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Title: 1970 Shelby Hood Found on Side of Road
Post by: SFM6S087 on July 27, 2023, 12:34:59 PM
A friend who is not on the forum asked me to post this. He found a 1970 Shelby hood on the side of the road. He will give the hood to the rightful owner. If you can identify the hood (color, condition, etc.) and roughly where it was lost, it's yours. Please contact me if you're the owner and I'll put you in touch with my friend. An email will work best as I rarely think about checking for PMs here on the forum. You can find my email address in my member profile.

Steve Sloan

Title: Re: 1970 Shelby Hood Found on Side of Road
Post by: CompRed70scj on July 27, 2023, 03:42:53 PM
That's my hood. We lost it transporting my 70 SCJ from AR to NC. Flew off outside Nashville.
Title: Re: 1970 Shelby Hood Found on Side of Road
Post by: Jiffy on July 30, 2023, 10:07:48 PM
Quote from: SFM6S087 on July 27, 2023, 12:34:59 PM
A friend who is not on the forum asked me to post this. He found a 1970 Shelby hood on the side of the road. He will give the hood to the rightful owner. If you can identify the hood (color, condition, etc.) and roughly where it was lost, it's yours.
Steve Sloan

Thats pretty damn good.
Title: Re: 1970 Shelby Hood Found on Side of Road
Post by: 557 on July 31, 2023, 06:46:42 AM
Karma. ;)
Title: Re: 1970 Shelby Hood Found on Side of Road
Post by: gt350shelb on December 09, 2023, 12:05:09 PM
was this the same hood?
Title: Re: 1970 Shelby Hood Found on Side of Road
Post by: 427heaven on December 09, 2023, 03:18:54 PM
Thats the greatest CHRISTMAS STORY ever told if thats the story!!!!!
Title: Re: 1970 Shelby Hood Found on Side of Road
Post by: Special Ed on December 09, 2023, 09:54:37 PM
Yeah the guy showed up  at our show with a photo of the hood he found along the road off that car and whats the chances of that?
Title: Re: 1970 Shelby Hood Found on Side of Road
Post by: gt350shelb on December 09, 2023, 10:05:31 PM
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Title: Re: 1970 Shelby Hood Found on Side of Road
Post by: hertzdonut on December 10, 2023, 04:57:46 AM
I heard the owner of the hood didn't call him back.
I don't understand the thought process if that's true.
Title: Re: 1970 Shelby Hood Found on Side of Road
Post by: CompRed70scj on December 26, 2023, 10:09:42 PM
Hi all, I don't regularly check this forum, but wanted to give an update. The hood is back with my car! Steve Sloan put me in touch with Jerry Oldridge, also a fellow Shelby owner who had found the hood while getting lunch. We connected just a few hours after the hood came off, which is amazing. After scratching our heads for a while on how to get the hood to North Carolina from Arkansas where it was found, we got lucky and one of Jerry's friends was coming close to Charlotte on his way back home to Wilmington, NC. I met him along the route, and transported it inside this time! The hood's definitely repairable, and kind of needed a new bottom frame anyway from some prior damage up at the part number. Next step is to get that done, I'm hoping to take it to Dave Topper when I go to Carlisle this year.
Title: Re: 1970 Shelby Hood Found on Side of Road
Post by: gt350shelb on December 26, 2023, 10:26:25 PM
That is fantastic news , this is why  the saac  members are the best .
Title: Re: 1970 Shelby Hood Found on Side of Road
Post by: shelbydoug on December 27, 2023, 07:58:09 AM
I found a Mustang fastback rear seat just sitting along the road in the middle of nowhere. Deluxe fabric too.
Title: Re: 1970 Shelby Hood Found on Side of Road
Post by: CompRed70scj on December 27, 2023, 12:26:04 PM
Quote from: hertzdonut on December 10, 2023, 04:57:46 AM
I heard the owner of the hood didn't call him back.
I don't understand the thought process if that's true.

Not sure where you heard that from, I've been in contact with Jerry since just after he found it. Just had to work out the logistics of getting it ~760 miles to my house. I checked in with him every few weeks until we got lucky and the hood hitched a ride east.
Title: Re: 1970 Shelby Hood Found on Side of Road
Post by: hertzdonut on December 27, 2023, 12:55:12 PM
Sorry, hearsay shouldn't be repeated.