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ALSO, if you do post in the WANTED section, be on the look out for a guy trying to sell you one that a buddy of his has..........

Would the Ghia Cobra be worth MORE or Less then the Car now being an actual Cobra again?

[painted stripes on the side above the stick on ones]

Did the California Special come with stripe colors other than white or black from the Ford factory?

White, black, red and a medium blue according to the Paul's book

Off the subject a little not sure of the available stripes for High Country or the Gold Nugget specials - the Calif Special's cousins that year and car production plant

Sometimes the Calif Specials were also ordered with the painted stripes on the side above the stick on ones. Those colors are coded into the information Kevin Marti has access to. Would expect that those stripes matched the original color of the stick on decal Calif Special stripes. They did on the ones I've owned that had the painted stripe option

How do we know if an owner changed the stripe color (from say white to black or visa versa)
Any paint / stripe color list info out there?

Might be called out/listed on the buildsheet. Haven't done a survey on the coding in the odd numbered boxes and compared them to the know original stripe color.

When you say Painted on ABOVE the Stick on ones, do you mean a Pin Stripe that runs Front to Back at the top of the Fenders, Doors and Quarters?

To the Person who asked "WHO HAS THEM"....... THIS ONE has the Smooth Black Seats.

I think all of the George Barris creations are pretty awful in general.

Careful now...I own the Mannix TV series car, used in Seasons 1 & 2:  1968 Dart GTS Convertible with a 340.

Video here.  I reunited the car with Mannix star Mike Connors.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBOAJSF1ypA

You are lucky it still had the Hood when you found it.

The GT 40 was supposedly a very original car and indeed the real thing ( as stated before, this is rare nowadays because of the amount the cars are worth ), unfortunately there was an Interview with the driver (Sam Hancock, a very good and experienced driver, specialist for historic racing) where he was quite happy to be trusted with such an original and historic example. The accident was very unfortunate, there was a lot of oil on the track which totally surprised both - the T70 spider simply could not slow down.

I don't believe the owner when he says "it's ok. Don't worry about it". Then again the driver will disappear as a result of actions by the "friends of the program".

That all depends on the amount of Insurance the owner has on the Car.  The Driver may have done him a favor.

What ever happened to the two Corvair's that Shelby played with?

https://www.motortrend.com/uploads/f/168448984.jpg?fbclid=IwAR1kfli8H4v4jr6NXWdsLlqGYLlkLDvAU4K8fJVvd6Yd_IBh-vMmz4cMykM

1962 Ford Starlift.

This is so COOL, 1962 Ford Starlift for NASCAR plus they mention a FE 483.

At 11:42, it looked like he ran over that guys foot........LOL.

Is this before Shelby got involved?

Will it be televised?

https://www.npdlink.com/1979-1993-mustang/interior/headliner-sun-visors/headliners/1984-mustang-headliners

I met and talked with him at the Mustang 45th Anniversary Event at the Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham Alabama. Very nice guy.  He will be missed for sure.

Has it been rebuilt yet?

There is one Video that shows Will actually laughing at the Joke until he looks over at his Wife and she is giving him "That Look".  That is when he gets up and Slaps Chris.