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The "Vintage Shelby Related Literature and Collectibles" section was supposed to resurface and be readily available again but that hasn't happened as of yet.  Too bad.

Craig R.

Try the Home Page... it's been there all along

https://www.saac.com/forum/index.php?board=43.0

The "Vintage Shelby Related Literature and Collectibles" section was supposed to resurface and be readily available again but that hasn't happened as of yet.  Too bad.

Craig R.

Try the Home Page... it's been there all along

https://www.saac.com/forum/index.php?board=43.0

I don't see it either. Only 2 headings:  SA history and SA racing history.

saw a You tube video the other day from a guy who analyzes all the auction houses........BAT is avg like 5,000 listings per month now

if you notice they have Preferred sellers that get their cars listed all the time.....not sure what the cost is to be preferred....

I have submitted three neon signs and was rejected within hours on all.

yep, not everyone is treated the same on BAT. One seller sells signs all the time and coin operated rides that are not automotive. I had a mutual friend try to put a rare steering wheel on BAT and get turned down when lesser parts were listed by "known" sellers. If you are a pion more than likely BAT will try and bully you with a no reserve or low reserve while I've seen some ridiculous reserves(RNM) on BAT from known sellers. I know many who declined because BAT wanted a very low reserve.

Great point
I've been contacted by BAT about Shelby's I'm selling.
However, they want to decide on the reserve.
No thank you.

I know quite a few 'potential" sellers who declined to sell as BAT was firm on a ridiculous low reserve or no reserve at all. I know a few  "preferred" sellers who didn't like my comments and my comment was flagged. One was the pictures were of framing quality but not good for me to go over to help a friend determine if he would bid on a car. Nothing outlandish but that he needed brighter pics because some areas the pics were too dark to see certain things. Now I just message a seller. Another was on a B9 not long ago on a RAh Rah guy for the seller and then flagged then I called out BAT on the flag(yes I will do that) and could NOT post the last few days of the auction as they reviewed every post than gone. One for the hell of it was "good luck @seller" and it was never posted. LOL. I quit posting for 3 weeks after that auction as they were "reviewing" every post I made for a few days. As Stu said it is "their game". I did offer to do the write up in cars since their writers don't know WTF they are doing.

Pete can you elaborate on the position of the antenna when it is all the way retracted? I know the 65-6(7?) are different in the retracted position than a 68 so when mounted judges would know by retracting the antenna to see if it is correct or not. Thanks.

65/66 antenna ball sticks up a little to over a inch from the main mast section when fully retracted. The 67/68 antenna ball typically sets flush with the main mast section when fully collapsed.

Thanks Bob.

saw a You tube video the other day from a guy who analyzes all the auction houses........BAT is avg like 5,000 listings per month now

if you notice they have Preferred sellers that get their cars listed all the time.....not sure what the cost is to be preferred....

I have submitted three neon signs and was rejected within hours on all.

yep, not everyone is treated the same on BAT. One seller sells signs all the time and coin operated rides that are not automotive. I had a mutual friend try to put a rare steering wheel on BAT and get turned down when lesser parts were listed by "known" sellers. If you are a pion more than likely BAT will try and bully you with a no reserve or low reserve while I've seen some ridiculous reserves(RNM) on BAT from known sellers. I know many who declined because BAT wanted a very low reserve.

I have never seen a 70 boss spoiler kit probly because unlike 69 the 70 had 4 small holes stamped in it to use as a starter to install spoiler as you use the  center round  screw hole first the go to the other side and use oval hole then back to other side use oval hole the back to other side use oval hole then you have to drill the rest of holes and go lh rh lh rh and use small c clamps help. U se panhead self starter  phillips head screws amk sells them.DONT watch the u-tube 70 spoiler installation video as its totally wrong and mounted too far forward and i think there is a drawing in the 70 assembly manual. I had a boss spoiler never installed the OO still had hanging in his garage rafters as he didnt want it installed since it dont look right unless you have the rear spoiler so they match the look like on boss 302s so if new owner didnt want it installed that was his choice. The assembly line 70 spoiler has a diffferent texture than the nos service spolier.

While we are talking 70 Boss 9s 70 Shelbys would have had their front spoilers installed in the same time frame and while I only have had 2 70 Shelbys both had the spoilers installed much differently and  while going through my extra fasteners last night for plating for my 68 I'm doing I think I found the bag of fasteners on my old GT500 I took off in 1984.

Pete can you elaborate on the position of the antenna when it is all the way retracted? I know the 65-6(7?) are different in the retracted position than a 68 so when mounted judges would know by retracting the antenna to see if it is correct or not. Thanks.

Honestly who would want a purple shelby?

The guys that own those things must be real wierdos

Why I otta   

ok whose car really isn't "purple" , Bob? Ed?  Lol

What is frustrating are the twits who gush about a car that is nice but not one of the best but they gush like it is. Those are factual and analytical about what a car is  are now in a quandary. Do you want to be negative on a car to be real about it contradicting the cheerleading clueless twits and be perceived as someone who is " trashing cars"  or do you just move on ?  I just move on now. But if a seller states false crap  I might just  "correct" them. I'm sure sellers have  buddies gush about their cars. How can  you prove some are clueless? I was corrected making a comment about Ed Meyers" purple 69 and a guy corrected me and even though he was incorrect after my post and Pete's post on purple cars the guy has 2 likes which means 2 clueless guys liked the post and kept their likes when the OP admitted he was wrong.... You can't  fix stupid

I think theres actually more than one purple car

yeah,  I didn't reference Bob's purple car in my post on Bat .

I have also had comments denied repeatedly (not on this car but another '67 Shelby a few weeks ago), after three attempts at the same comment I gave up - the Monitors have their sacred cows to hide or protect.  Don't mess with their agenda!

when Bats algorithm hits me I'll mess and try and post " great car!" And it will be held for review and not posted. Have  you ever had a mostly blank page that said " are you sure you want to do that?". Sometimes it would go in a loop and never let you post.

Tried to comment again, and then again... both deleted immediately, barely even enough time to show as "under review" before they went away. Did screenshot the second comment so the forum can see how "non constructive" it apparently was.

They should rename the site to "Bringen Sie einen Anhänger mit"

Vern

this happened to me on a 70 Boss9 a month ago. I made a remark to a guy who said something like hey guys quit the the small increments and jump it to 400k( Bidding ended around 257k). I made my comment and it was flagged. Then every post I tried to make since then was reviewed and never posted after I asked bat why. I was tagged twice and couldn't respond. I quit going on bat for almost 3 weeks after that. My friends Tommy Bruin( who has been in bat  jail a few times) and BKrug have text conversations about how Bat has deteriorated. Both have sold numerous cars on bat and have bought on Bat. Heck a guy today called me out saying that Shelby never made a purple car( my ref was to 69s) but I'm sure Ed and Bob would disagree with the guy. Whether it's Facebook or Bat too many  commenting on things they don't know JS about. We call it an ass slapping site now.

Many BAT buyers it appears don't care about the correct details but want a shiny great looking car. I don't like when cars are photographed as " poster quality" on BAT. I think they hide things at times. Seems 1 guy doesn't know a Purple Shelby vert was made.

I am hopeful, or is this the calm before the storm.

Relax... it's been... handled.

THANK YOU! Didn't he disappear for a little while and came back filling up the board about a year or 2 ago?

I have a good friend who is dying and has about 3 weeks left. He only buys good cars for his collection. I had him send me some pics of his cars he wanted to sell before he died. He sold his mancave building to an old friend. So far he has sold his 71 original paint 455HO 4 speed 20K mile Trans am. 2 others sold to a guy in the Detroit area who is the king of Trans Ams so to speak all going real quick as the 71 TA went back to the prior owner. He had 2 cars left. A 72 red GTO 455 HO M22 4 speed with the WW5 package. over 50 percent original paint. Absolutely a beautiful show looking car in the pics. Well when we talked he said it was a "20 footer" with some paint issues on the original paint on the roof but still showed well. My point? Many cars on BAT have looked much better because the "fancy" pictures have portrayed them wrong. A guy named Bruno near Toronto bought the Goat the other day and will race it at the pure stock nationals In Stanton Mi  where he races rare Chevy and Pontiac iron along with his kids.  His one car left is his 69 Ford Cobra. 32K miles and original paint with one fender repainted because a prior owner scratched it. Anyone interested in a MCACN survivor candidate   the car is for sale for around 60K USD(my friend lives in Windsor). He said 60-70K. He has went so far as to replace a heater hose clamp with a date coded original one and planned on doing a MCACN show in the future but cancer got in the way. Gary