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Dan, I'm sure you know this. I read years ago that all the blocks back in the 60's (specifically, and maybe earlier and/or later), were in fact seasoned blocks. Left out in a field and "seasoned" with the cold and hot of the seasons. I never heard much more about blocks being seasoned as we moved closer to the 5.0 era and beyond. That may have been why the small blocks specifically was so strong and bulletproof!!
Any elaboration is welcomed!
Rich

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They always told me my wing nuts were out of plum😁
Thanks Roy.

Rich

You can barely see it but I fabricated the fuel pump as well. In addition, I fabricated the fuel rail and the fuel lines to both carbs.

Few more of undercarriage and wheels and full side view. The black in  KH wheels were detailed as well.

More photos.

Photos I promised. I have about a dozen so I'll post several times.

Also in addition to the post from Jan 16th, the positive and negative battery cables were fabricated. As well as the alternator wiring. Both the P/S dipstick and the oil dipstick were fabricated. Coil along with the coil wiring were fabricated.
Air filter element was painted orange with white as well as the Cobra top filter housing black with the silver paint along with the Cobra valve covers.

I got most of my ideas from the DeAgostini forum. And just tweaked a few items to make it look more realistic.
Thanks for looking.
Rich

Wonder why it hasn't sold?

I don't get on here no where near what I used to. I went through a bitter divorce and she ended up with it. But my daughter is going to take some photos for me. I live in a different state now and so does my daughter.
I spent 3 years on this model and I will get photos on here soon.

I completed one of these 1/8 scale '67 Shelbys but added a few details under the hood. Especially corrected the wrong firing order. Fabricated the plug wires from mini black wires from old music headsets.
Fabricated my own firewall wiring, solenoid(complete with wires and nuts), heater hoses, hoses to the windshield water bottle, added a fabricated fuel pump, added more detail to the oil filter with the addition of an autolite decal. Added fuel lines for both carbs and also the heat tube as well. Detailed the brake master cylinder and the brake booster.
Added a trunk mat and detailed the wheels with black background.

Who cares, that is a great price for a real gt500 with a stick, if I was in the market I would buy it.

+1, It is a good price for a 500 4 speed from Cali.

Yes, being a California car alone is worth the price! I was spoiled growing up in Los Angeles we would pass on a car if it had a dime size hole in the lower quarter and we would call it a "rust bucket". With the number of Shelby's running around today with "bodies by China" it's nice to see a solid car.

I've owned a few Calif cars and being in the rust belt I really appreciated the solid bodies and none pitted components and not breaking bolts taking the cars apart. My favorite one was a full resto I did on a 69 Mach1 DSOed out of Los Angeles. 4 speed shaker zero rust car. The latch support which was original was stamped "Made De Mexico".

Love that color on mach 1's!

Indian Fire red? Someone at our local Toyota dealer in 1985 traded an Indian Fire red on a Toyota. I went NUTS and went to check my bank account and didn't have enough, went to my Dad in law, went back with cash.......It was gone   Price, $3295!!

I could watch the LeMans T70 pole lap Classic over-and-over-and-over. 

But, put your ear buds in with full volume!!!

Here it is from YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuZZpS5knAw

I'm reminded of one of Jim Osborne's cars, a white GT500KR convertible, if my memory doesn't fail me, that caught fire while his son was driving it on the way to a show back in the '90's.  Seems the electric top motor shorted out and, before it was discovered, the car became engulfed in flames.  It was a total loss but they brought it back from the "dead" to full concours condition. It can be done!

That exactly entered my mind as well. Being from the south here, I remember that very well.

What does the 68 Shelby look like? Photos?

Beautiful.Hard to believe that is original black paint.Amazingcolor combo.

It might not be original paint. Very well could be though considering the low miles.

His claim says the paint is 59 yrs old.