For your perusal: https://fordauthority.com/2023/12/all-new-1967-shelby-gt500-reproduction-announced/
For the price, an original would be more my preference than a reproduction. 8)
Superb
Shelby Enterprises is jumping on the resto-mod ahh, err 'The REPROmod' market.
Imitation is ......... ;D
Quote from: 557 on December 20, 2023, 12:39:56 PM
Imitation is ......... ;D
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness
For 300 grand I'd be on the GTD list not a repop 1967 one. I wonder how many people will opt for the limited Jim Morrison "Blue Lady" edition for only 20 grand more. It comes with an 8 track stereo and original autopen signature on a tape of the Doors debut album......
In 10 years I suspect the GTD would be worth $500,000 and the GT500 built on the ChiCom Mustang shell to be worth under $100,000.
https://www.ford.com/performance/mustang-gtd/
Yeah, it's still amazing that these cars and the Eleanors can go for more than originals that we all love, do you think that would ever change, or are we a dying breed?
Well, we are a dying breed. Just waiting for our one-way trip onto the ice floe.
A couple of years ago, when the top-dollar sales in "midyear" Corvettes started changing from perfect concours-level cars to resto-mods, the transformation had begun. I still wouldn't pay concours prices for a modded/rodded Corvette, but more than a few people are. Same with many other marques. Singer-modified 1960s Porsches are waaayyy more $$$ than the nicest restored one.
Younger guys want the look/romance/fantasy of a vintage car, but not the reality. Damn few of them know how to check the oil, let alone change spark plugs, so the engine only has to look shiny...who cares if it's a 427 or an Ecoboost four? Or if the chassis and interior have been replaced with nothing even resembling stock components? It irks me, but it's reality.
Just hoping that some bazillionaire doesn't take a real Cobra 427 and donk it out...or whatever the term is these days for an urban clown car. That would be worth staging a revolt.
You need to be into Model A's and you will see a lot more folks dying off. :(
TOB
Quote from: TOBKOB on December 21, 2023, 08:23:58 PM
You need to be into Model A's and you will see a lot more folks dying off. :(
Guys buying Model As are 65+. If they are under 50 that one is destined to become a street rod. The 65+ are playing with vintage speed equipment on them. I picked up the short block from this engine and the last Rutherford head casting at an estate sale. It ran 133 at El Mirage and still holds an Australian record. It'll be going in our 29 Coupe sometime next year. Yes that's a pair of 500 cfm Holley 2 bbl carbs on it.
Mark your calendars for 4-21-24 - The 51st Antique Nationals at Irwindale - https://www.foureverfour.com/events/2016-antique-nationals/
The car doesn't feel old. It doesn't have that mystical vibe from the 1960s. To each their own.
I have 4 grandchildren ages 4, 5, 6, and 8 and they all have a Model A waiting on them. :) I can't afford 3 more Shelbys for them (I wish I could) so they will have to fight over the Shelby... ;) ;D
TOB
OK Im in..... Tom Medleys coupe from Hot rod magazine... editor, photographer cartoonist. Street racer, record holder OG Hot Rodder from the 40s-50s(//)
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Quote from: 427heaven on December 22, 2023, 10:01:42 AM
OK Im in..... Tom Medleys coupe from Hot rod magazine... editor, photographer cartoonist. Street racer, record holder OG Hot Rodder from the 40s-50s(//)
You Own It? WOW!! Where did you find it?
Tom was a true hot rod legend. That was before my time at Petersen Publishing, but his name and reputation are very well known.
My DAD was friends with Tom... He has owned the car for the last 65 years!
Super cool. Does it still look the same, or has your dad customized it his way?
Same car as when Tom had it, even has the same interior in it, that Tom stitched up and installed nearly 70 years ago. Makes a little more steam from a Fritz Voight built Flat head, Fritz was Mickey Thompsons engine builder back in the day!
It made the cover of Hot Rod magazine in 1955, it was a real whos who in the Hot Rod world that contributed to that cars build.
Just a thought: Have you told the Petersen Museum about the car? With the connection to Hot Rod Magazine, I'd think they'd love to have it on display.
Quote from: TOBKOB on December 21, 2023, 08:23:58 PM
You need to be into Model A's and you will see a lot more folks dying off. :(
TOB
Used to be at Hershey there would literally a hundred or more, now just a handful. I did see a "restored" 1983 Honda Accord a few years back and just this year an early 90's Toyota Camry in the show field.
Van- I never thought about it, can you PM your info would love to talk to you about Dads car!
One of my DADS mentors was Kong Jackson one of the Kings of speed back in the day!
The flathead is such a great looking engine, right up there with Buick nailheads
Quote from: 427heaven on December 31, 2023, 10:18:29 AM
Van- I never thought about it, can you PM your info would love to talk to you about Dads car!
Thanks for posting about your dad's car. What a history, and still intact today! Did you get to cruise in it when you were a teenager?
I forget where you said you grew up. Somewhere in the West-side of LA, I'm kind of remembering? Me too. Culver City.
I'd think the Petersen Museum would love to have the car on display. I can put you in touch with my long-time car buddy, Cam Benty, who handles their photo archives. Cam was the editor at Popular Hot Rodding when I worked there in the early/mid'80s, then he became the editor of Car Craft. Very nice guy, and really knows his stuff. I'm sure he would be interested.
My email is 66CVT427@gmail.com. Send me yours and I'll be happy to put you two in contact.
Happy New year to you and yours,
Van
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