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This car has a very neat history , the race history and the connection to shelby team via Mark Donahue who was a friend of George. car is a collection of r model parts / rear axle / alum t10/ gauges/fuel tank / and a pair of original 289 cobra seats with tracks . Car was sold when it was just an old race car and buyer street raced it till engine blew up and then parked it in driveway out side . Many individuals tried to buy the car thru the years and the answer was always no ... Even when George A tried himself ......eventually the owner died .
His family did the right thing and called local junkyard to haul car away .
But someone saw it in yard and bought it.
word traveled fast and George and family hunted down the buyer and bought the car back .
I worked on the body and mechanical restoration of the car . When i removed the roll bar it was paper thin tubing ......I asked George where it came from ohh that was a garden gate we put in.
rules said there needed to be a bar but there were no required specs back then .....!
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Phil,
Your archives are amazing, can't speak for others, but I appreciate you sharing them with us.
Bill
Quote from: gt350shelb on November 28, 2023, 09:28:36 PM
This car has a very neat history , the race history and the connection to shelby team via Mark Donahue who was a friend of George. car is a collection of r model parts / rear axle / alum t10/ gauges/fuel tank / and a pair of original 289 cobra seats with tracks . Car was sold when it was just an old race car and buyer street raced it till engine blew up and then parked it in driveway out side . Many individuals tried to buy the car thru the years and the answer was always no ... Even when George A tried himself ......eventually the owner died .
His family did the right thing and called local junkyard to haul car away .
But someone saw it in yard and bought it.
word traveled fast and George and family hunted down the buyer and bought the car back .
I worked on the body and mechanical restoration of the car . When i removed the roll bar it was paper thin tubing ......I asked George where it came from ohh that was a garden gate we put in.
rules said there needed to be a bar but there were no required specs back then .....!
truly a rare one