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That setup carries a 1964 Ford part number (C4OZ-6B068-E), was still offered in the 1966 Shelby American parts catalog as a Cobra branded accessory. Doesn't appear in the 1968 Cobra Kits catalog, although I personally saw one of those manifolds 40 years ago that said SHELBY rather than the normal COBRA. Only one I've ever seen. Hope this helps.

Dave

I only have these ones if you are looking for some other books also.

Kent,
  Sent you a PM.

Thanks,
Dave

Hey Phillip,
  I don't recall if there were other Ford/Mercury products in attendance at the last MCA Grand National in Fredericksburg in 2019, but there was a special parking area for display only cars that included a variety of Shelbys and Mustangs, I'd suggest contacting someone in National Capitol Region Mustang Club (the host club) to find out. Steve McDonald is the only person I know personally in NCRMC.

Dave

All,
  Mustang Club of Tidewater is holding their spring show (all makes) at Cavalier Ford Greenbrier on South Military Hwy in Chesapeake Va on Saturday, April 12 from 9AM to 3PM. They usually hold space and let the Shelby club park together. We had 26 cars from our gang (Shelbys, Bosses, Mach 1s, Fairlanes, Cobra replicas) in 2024. See details in the below link:

https://www.ccchr.org/events/mct-spring-fling-car-show-april-12#:~:text=Saturday%2C%20April%2012th%2C%202025%20%7C%209A%20%2D%202P

Hey, looks like they've finally opened registration for the MCA Grand National Show in Fredericksburg within the last week or so.

https://mustang.org/event/mca-grand-national-show-fredericksburg-va/

https://www.ncrmc.org/single-project

Dave

Few pics of the 61....

Met a bunch of guys for breakfast this morning up at the Hardee's in Chesterfield VA, where Route 10 crosses I-95. Actually had a few guys bring their cars out, including these two cars, a 1961 Starliner with a 390, 3-2s and 4 speed, and an original 427, 2-4V 63-1/2 Galaxie fastback, both are very nice cars.

Dave

Give Lee Mathias a call, Mustang Farm, 678-986-1656. He's outside of Atlanta, done a lot of Shelby work over the last 45 years.

Has anyone seen any specifics about the Mustang Club of America 2025 Grand National Show scheduled to for Aug 28-31 in Fredericksburg VA? Beyond the date and town, I've seen no other details about it online (either on the MCA site or the National Capital Region Mustang Club (NCRMC) site).

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Dave

Hey, sent you a PM.

Dave

Very cool. A bunch of friends (who were a bit older than me) were at SAAC-5 (and took 5S071 to run at Utica). One of the guys took probably 200 photos there, unfortunately all slides. Those slides were just further motivation to get a Shelby (which took me a couple more years). We did eventually get to Dearborn (SAAC-15 in 1990). Was pretty awesome too. Thanks for sharing.

Dave

Sharp car, good stance. The Magstars really set it off.

Dave

I received mine yesterday.

Dave,
   The gear ratios stamped in the top flange of the case are one of the sets of Super T-10 gear sets currently available (I'm not home so I don't have all my notes and books to refer to). The biggest problem with these is that the bore for the countershaft (for the cluster gear) is larger for the Super T-10 as they have a larger diameter countershaft, so in order to use this with the early Ford internals, you'd have to bush down the bore for the countershaft. I actually bought one of these cases new from Richmond Gear a couple of years ago (they seem to be unavailable currently) for about $500 with the intent of doing something similar, or else building a Super T-10 for a Ford, but life got in the way so..... Lee Holman had told me there were new aluminum cased transmissions being made for the FIA vintage race guys in Europe a number of years ago, probably where these originated.

Dave

Dave,
   Cool concept for a monthly meeting. Only problem I'd have is I'd be trying to buy everything.....haha. Thanks for sharing this.

Dave