I'd always thought he was a Mopar guy.
Johnny Crawford's (the kid on Rifleman) 66 GT350 for sale on Racingjunk.com
https://www.racingjunk.com/shelby/184740932/1966-shelby-mustang.html?category_id=5013&np_offset=21#4
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2 friends of mine have looked at this car. It has been for sale a long time. Neither of them gave it much thought.
Pro
It's a 1966 GT350
One owner car
Was a Stars car
Cons....
The car has significant body modifications making a restoration extremely expensive.you would have to be happy with the way the car sits both in terms condition and price. I have a ton of photos of the car for anyone interested.
Quote from: FL SAAC on October 06, 2025, 11:42:30 PMPro
It's a 1966 GT350
One owner car
Was a Stars car
Cons....
Cons.....I truly dont see any
You are getting a day two modified Shelby as the gentleman states
"The car has significant body modifications making a restoration extremely expensive.you would have to be happy with the way the car sits both in terms condition and price. I have a ton of photos of the car for anyone interested."
Pretty kool piece of history and in the end a Real One !
6S2145 - Has been for sale for months now. Started at around $250k +/-... slowly dropping the price as time goes on.
Listed on Hemmings and other places as well - https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/shelby/gt350/2768305.html (https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/shelby/gt350/2768305.html)
I have run all kinds of numbers on this car. The cost to put it back are extreme. You would need to get it much cheaper than the seller is willing to take.
If he wants to sell it, he will figure out the pricing
Quote from: 6s1432 on October 07, 2025, 11:35:25 AMI have run all kinds of numbers on this car. The cost erase it's soul and stories to put it back are extreme. You would need to get it much cheaper than the seller is willing to take.
Once they all are restored who will believe they were never garage queens.
Quote from: silverton_ford on October 07, 2025, 10:45:46 AM6S2145 - Has been for sale for months now. Started at around $250k +/-... slowly dropping the price as time goes on.
Listed on Hemmings and other places as well - https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/shelby/gt350/2768305.html (https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/shelby/gt350/2768305.html)
More + 1 for this S H E L B Y
Original 4 speed car
It's a California car
Good bones
And mentioned previously
It's a 1966 GT350
One owner car
Was a Stars car
Depends want you want to make it once you buy it.
But we could make it a very nice driver for an additional $30 to $50 that's minus the flares, gas cap relocation, roll bar removal etc.
I don't get the "extreme" figures to put this right. Change the quarters and fenders, new trim and interior. 30-50 in the scheme of this car does not seem extreme to me?
The flares aren't for me but the history is cool. I think someone buys this for a song, fixes the trim, other black highlights and interior and gets to drive a unique Shelby with interesting history.
180 + 30 = 210 and youre still missing a lot of parts. The best case scenario and youre still way over full retail for a complete car
The whole car needs to be painted. It is appliance white as opposed to Wimbledon white. Then there is re striping. There are other repairs that are not as obvious. My number was 60k and I might be light on that number.
Personally I don't see erasing the history of Johnny Crawford buying the car from Carroll Shelby himself and turning it over time into the car he wanted to drive, just to turn it into another Wimbledon White Stepford car that IF you show it only gets a cursery glance because it is exactly the same as all the other cars. Support the story, they don't all need to be the same boring rubber stamp.
The tide is turning again gentlemen.
Quote from: JohnSlack on October 12, 2025, 01:00:03 PMPersonally I don't see erasing the history of Johnny Crawford buying the car from Carroll Shelby himself and turning it over time into the car he wanted to drive, just to turn it into another Wimbledon White Stepford car that IF you show it only gets a cursery glance because it is exactly the same as all the other cars. Support the story, they don't all need to be the same boring rubber stamp.
The tide is turning again gentlemen.
Agreed! Buy it, and enjoy it. Btw, Johnny passed away a couple of years ago. Prob an estate sale...
I totally agree with John and crossboss. John, I like you using the term stepford as I used it Recently in talking about the workers at Peets coffee. Because Peets is trying to make them all into stepford's. All the girls working at my local Peets coffee used to have vests with pins on them, of which I gave them a bunch of automotive ones. And then Peets told them they all had to Wear the same top and do away with their vests.
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Can someone on this thread help me understand what the correct price is to buy this? It keeps coming down in price. I am new to the GT350 world but have been looking for a while and see this as an entry point if the price is correct.
Quote from: GTRacer on November 07, 2025, 01:27:45 PMCan someone on this thread help me understand what the correct price is to buy this? It keeps coming down in price. I am new to the GT350 world but have been looking for a while and see this as an entry point if the price is correct.
That is a hard question to answer but it
depends on your budget and the car's market value.
Truly comes down to a compromise/agreement between you and the seller.
Best of luck on your endeavors
Quote from: GTRacer on November 07, 2025, 01:27:45 PMCan someone on this thread help me understand what the correct price is to buy this? It keeps coming down in price. I am new to the GT350 world but have been looking for a while and see this as an entry point if the price is correct.
There is no "correct" price for everyone. It's a one of one car - the guy will want more because it was owned by a TV kid, he'll want more because it was in a magazine, He'll want more because the underpinnings are rust free CA sheetmetal. You'll counter with all that isn't day one and in the end it depends on what you want to do with it. If you want it as a driver hit the guy with $100 grand offer and work it out from there. If you want to turn it into a STEPFORD CAR (I like that term already) then you need to figure out what the cost of the restoration is to the level you want and subtract that from current garage queen prices.
Quote from: crossboss on October 12, 2025, 03:00:41 PMQuote from: JohnSlack on October 12, 2025, 01:00:03 PMThe tide is turning again gentlemen.
Prob an estate sale...
I hope the tide is turning there is too much history of these cars being lost to the parts guy, bodyman and the spray gun.
My understanding is the current owner bought it from the wife. She had sold a lot of stuff to cover his care (Alzheimer's) and Paul Peterson (The first Cobra Club President) had started a go fund me for him. In the 80s a friend hauled an old Chrysler and a turbine engine from the Harrah's auction. We dropped them off out in the San Fernando Valley. The turbine was going into a 66 Charger and the Chrysler was for Crawford.
https://youtu.be/j03RWXoGoYU?si=eTqLOfJJE6uz_Rlv
...that classroom of girls-sooo cute. where are they now?
Thanks. I'll let you know if I get it!