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 Spoke  To Kathy ......

attached is link to the obituary  no immediate plans for a memorial service. 




https://islandcremations.com/obituaries/douglas-l-cresanta/11755/?fbclid=IwY2xjawQYP4pleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeEs7LljqgDuWRSAt6kJtRf9ssOkO6yswjUi2BXxlyeeQAJOnrpEo_dPAkfbk_aem_3-rK3gq5v5Ih_bV4nNpF0Q

I met Doug and Kathy about 1986 back when he was running around in his brown 65 coupe with all his own mods . We talked Shelbys and later that year i bought my 68 . We always had great long conversations revolving around  the cars and the history  from the guy who was in the factory when the cars were built .  He always was  on the hunt for a carryover car  and then he found 188 . At the time i was running a small shop in nj . we went thru the 66 and cleaned it top to bottom . stuck the race motor and trans from the coupe into the 66. repowered the coupe and sold it to a guy in Norway.
Many conventions and events together followed /    Then he threw a phone number too me  for a job interview.  Before I knew it I was restoring cobras and boss 302 race cars and Shelbys full time . And that crazy path has not stopped since.

Gonna miss him  But he sure left a great memories .

Sadly  we lost Doug Cresanta yesterday ....  I will forward more info regarding services as soon as I know them .



 

Rarely will i  go against the Speegle  word ......But  1967 /1968   "shelbys " would use same wide spaced  export brace   so even if it was early 68 it would have the 68 67  style.   the 65 66 style is really not  a direct fit without  the cowl brace  and equal spaced holes .  but the 67 68 will fit back to 65 with wide spacing and no cowl brace .  It would have made more sense to drill the cowl on the cars with even spaced export rather than the export brace. 

Looks like an early equal spaced with extra holes .  1965 1966/ By the time your done fixing it it would be smarter to buy a good one . for a 68

we had a tech section in  forum 1.0       it could be  behind  the members only  side of the forum ......  but  every time it was brought up  i was told we dont need that .

axle base  numbers

there was a place in patterson nj that rebuilt car and truck batteries but they are long gone. 

Yes but "outsiders" consider those details so esoteric that they question our rational.
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Yes but they are wrong    shelbydoug

I have replaced thousands  of these air bags ....  in all the other cars .  really only ones that seem to  possibly have issues are the rangers and convert mustangs .   these 2 are always very rusty when removed .

I hear some FORD employees enjoy setting them off behind the dealerships.

yes some may but i also  reminded the co workers  them the reason they are being replaced is they killed people when they exploded...... I will be inside .  Ford also had no disposal program for returning them .

I have replaced thousands  of these air bags ....  in all the other cars .  really only ones that seem to  possibly have issues are the rangers and convert mustangs .   these 2 are always very rusty when removed .

unless the  numbers being transferred are in  pristine condition  the hardest thing is the inconsistency in 2 different  materiaial  the grain of the steel does not match /or the condition of the the 2 panels  that aged at different rates in different places .

So what ever happened to the " other bullet mustang"    \\  you know the one kevin marti blessed as being the real car ?

 2 of   tdf falcons were built at dearborn steel and tubing  then modified for road racing  at holman / they had studabaker front disc brakes .