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First 2 pics are a '66 Dearborn C4.
Last 2 pics are a '65 Dearborn 4 speed.
Same clip.

For clarity, that's the clip that's used under the car on the trans crossmember reinforcement on the unibody.  The toe-board one is different.

If you're referring to the one on the passenger side toe-board, it's the same as the dual line clip under the driver side floor.  The spring steel one.

Charles Turner above probably related to these special orders. (taken from a Microfiche system by a friend decades ago)  (R-model batch order shown here). I sent them back then to Howard. At that time he had not seen them at least.
The later changes were issued more in a handwritten style as supplements.

Yep, that's what I was referring to.  I have the full versions of those and others.

Unfortunately no.  Depending on how close you want it to look like original, it will take searching for a mix of NOS and original parts to restore.  Suspension/steering-wise, there's just not that many accurate reproduction parts available.

If the car had any of the original suspension, it would be worth evaluating what is there and determining if any of it is good enough to restore. 

SA placed bulk special orders to the San Jose assembly plant several times during '65 and '66 production years.  The first 3 cars were 2 orders (1 street car, 2 cars with specific deleted to be built as competition models).  Then there was the big order for the next 110 cars delivered to Venice in late Dec '64.  That included 2 orders: 15 comp builds and 90 street cars.  Those orders were modified from the first orders.  The next orders were placed for the next 100 cars, which would be delivered to LAX towards the end of March '65, another 100 cars.  Those orders were modified from the December orders.  Then there were subsequent orders. 

Howard would know better as to what changes were made to each bulk order.  I have copies of a couple of them.  They mostly note specific things like the SJ plant installing tires provided.  At some point there was an 'A' and 'B' base package defined which they referenced and then changes from those.

Nice meeting you Christophe!

Division 1, it is optional to start the car during the operational check.  No penalty points for not starting.  In our concours guidelines, page 4.

Was hard to take a bad picture of the '65 lineup!

I have to admit I was impressed by the Yenko Stinger display!

Concours Div 2 is judged the same no matter if the car is trailered or driven.  An operational check is required for Div 2.

FYI, the pod was taken off the car, rocker stripe primer-ed over, and standard steering wheel installed by the long term owner because he didn't want people to know it was a 65 Shelby and attempt to steal the car out of his backyard. I am glad that his tactics worked on the likes of Charles Turner 40 years later!!!!   

Got me good on that one! 

Yes, believe that's right.  First time I walked by it, saw some Shelby parts, but no gauge pod or cutout on the dash and the hood was down, so I kept going.  Found out later it was a real '65 GT350.

Top one in first pic looks like a repro.

The 2 bolts that attach those to the rad support were usually the same used on the grille, hex cap bolt, disc washer and tapered end to thread into the hole.

That might not really be an option, as most (not all) SAAC concourse judges also judge the MCA concourse events making the Shelby class a blended combination.

The past 5 or so years, not so much, but it's true that many SAAC and MCA judges have judged with both organizations at some point.  The judging rules are similar, with the main differences being that SAAC points are weighted more towards originality and MCA is divided 50/50 for originality and workmanship/condition/cleanliness... and also, SAAC allows fractional deductions.

Any idea when the judging sheets for the Boss 429s will go out?

I'm working on them, no later than end of next week.