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Bob,
I have the 20 original lug nugnuts for my car
I'll take pictures and send them

Doug was a great guy, he was the kind of guy who made you feel welcome, went out of his way to help you. He and his wife Kathy were among the first folks we met on our first GT350 Tour, they made feel welcome, made sure they answered all of our questions were answered. What a great guy, we all should be as nice and kind as Doug.
His life should probably be a book as he had an amazing one.
Godspeed Doug, save a spot for me in Heaven, looking forward to you meeting me at the pearly gates one day, greeting me and answering all my questions

Richard, if you decide to use the "Poly Locks" for the valve adjustment Summit has a set of valve cover gaskets from a company called TransDapt, they are 5/16 thick and allow use of the original valve cover with the metal shield/baffles still installed
Part Number: TRD-9646

I'll be there with my Black/Gold 66 Hertz car. Stop and by and say the secret word (Pardee) for a free memento. 

Anyone going to Amelia Island for the concours?

A great guy. Met him on the first GT350 Tour I went on, both he and Kathy made us feel welcome and gave me lots of information and pointers to make sure we had a great time. He had great stories and always was fun to be around. He will be missed

How about some other things that may or may not be true

2. Mirrors on Hertz cars were painted different colors to differentiate between airports. I was told by Ed Waterman in 1972 that he had seen these when he worked at DC's National Airport in the 66-67 time period. He said that Baltimore and Dulles used different colors. This is the original mirror off 6S1431 which was used at National Airport. Was this unique to the 3 airports near DC/Baltimore? Was it used at other areas? Has anyone besides me have a painted rear-view mirror with a painted back?

Check out the second photo in my opening post from this thread....https://www.saac.com/forum/index.php?topic=2373. Car was rented in Seattle during the summer of 66.

 

Thanks, that's the only picture other than my car I've seen with a red mirror

How about some other things that may or may not be true
1. 6S1431, has two holes punched in the metal strip on the driver's side that I was told were for the installation of a body affixed VIN Tag starting in Jan 1966. I've seen earlier cars without these holes and later cars without these holes. It was alleged that it started around Oct/Nov of 65 and stopped in the Feb/March 66 time period. Has anyone ever heard this? The holes are punched and not drilled. Does anyone with a car near this VIN have these hose on this metal tab?
2. Mirrors on Hertz cars were painted different colors to differentiate between airports. I was told by Ed Waterman in 1972 that he had seen these when he worked at DC's National Airport in the 66-67 time period. He said that Baltimore and Dulles used different colors. This is the original mirror off 6S1431 which was used at National Airport. Was this unique to the 3 airports near DC/Baltimore? Was it used at other areas? Has anyone besides me have a painted rear-view mirror with a painted back?
3. The 3rd and 4th pictures are the speedometer locks used on Hertz cars. There are two versions, one was attached at the speedometer head behind the instrument cluster and alleged to be the moist common. The other one shows the attachment on the speedometer cable where it enters the transmission near the speedometer gear. Do we know how many cars actually got them? When did they start installing the? When did they stop installing them? How many got the one at the instrument cluster? How many got them at the Speedometer gear on the transmission?

Best subject on the forum in years. Thanks to all who contributed so far

Reading this has taken me away from the scandalous Olympic Curling Cheating. It's refreshing and just amazing, just when you think when everything has been found out about Shelby American in the 60's something like this pops up. Thanks to all for all of the input, I love this kind of stuff.
I'm hoping someone will publish the magic formula for Pit Stop Deodorant     

I'll contact the authorities and have them change to my new established P.O. Box so I would have the keys.
Then I could have access to many cool rides

Sales correction information on this "Black and Gold Bad Boy"

1966 SHELBY GT350H SFM#6S1618, an automatic Hertz car, sold at Barrett-Jackson for an incredible $420,000 or a total price of $462,000 including buyers' premium.
The white intake gaskets Ford used in the late 60's early 70's were allegedly asbestos based.  They were unbelievably hard to break loose a took a lot of scrapping and digg8ng to clean up. Same thing for the front pump gaskets on the automatic transmission
Probably shortened my life a few years working that environment back then. But it was fun



 

.....now they are impossible to find the correct ones

They lasted but have the look of pressed asbestos so they probably got banned.
It's the CA state rock: Since 1965, serpentine has been the State Rock, the first such designation for any state. The choice of serpentine was an economic one. Serpentine is a source of asbestos, which was widely used in construction and other industries. With more serpentine than any other state, California benefitted financially from this mineral.

are they white header gaskets I see?

Yes they are and they are supposed to be white.

are they white header gaskets I see?

Yes they are and they are supposed to be white.

I think I still have a white pair in the gasket pile - worth digging out?

I used to have sets of those, now they are impossible to find the correct ones
Always searching for things like that

are they white header gaskets I see?

I've pictures of my car on sites that are supposed to have it for sale. It's sometimes a different VIN number, but it will have my tag on it. A lot come from photos Jerry Heasly took for an article over 10 years ago. They just make a copy and claim to own the car or are selling the car "for a friend who is old and doesn't us the internet"
Scammers