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Looking to purchase a 1969-70 Snake emblem with these numbers (2508-A visible) on the back.

The orange backed Snake photo is from an eBay listing (not current) - the NPD ad shows the entire number.

I have no idea if the NPD Snake had those numbers on the back, but the eBay photo shows that it does exist.



Will purchase outright or have other Snakes to trade, let me know what you have.

- PM me here
- Email: p51ace@sbcglobal.net
- Text:  920-819-1609

Thanks!
Kieth

[CAR CRAFT]

I recently had to repurchase another copy of the May 1965 issue of CAR CRAFT, because I had foolishly used scotch tape decades ago to fasten a continued column from another page onto a previous page of the article. But this time, with my non-hasty, older age eyes approach, I noted an inset photo in the Contents section that I had not previously noticed. Note the small inset photo on page 5 here, about the article on page 64. That photo is not used in the article in this May 1965 issue of CAR CRAFT ("A Two-Fisted Street Machine with Race Track Manners"). Mmmm - I had seen that photo before - but where?? So I went to my "SHELBY ARTICLES - RECENT" folder, and found it in the June 2010 issue of MUSCLE CAR REVIEW, in an article by Rick Kopec titled "The Birth of the G.T. 350." The caption on page 57 states "Testing the G.T.350 for Hot Rod magazine, 1965." But the only 1965 issue of HOT ROD that I know of that tested a G.T. 350 was the August issue, and this "dusty road" photo is not in that issue either. A different "dusty" photo is used in the Aug 1965 HOT ROD article, but it was taken at LAX.

So my question is - have you ever seen this exact "dusty road" photo in a period magazine?
 
If not, it is a 1965 photo that was not "featured" until 2010!!

Kieth

1969/1970 SHELBY/Mustang glove box door.

Autograph by Carroll Shelby at the 10th Anniversary-2006- of the Shelby American Collection X-Mas party/fundrasier.

$1200.00

Contact Kerry via text/call at: 608-485-1549
Or email at: kbwhite60@aol.com

(sorry for this large image, I'm just doing a quick & dirty on the 'ol iPad...)

But can someone tell me which issue of Customs Illustrated this article is in? This is page 61.

Thanks,
Kieth

Does anyone know the source of this article? I grabbed these separate images somewhere but would like to get the magazine(?) and then scan & stitch them together.

Thanks!
Kieth

KRANKY,

I cannot find a listing of Ken Miles in a #60 Cobra in your 1963-65 Race Records, unless I missed it. And there's no description of this cover photo, or credit for it, inside the book.

Can you help me with which chassis # this is, and at which event this photo was taken at?
(the hood vents made me think CSX2002, but I never found anything with it as #60)

Thanks,
Kieth

What does the yellow "CD-2" sticker on CSX3159 signify??

I'm looking for help evaluating this air cleaner assembly for both its authenticity and for the value of it in this completely unrestored state.

Thanks for the help!
Kieth

[MOTOR TREND]

Can someone ID which 1968 issue of MOTOR TREND this article by Steve Kelly was in:



Thanks!
Kieth

[that's]

...said John Christy in his June 1965 editorial about the GT 350.
Now that's real journalism!!

I cropped & composed this image from parts of page 8 and with a photo from the article itself:

A good friend of mine in another city recently surprised me with a gift of his lifelong collection of Shelby materials.
I was literally humbled - what a huge surprise from a great guy!

Among the lot is a bunch of small clippings, many of which I had never seen before, like this one.
Here, an intent-looking Chuck Cantwell shows off the new 289 manifold developed for the Trans-Am racing program.
(there was no source on the backside of this clipping)

What a cool photo:

["YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN A COBRA TO A BUREAUCRAT OR A CONSUMER ADVOCATE"]

"YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN A COBRA TO A BUREAUCRAT OR A CONSUMER ADVOCATE"
Now there's a politically correct headline!!

I'm just now getting around to scanning a new-to-me magazine/article/photo that I found at MCACN in November 2021.
It's the October 1974 issue of SPORTS CAR magazine and it had a great article on Carroll Shelby's Cobras.
It consists of five pages, with 3 photos from the 1963 Bridgehampton FIA Double 500, plus a whole page on author Wade Hoyt's CSX2288.

The photo below is exceptional to me because it's a large 8 3/4" x 12" in size. Better resolution would be nice, but hey, I'll take it!
It nicely shows a photo that I had never seen before, Gurney smoking out of the pits in LeMans Replica CSX2137 on his way to Shelby American's first FIA victory on that September day in New York:

[CARS]

Does anybody know which issue of CARS magazine this article was in?

Thanks,
Kieth

[HERTZ]

My friend Mitch just emailed this never-before-seen (by me) HERTZ photo! The fact that it is dated in 1966 is just off the charts cool!!

I have no details or information on this photo (I'm sure he would have included it if he had any) but I'll be reconnecting with him anyway to see if he at least remembers where he found it...

In the meantime, enjoy:

[our]

It defies comprehension that this labor rate was in our lifetimes! 



Kieth

[1971]

More MCACN scores!

These newspaper ads for Carroll Shelby's motel in Lake Tahoe show a later version of himself on the left and a vintage version of him on the right. The combo ad on the left also has a nice shot of CSX2345 in a cool ad for Autosport Products, Inc. It mentions a "revised 1971 Cobra Parts Book" and the ad on the right had race results on the back that I was able to Google date as April 24, 1970 - so it's nice to be able to have a date for these two ads.

Kieth

[SPEED & CUSTOM DEALER]

I found this ad at MCACN a couple weeks ago. It was from a magazine / publication called "SPEED & CUSTOM DEALER" in January 1967. At first, I thought it was an advertisement for the (perhaps) better known event that took place at Dodger Stadium in 1967, which we all know ended up being the precursor to SEMA.

But I didn't know about "the big AAMA show in New York's Coliseum on February 6th-9th, 1967" in booth 1825. Does anyone here know about that show, even what AAMA stands for? My Google searches were unsuccessful.

But it's a really cool ad:

[OUTSTANDING]

I have already posted this question in the SAAC 46 Convention thread, but thought I would also start a separate thread on it that may get more attention...

Who knows more about the beautiful wheels on this GT 500:



They look OUTSTANDING!!! They appear to be aluminum wheels CNC machined to replicate the 1967 Shelby hubcap!

Does someone here know the car - can you point me to the owner - or ask him for more info - like who made them, etc., etc.

Thanks,
Kieth

[SHOP]

It's astonishing to me that this Mustang strut rod information is not included in the 1965 or 1966 Ford SHOP Manual, so I'm coming here for confirmation, and to share the word of what (to me) is a rather important piece of install information. The flattened end of the strut rod is at a different angle on each side, depending on whether the reference mark faces up or down. This applies to only the 65-66 strut rods, as '67 and up are a completely different design and can only be installed one way.

Marcus Anghel's excellent suspension guide shows/states that the cast "slash mark" on the strut rod faces down when installed (I say correct). But next month's Hemmings Motor News shows/states just the opposite (I say wrong).

Responses from the experts here on the SAAC Forum should make this an important future reference for all strut rod servicers/installers.

Thanks,
Kieth 


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I went thru 32 pages in the 1966 category of this Forum and 15 pages in the Concours category, and couldn't find a thread on 1966 seatbelts. So I may have missed it, but here goes...

My understanding of seat belts has always been this: that 1965 to mid-1966 cars had Ray Brown belts and that mid-to-late 1966 cars had Impact belts. The "Definitive Shelby Mustang Guide 1965-1970" seems to concur, stating on page 62, "3-inch competition seat belts replaced the standard 2-inch Mustang straps again in 1966, with Impact replacing Ray Brown as the supplier later in 1966 production." On the same page it also states, "In the absence of a manufacturer's tag, Ray Brown belts can usually be identified by short attachment hooks at the floor end of the belt; Impact belts had longer hooks."

We all know the impossibility of distilling broad terms like "mid 1966" and "later 1966 production" into actual chassis numbers. But page 108 of the same book contains an attempt: "Late cars: Traction bars changed to underride style" - as an example of the evolution of just one component of a "late car." Page 84 states that overrides were discontinued, "About midway through production." The Registry states that is about 920 cars.

So we all know that there are exceptions to every Shelby rule, and I'm sure that will be the case here with seat belts as well. But generally speaking, is the above narrative concerning 1965-1966 GT350 seatbelt suppliers generally considered correct? And is there a rough ballpark number of late cars that were believed to have been equipped with the Impact belts?

Thanks, Kieth