a side matters that they are installed on. I took my original suspension off of my 68 and detailed it out 16 years ago. I installed springs from a 302 68 coupe(GT350 car). The height on the front was level. Ditto for many cars I did a full resto on including my 70 GT350 vert. Good luck on this.

THANKS Pete!

Hark, doeth one hear the ever so faint echoes in the background of voices saying "You better get rid of that damn car.  It's the car or me."  and similar such ultimatums.  Anyone gives me such an ultimatum (they didn't either from fear or some heretofore undisclosed reason) they are getting the boot.  That's a lot of Shelbys on the chopping block.  I might actually drive down to Indy and witness the sorrow.

come on down. I saw a LOT of Shelbys last year also. The SAAC Spring fling is just an hour south of there in beautiful Nashville Indiana at Brown county state park.

I'll be there. A friend is selling some cars also. #229 and #234.

I shipped a bare 390 block a couple years ago. With a pallet, plumber's tape to secure it to the pallet, and wrapped in plastic the scale barely hit 200 pounds. A 428 should be a bit lighter with a bigger bore.

Thanks Royce. Gary

I put a 30 over 428 C scratch block on a scale years ago and as I recall I think it was 173 pounds. I didn't weigh the crank. A Cobra Jet intake was 74 pounds.

Thanks. About 15 years ago I sold 2 CJ intakes on the 428CJ forum. a spring 68 date coded intake weighed 84 pounds double wrapped in cardboard. The spring 70 date coded intake wrapped exactly the same weighed 88 pounds. We got an engine on a stand we may have to lift off by hand and it is an almost bare block with the cam and crankshaft in it with the front damper and pulley still on.

Anyone have a ballpark what a bare 428 block with a crank and damper on it would weigh? Breakdown even? Block, Crank? Thanks.

Aprons had R stamped over H, no staggered shocks, wrap around towers, what would you call it? 

With the R stamped over the H what about the consecutive unit numbers? They have to be different also, right? Were they stamped over?

I own 1109 GT 350 built 2/11/69.  No extra holes like the one in your picture, just the smaller rectangular holes for the fender/hood bumpers. And no sealer, caulk or whatever it is under the fenders as shown in your pic. 

to be clear not extra holes but on each side a narrow rectangular hole that the bumper squeezed into. The hole would be in the fender itself but all original aprons had large clearance holes for the hood bumpers. I was initially wondering if the "black" portion was the caulk used between the fender and the apron but looks too smooth on both sides and I doubt caulk would stay put in that large of a hole.  looking closely on the Shelby fender you can see a light outline of what appears to be the bumper hole under the tape if it is tape?
Here is a fender with the bumper hole in it next to a pic of this Shelby. So is the consensus that there is tape over the hole? Thanks for all the input. 

I'm looking at this Silver Jade car and where the front side hood bumpers mount has a large rectangular hole on each side. The hole there is usually just big enough for a rubber bumper to squeeze into(see pic of my red car).  So whats up with that. Car sure looks original on both front aprons and I suspect the caulk used is covering the big hole for rubber bumper clearance in the apron? Car built beginning of Feb.

Pretty rare car in silver Jade. Has had paint work done as well as work underneath(mentioned by one person). I messaged the seller to see if they have the structural plate that SHOULD be bolted to the floor especially on a BB car.

Just for clarification. The later genuine Ford service replacements also had the black background face. The assemblyline had the dark gray . The repros all had black background BESIDES the other dial details mentioned . There are companys that can change the background of the genuine Ford service replacements so that they will look like the assemblyline in every other detail.

I think the ones I see now repo have  a dark gray face(Branda see link) but the face themselves isn't correct on the oil pressure the line points to a zero instead of the 5. Are you saying there are correct printings out there for the gauge faces? Who does them exact? Thanks. Gary
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