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Does the MC come back from Whitepost painted ?  What type of paint are people using ?   Hard to find a epoxy or two component semi-gloss black that will hold up to brake fluid.  I need to do a little more searching I guess.  I've found gloss black, the semi is a little hard to locate it seems.   

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Looked this one over today... the block is stamped with the car's serial number....

... it's Shelby serial number 

Knowing that, you can use your imagination on the rest of it... you won't be far off.

One could argue it's numbers matching and not be wrong!   

I noticed in this thread several of the cars mentioned were in the #800 range.  When did the change to underrides happen in '66?  I thought it applied to the first 252 cars, but overrides occurred past that number range?

Thanks. 

Let's see if they allow my comment, which is pretty much what Vern asked...

Geesh.  Whats to see??  There are other midnight blue, white interiored 67 GT 500's out there.  Who cares if Morrison's ass spent time in the seat.  My 67 GT 350 has a photo of Carroll sitting in the passenger seat, does that make it anymore valuable?
  Come on baby, light my fire!!

Evidently the market makes that decision, just look at anything owned or even driven by Steve McQueen...
The video of Morrison in the car certainly helps the value and adds to the mystique. 
A whole lot of people care that his ass was in the seat!   

How does one explain the newspaper ad from the early '70's (pics online) with the CA license plate number of the car?  VRD 389 I think it was...   

You actually you can explain it away, someone with the VIN to the car, perhaps someone who did work to the car, tune up, oil change, new tires or brakes placed the ad in hopes of coming up with a lead on the car in hopes of buying it, after of course hearing the story of it being totaled. There was a similar ad for a 68 GT500 KR convertible out of NYS in 1993, which was a known wreck, rollover, total and parted out car I had the drivers door and complete tags for. I had someone call me about it, when I called and responded, the person on the other end "Mike" folded like a cheap card table, and the ad was never placed again. By then, SAAC had already been notified of my findings......Could that be the case with 67402F2U00939 , we may never know.

Okay so they placed an ad in 1971 knowing that the car would someday be sought after and worth millions ?  The individual in 1971 placed the ad for a car he knew was totaled so he could get a lead on the car?  That just doesn't make sense in 1971, when the cars had no real value and people weren't aware of the whole Ford VIN and Shelby VIN thing.  Occams Razor applies here, it takes mental gymnastics to come up with alternate explanations...

How does one explain the newspaper ad from the early '70's (pics online) with the CA license plate number of the car?  VRD 389 I think it was...   

What's to explain, you register it in a State that does not issue Titles to old Cars and then you Lie and Cheat on the Forms.

If you contend the car didn't survive Morrison, how do you explain the newspaper as selling the car in 1971 in California ?  Someone was planning to profit from the car (being Morrison's) when they ran the ad?  20 years before Al Gore invented the internet ?   Clearly the car existed in some form after Morrison owned it.  Being for sale, not as a wreck or salvage, but as a used car.   Can't explain that away...  Yes, the car could have been wrecked after Morrison, but it survived him, that's been established, that's the point I am making.

How does one explain the newspaper ad from the early '70's (pics online) with the CA license plate number of the car?  VRD 389 I think it was...   

Sold for $300k plus the BAT juice.  Strong sale.  Looked like a good car.

Mike C

Sold for $715k including the juice...  Non original engine ?   The description was a little vague on that topic.   

Isn't it also the case at Pebble Beach that participants are invited to drive their very expensive cars (the horror!) on a tour?   Geez, driving a very very expensive car...outside...in the sun!  What will they think of next??

While I didn't participate in the Concours portion of SAAC-50 I went over and watched.  It was a beautiful day!  Complete with beautiful automobiles.  Well done.  Being different than the NCRS guys is fine with me. 

Maybe at the higher end of the market for a car with non-original engine and transmission.   Also curious is the mention that the serial number is stamped on the passenger door hinge....What about the drivers side?  Hood latch?  Trunk latch?   

He did several gauges for me, always friendly and great service.   Sorry to see he passed. 

How can a 65 shelby be worth more than a 289 cobra or in the same price range ?

Good question!  As far as rarity, they were produced in similar numbers.... Maybe they should be priced in the same range???