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Title: Return of the firefox
Post by: 6972boss on November 05, 2020, 01:04:53 AM
Does anyone have a copy of the magazine or article on this cannonball shelby? It was a great "fictional" write up. Entertaining, made me jump in my 67 Gt500 and tear around town😆😁
Just want to read it again.
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: Side-Oilers on November 05, 2020, 01:20:12 AM
I might know the guy who wrote it. 

It was originally in Popular Hot Rodding Magazine in 1982. The magazine did a second article on it in 1985.

A recent article in Power & Performance Magazine revisited the car a couple of years ago, after it had been stored away for decades.  Same owner, and he still likes to make late night speed runs.

Let me have a look through my old stuff and I'll post some scans.
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: honker on November 05, 2020, 09:48:25 AM
Is this the '67 you're thinking about ? any idea on the #

Mike

https://www.streetmusclemag.com/features/confessions-of-a-cannonballer/

Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: 2112 on November 05, 2020, 09:53:45 AM
I remember that story.

I had forgotten about the electronically tunable Holleys tho. Wonder what that means?
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: shelbydoug on November 05, 2020, 09:58:06 AM
That's the car. I don't think it has been seen since the article was written?

I don't know what you could change on the Holleys electronically or why you would want to?
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: 67_1183 on November 05, 2020, 10:54:44 AM
Quote from: honker on November 05, 2020, 09:48:25 AM
Is this the '67 you're thinking about ? any idea on the #

Mike

https://www.streetmusclemag.com/features/confessions-of-a-cannonballer/

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Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: 6972boss on November 05, 2020, 01:03:50 PM
Yup, thats the car. Thought i could find it on the web, but nothing!
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: owenkelley on November 05, 2020, 02:23:14 PM
I have quite a bit of video of that car from the first SAAC Does Vegas meet in 1996, so the car hasn't been tucked away quite as long as they make it sound. Linda Vaughn is walking around it asking a few questions of the owner. Pretty funny to look at today!
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: Side-Oilers on November 05, 2020, 04:20:53 PM
The car when RPM found it in a farmer's field in Wyoming, in 1975.

(Sorry for crappy quality of faded old snapshots copied from computer screen.)
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: 557 on November 05, 2020, 05:13:13 PM
Coolest thing to me was that it had extra oil tanks and you could add a qt.or 2 WHILE driving.SO over the top.  8)
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: FL SAAC on November 05, 2020, 06:47:05 PM
El fantasma !
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: 68krrrr on November 05, 2020, 10:40:47 PM
There's actually a recent video going around on the Internet on an updated underground version of the cannonball run ,but they pay homage to the original Cannonballers with some footage from some of those runs ,at the beginning of the video,I didn't see the Shelby though.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wtcJVCXT8P0
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: Side-Oilers on November 05, 2020, 11:10:18 PM
Here's the most recent article...pages 1-4.  More below...
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: Side-Oilers on November 05, 2020, 11:12:33 PM
The rest of the pages, 5-8.
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: 68krrrr on November 05, 2020, 11:17:52 PM

Wow great story thanks for posting
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: Side-Oilers on November 05, 2020, 11:24:33 PM
You are welcome, sir.
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: owenkelley on November 22, 2020, 09:13:44 PM
Found the video of this car from the first SAAC Does Vegas Meet.

https://youtu.be/Xn9xftW7UN0
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: honker on November 22, 2020, 09:28:25 PM
thanks for that video, I wonder how much extra weight all that stuff added to the car ? Even Linda liked it !
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: 6972boss on November 23, 2020, 12:15:00 AM
Love the video! Has anyone found the original article/story
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: FL SAAC on November 23, 2020, 09:07:46 AM
Neat video, thanks for sharing

We have a picture of it in space.....

Quote from: honker on November 05, 2020, 09:48:25 AM
Is this the '67 you're thinking about ? any idea on the #

Mike

https://www.streetmusclemag.com/features/confessions-of-a-cannonballer/
Title: Re: Return of the firefox
Post by: owenkelley on November 23, 2020, 04:30:45 PM
just stumbled across this video of a guy talking about the original article.

https://youtu.be/3U4Bzztv3jI