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Just to make sure:  The painting occurred after the box was installed on the assembly line?

  And if that is a "yes" to the years, exactly what years.

Yes it was supposed to be done for all years . You will find it in the assemblyline manual. It reads like the worker was supposed to lean over the fender and try to blackout what he could see . A small brush was apparently used. Like with other things in the assemblyline manual what was supposed to be done and what was typically done can be two different things.

so would that be flat, semi flat, semi gloss or gloss black?

They are black

thanks. Mine was black on my 70 and repainted it black when restored 26 years ago but thought I saw somewhere 69s(70) were a catch paint like a very dark gray or black(vary). Of course that's Dearborn so was wondering about Metuchin. Thanks again.

nice underneath. Are the structural plates on convertibles primer red or a diff color like slop gray  batch paint like 69s? 

Well I pulled my column out 1.5 years ago and it came out after I loosened the 2 bolts. I may sell my extra was joint as I bought a nos one from Randy S for my spare complete tilt column then when pulling out a steering box I had for 40 years saw it had a tilt rag joint on it so now I have a spare. 

Repo and the top part is toast due to the many holes  but at the price of a repo  probably  isn't a bad deal if you are building a clone. 

Hard to tell how nice without  detailed underside pics. To me that is very important as the value could be 10s of thousands depending on how the bottom looks.

This entire auction was a joke. The seller should have been laughing all the way to the bank.

but when a car doesn't meet its reserve how do we know in fact the top bid was real? I'm not accusing anything but it isn't rare for people to bid up cars for friends or an auction house( not Bat) bid a car up to the reserve. I watched Wayne Carini say that on a car he brought to pebble beach and at an RM auction stating on his TV show that there were no buyers in the room and the auction house can do that. BTW car didn't sell to the high bidder after auction either.

Reason I don't buy auction cars or run my cars through auctions, it's a scam. 4 years ago I bought two cars through GAA, both sellers told me the cars were great "Ready to go" The auction built the car's up explaining all the money for restoration and the success of the builders. Both vehicles were shit, couldn't even get one on the trailer. The rings were shot in one and had a severe rear main oil leak, and brakes didn't work. The other had two flat tires, a dead battery and had to hot wire to get it to crank, finally went to load it and the carb was so shot I couldn't keep her running without severe backfiring. The few I have bought on BAT have all been great cars. Other than buying from individuals I will always use BAT going forth if I have the need for an auction car. With BAT you also have the availability to inspect the car.

then you must be one of the preferred sellers? I know enough " peons" who tried to sell their cars on bat but bat wanted a ridiculously low reserve or no reserve at all. Preferred sellers can pretty much name their reserve which seems the case on this car. I looked at the pics. Wrong date coded engine. Not a restored car. Condition to Hagerty  values the car was bid above above and RNM at 265K? I like the car don't get me wrong and a replaced engine doesn't bother me but I would have bowed out a long time ago bidding wise. BAT is a great venue to sell a car for the most part or even buy one sometimes. Really no commission selling and if you have a no excuses car it should do well most times. So many variables come into play on any given auction.

Vin is 8T02J149278-01077. If a prospective buyer would have read the latest registry back then the red flags would have been present.

This entire auction was a joke. The seller should have been laughing all the way to the bank.

but when a car doesn't meet its reserve how do we know in fact the top bid was real? I'm not accusing anything but it isn't rare for people to bid up cars for friends or an auction house( not Bat) bid a car up to the reserve. I watched Wayne Carini say that on a car he brought to pebble beach and at an RM auction stating on his TV show that there were no buyers in the room and the auction house can do that. BTW car didn't sell to the high bidder after auction either.

Since I'm far from an expert on 67s I do follow them and prices and know quality so tell me why Bat would give a reserve on this car over the USD bid price of 264,420? We know the original engine isn't in the car so that affects some  high dollar bidders so what's up?

I'm not sure it would be illegal to stamp a vin on a block. Shelbys were never titled by a vin on the block. Also say someone found a correct block and stamped it and now called the car numbers matching and not say " guarantied original engine "  is that illegal? I'd say not. Unethical? Yes. Now Chevies prior to 1972 if someone built a very rare car where you cannot tell what it is because of the lack of engine vin and sold it as said rare car to me that would be fraud but it might be hard to prove? 

Does anyone have pics of the markings on an original and correctly restored rear axle housings for  a GT500 3.50 open rear end? Thanks. 

Hi Gary, I have an original 68 Shelby lower front valance. I sent you a PM if you are interested.

John

sure. Thanks

Looking for these parts: drivers side rear end cap.
Front valance.
Nos drivers side remote mirror.
Nos 68 antenna.
 1 wheel dated before 1/28/68.
Restorable hubcap centers- want 2 . I got a lot of mint pie pans some  I can trade for good restorable centers.
68 nos or mint radio bezel.
Ds smog tube for a 428  PI and anti backfire valve dated before 1/19/68- might but a complete system.
 Original drum dated before 1/28/68.
Thanks . Gary

Judging by the date code, it is more likely that it is a "C" scratch rather then an "A" but the id is mixed around that date and could be either.

FE's are full of contradictions.

I would call it a "Day 2" car and leave it at that. There are buyers for both "Concours Original" and for "drivers". Some buyers consider drivers more desirable but a buyer should be knowledgeable.

c scratch blocks came in in June of 67 so a March block would be an A scratch block