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Thanks Bob

Thanks for the replies.
It was confusing for me to decide. Like you said the gaps around the inlay made me think repro but then I read most of the repros had the screw on the backside. Maybe the screw info is incorrect?

I gather a repro is worth a few hundred? If so I'll let next owner decide if they want to keep it on or not.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend so far.
Helping a buddy sell his 67 Fastback and the car has this Shelby shifter handle on it. From what I've researched since the securing screw is in the front it is original. Is that correct?
The car should have the 67 deluxe handle so this wood one obviously isn't correct for the car.
If this is original what is it worth?
Trying to decide if should remove it to sell separately?

Thanks!

It's really hard to catch these scammers unless you can get some true details about them...name, bank account name and account details. Many just want to get deposits through electronic means which makes it harder to trace.  Most authorities won't spend time unless it is a significant amount of money or they can gather evidence of many scammed by the same person and group it together into one case.

I've been flagging their ad for weeks now.  They keep reposting. 
I guess people are falling for it sadly!

I called on one a few weeks ago that were MY pics at my house of a car I sold a bunch of years ago (not the first time this happened with that car!).  When the scammer said he was a used car lot in MD I asked normal questions like "if you have the car there on your lot why are the pics in the yard of of a residential house?"
He started to get agitated and said I seemed more concerned about the ad itself and the pics and that I probably couldn't even afford the car etc. and before I could tell him they were my pics and my house he hung up!
Scammers really make me mad!

I was just joking.  You are pretty well known on there tho

I've been active on BaT (not as active as shelbymann1970, he is like a celebrity there!  ) but they have turned me off a bit in the last year or 2.
I know numerous instances (myself included) where the reserve they were stuck on was not close to what they owner/seller wanted and the owner ended up going to another auction venue and blew it outta the park!  Ended up working out well for the seller but it makes BaT look bad.
I even shared some of those details with BaT and they never replied!  As Bret said earlier, they think they know more than we do!

BaT, ever since it got bought by Hearst Auto Group (2020) has changed a lot from a reserve standpoint.  Like many others have said, the reserve on this one made no sense.
Prior to the Hearst acquisition they were much more open to the sellers requested reserve or at least open to a discussion with supporting info why you felt your reserve was in line.
It's much much more about the bottom line now.  They will flat out tell you they won't list your car unless you do No Reserve OR you need to go with their reserve...which is usually much lower than what you'd like.  They want the cars to sell so they make their 5%.  I was shocked when I was RNM on this Shelby!

Yes sorry I should have been more specific.
The small block 68 GT would have to be the J code if Perry does only want a small block GT

(I'm also pretty sure 289s could be ordered Thru all of 68 but I think the confusion lies in that mid year they ran out of 289 blocks and used 302 blocks but the cars were still 2v C codes...but that's all for another discussion another day)

Unsure if Perry knows you could get a 67 2v C code GT

Pretty sure 68 would be a J code.

Thanks for sharing the stories.  I grew up in Westchester County (moved South in 2002) and don't think I ever met Bob.  Wish I had.

May be hard to get the local PD to do much if there wasn't any financial loss.

If anyone needs help catching a scammer or getting restitution, drop me a direct message.  My buddy has a company that does just that.

Doesn't look like 1967 brittany blue to me!

Sorry for not including the 67 K code (awesome car) and many others....  I love all Ford powered vehicles, but I would be here for days and I had to cut it off at some point, so I figured just the Shelby products considering this is a Shelby driven forum.

Have a good day!

No need to apologize at all.  Thanks for starting the post, it was great to have all the Shelby related cars in one post.  Totally understand why others were not included here.