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I'll be with Tom a couple of days after that, so as much as I'd like to shuffle down there, I have to pass on this one
Besides it would cost me a small fortune in gasoline, 11 MPG in the car with high test, and if I trailer it 6mpg in the truck of regular it would be an 8 hundred mile round trip.
You do the math

Old school. I just took the petronix out and reinstalled points



Steve, I would've thought you had converted your Hertz to electric by now?

I'll be with Tom a couple of days after that, so as much as I'd like to shuffle down there, I have to pass on this one
Besides it would cost me a small fortune in gasoline, 11 MPG in the car with high test, and if I trailer it 6mpg in the truck of regular it would be an 8 hundred mile round trip.
You do the math

Have an owner of a 1966 GT350 and he wants to install a 4:11 rear in the car. Does anyone make just a center section for this car? Anyone use a spool type differential? Looking for options to offer him

Agreed 👏

Find NOS Ford points, they are worth it

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