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In reality there have been enough pictures of 843 posted that it is probably one of the images AI relies on to "create" a red 1966 GT350 with gold stripes........

Hundred percent true. I still love this car after all those years past hence the numerous images over the years. I'm loving the car more than all of my exes combined. It didn't start out that way but evolved over time.

How's this? 

I am just watching now. At minute 4:10 he states it is not an original Shelby. I was going to take this post down, but it's here now. Caveat emptor.

I'm still doing the t shirt.

You won't need to litigate it.

AI content is not subject to copyright protection.

If "nobody" created the art then "nobody" owns it.

- Phillip

Aware. Agree.

It would be ill advised of anyone to make me a target defendant for this image. But that never stopped a frivolous lawsuit of which I've seen a few as a defense attorney. There is litigation ongoing on several fronts at the moment. See infra.

Major Lawsuits and SettlementsAnthropic $1.5 Billion Settlement (2025): In September 2025, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by authors including Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson. The suit alleged Anthropic used pirated copies of their books to train its Claude AI chatbot. It is considered the largest copyright recovery in history.Authors Guild v. OpenAI: A major class-action suit representing authors such as John Grisham, George R.R. Martin, and Jodi Picoult, alleging infringement by using works to train GPT models. As of early 2026, discovery is ongoing, with courts ordering OpenAI to produce millions of output logs.Kadrey et al. v. Meta: Authors including Sarah Silverman sued Meta, alleging their books were used to train LLaMA models. In June 2025, a court ruled that training was "transformative" and therefore fair use, though claims regarding "seeding" pirated works survived.New York Times v. OpenAI/Microsoft: A significant lawsuit focused on the use of news content for training.Other Actions: Further lawsuits have been filed against companies like Apple, Stability AI, and Midjourney by authors and artists over unauthorized training data usage.Key Legal Trends (2025–2026)Split Rulings on Fair Use: Courts are divided. In 2025, one court (Bartz v. Anthropic) ruled that training AI on books was fair use but that storing pirated copies was not. Another court (Kadrey v. Meta) suggested training on pirated works might also be fair use."Shadow Libraries" Focus: A major issue is the use of datasets scraped from illegal "shadow libraries" (e.g., LibGen, Z-Library).Precedent on Human Authorship: In March 2026, the US Supreme Court declined to hear a case, effectively reinforcing that AI-generated works cannot be copyrighted without human contribution.Shift to Licensing: Major publishers and some authors are moving away from litigation towards licensing agreements, such as the deal between Disney and OpenAI.

A driverless car? The Reaper must have already made his score or is his smile From a Semi just out of the picture.

There is a driver. There's a shadowy image by the quarter window with a hand on the steering wheel.

Hmmmm, "a free image that might take a human artist..."

AI creates NOTHING NEW. It is synthetic. It goes out and takes from things that people... human artists... have ALREADY CREATED.

The underlying data models were built using content obtained without permission of the original creators.

- Phillip

I am fully prepared to litigate and defend anything that comes my way on this image. I can safely state with a high degree of certainty that there is not another image of my Shelby on the planet with the Grim Reaper chasing it on a darkened road labeled Route 6. Plaintiff always carries the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence. And when the dust settles from that case I will file my malicious prosecution cause of action against the losing party.

Richard Elsliger
Attorney-at-law

Interesting that you oe AI place the car in the wrong lane also. Thanks for sharing

Maybe that's the point though. When you are trying to escape death, the rules of the road don't matter. The Shelby is coming out of an apex turn so it would appear. I highly doubt that the a.i. took any of the forgoing into consideration. A.i. makes a lot of mistakes but this image is about as good as it could produce. Plus, don't the turn signals turn off when the headlights are turned on? Overall, it's pretty good for a free image produced in what, four seconds that might take a human artist a day or two and a $300 or $400 commission, maybe more.

I was playing around on Google Gemini last night, looking to make a t shirt with my car on it and came up with this image after a few tries.  Strangely, it put the exhaust out the side just like it is currently on 843 even though that was not part of the prompt.  This one has distinct possibilities for either a t shirt or on a mug or both.

I noticed something while washing the Hertz and this may be true of all mustangs in general. On the driver's side, the window crank goes counter clockwise when raising the window. On the passenger side, the crank goes clockwise when raising the window. It seems consistent though if one thinks about the cranks rolling toward the seated driver and/ or passenger rather than away from them. It doesn't take much to amuse me.

Great presentation by Bigfoot.  (I take it he is the same Bigfoot on this site though I cannot be certain.)

Worth the watch?  You decide.

[It's always been cheaper to make horsepower and race a Chevy instead of a Ford. Take a look at GM crate engines today compared to the Motorsport catalog.]

I remember "Hank the Crank" rather then the "Crankshaft Company",

There is likely nothing that was not available to "qualified racers" through Ford's "XE Indy Program". Just not available to you and me whereas even as an 18 year old I could walk into a Chevy dealers parts department and buy a race ready engine immediately.

Crankshaft Co. was the "discount" place. Hank the Crank had the name and seemed to use that to charge more money.
It's always been cheaper to make horsepower and race a Chevy instead of a Ford. Take a look at GM crate engines today compared to the Motorsport catalog.

My father was of the same opinion and told me so once a long long time ago though he was mostly a dyed in the wool Ford guy.

Engine is a go.

Thanks for the advice, Roy. I am using thread sealant this time but I believe so long as I don't coat the first two or three threads at the beginning I should be safe. But hey, at least the problem was as at the fuel pump and was replaced. Makes me wonder how long it was failing. Also makes me wonder if I incorrectly blamed Pertronix for the car cutting out when it got hot when, instead, it was a failing fuel pump all along.