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It was advertised on an Idaho Craigslist page too.

Allen's GT350H is one of the first Shelbys I saw as a teenager in the 70's right here in Missoula, Montana. I had told the previous owner that I would love to own the car if he ever decided to sell it. Somewhere around 1978 he brought it to my parents' house so we could look it over as he had decided to part with it. Unfortunately, he had promised it to another acquaintance, so he had to contact him to see if he still wanted it. As luck would have it he did, so it slipped away. The sad thing is the guy who bought it was a car dealer, so it got sold again right away. Took me a few more years to find a Shelby, but in '82 my wife and I purchased '67 GT500 #589, we still own it. If I would have ended up with Allen's car I'm sure I'd still own it! It was good to see it again at SAAC 50! Saw it at an International Mustang Meet a few years ago too. Still looks as nice as it did back in the 70's!

I've owned one for close to 30 years. Very fun car. I tell people we have 20 year anniversary models, a '67, '87 and '07!

Thanks for the input, we are aware of the color being charcoal. It's interesting thst the car with the rollbar donut that JD posted a picture of appears to have the eyelet washer as well. We were wondering if some were added at SA after they removed the interior panel to install the rollbar and rear brake ducting. They were on mine when I bought it in '82 and they're on this one that hasn't been apart since the 70's when the previous owner put speakers in the interior panels. Hard to know at this point. It would be interesting to know if any if the low mile originals out there have them. At this point it's probably anyone's guess, but since regular Mustang fastbacks didn't have them it's probably safe to bet they aren't supposed to be there. Are points docked for them in concourse judging?

We are putting together an early '67 GT500. When we took the car apart the screw towards the top of the panel that you see when you open the door, the one closest to the rollbar, had a silver eyelet style washer that the screw sat in. So does my #589. Mine are painted black, which I may have done 35 years ago when I painted the interior parts. I don't believe standard Mustang fastbacks had these. Any opinions on this?

It would have been easier to remove the scoop so I wouldn't have to mask the entire car just to paint a little stripe on the scoop. However, after pulling the insulation down a bit to inspect it, it is apparent that the scoop is attached to the hood with epoxy. It's going to have to be painted on the car.

Thanks for the responses. Mine is one of the replacement scoops. When they replaced the scoop they neglected to put the blue stripe down the middle of it. It looks kinda funny to me with the scoop being all silver, so I'm going to paint the stripe on it.

Curious if the rivets are actually holding the scoop to the hood or are the rivets just decorative?

I'm wondering because I intend to paint the blue stripe on the scoop, but I haven't had the opportunity to remove the underhood insulation to see how the scoop attaches. I figure someone here would know off the top of their head.

Thank you!

Thank you for the info! Can't wait to attend!

Has a host hotel been identified? If so, how soon can a person make reservations?

Thank you for calling. For some reason I can't find your PM. Not sure why, but I passed the info on to my buddy who's restoring his car. Thanks again!

Sent a PM a couple days ago, not sure of you received it. I know a guy who may be interested. Please call me at 406-544-7221

So these wheels are actually reproductions rather than ones restored by Paradise Wheels?

I have the exact same problem and have been running tubes since the late 80's. I only had three of my wheels restored, I sent them to him from Montana one at a time. After the first three wouldn't hold air I gave up and used the nicest of the last two I had left along with the three restored wheels with tubes in them. Craig told me many years ago that they had corrected the problem and that if I shipped them back to them they would fix them, but the expense of shipping them was a deterrent for me at the time. After running them for the last 30 plus years I have taken them off the car and put a set of Cragars on it which is kind of a nice change. I am going to California in a few months and I'm taking them with me and hope to drop them off to have them fixed and have the fourth wheel restored. I certainly expect them to charge me after 30 years of use. I'm hoping they will be willing to repaint the centers of the three I had them restore for me years ago without completely restoring them again as they've held up quite well. My car's a driver so it's not a concourse car by any stretch of the imagination, but Magstars look great on it. The tubes are a pain because they start leaking at some point too and I've ended up replacing all of them a couple times over the years.

So the Marti Report will include the information specific to how your car compares to other Shelby GT's and not just to the total production of GT Mustangs?