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Mine did not have one either. #285. Good to hear someone else did not. My current one was added during restoration

Did all early 66s come with rear emblem?

Ran past a stop sign "radar" today. Speedomruns 3-4/mph slow. So at 70 running 3400. 215 15 Hankooks

Broken flange where it connects to the header. I didn't stand a chance doing this one on my own. I have limits.

Clint Eastwood. A man has to know his limits

The car has Klutt's close ratio Toploader racing transmission with the Richmond gears.  Maybe the tachometer is reading incorrectly?  The tires on the car are currently 215 60R 15 in the rear and 210 60R 15 in the front.  Suggestions?

I had a similar issue with the orginal tach; it shows much higher RPM for a given speed than I thought.  Put in an aftermarket tach and now with 3.50 at 70 mph runs arounds 3200 rpm.  the difference is most dramatic at lower rpm's.  above 4000 the tachs are similar

^^+1   

Richard:  Or is it your speedometer?   Or some of both?    Is your 4th gear a 1:1?

Yes 1 to 1. Speedo probably slow too. As we all know in the old days they could be at least 10 mph off.....officer


Yes 1:1

The car has Klutt's close ratio Toploader racing transmission with the Richmond gears.  Maybe the tachometer is reading incorrectly?  The tires on the car are currently 215 60R 15 in the rear and 210 60R 15 in the front.  Suggestions?

I had a similar issue with the orginal tach; it shows much higher RPM for a given speed than I thought.  Put in an aftermarket tach and now with 3.50 at 70 mph runs arounds 3200 rpm.  the difference is most dramatic at lower rpm's.  above 4000 the tachs are similar

just put Scott Fuller system on.  If you can swing it, the best.  Great look and sound

Cute dog what kind is it?

http://www.thecoralsnake.com/History16

Thats 2356

The plate was used on other vehicles as well

Looks just like mine (2375) but my interior black

Results were dependent on the shop who applied it. Tuff Kote used to do used cars. I thought Ziebart only provided warranties for new cars (5 years?)

Stock?

1970's

I was in middle school n the late 80's and learned about Shelby's from my father who owned 67 GT500 #1926 while he was in the navy in '69. I started reading everything I could find on Mustangs and Shelbys. One day my dad took me for a ride and drove past jim's shop. He said "Check that out, there is a Shelby Shop right here in Green Bay!"
I wanted to stop in and he said "Nah, thats someones business, not a museum. Maybe someday you can work there if you are still really into Shelby's."
In 2006 I was in search of a better IT job market and planning to move to MA where some close friends of mine had moved after college. A friend/former coworker, who happened to be working for jim at the time, was moving to OK for an aerospace job. He suggested I talk to Jim. I did one swap meet with him and we hit it off.  Soon after I cancelled my move and set up a desk at Jims... and that was that.

Great story Jes. I hope you can keep it going somehow for the good of the Shelby community.

Rick

Tremendous loss. I was working with Jim just recently on an exhaust system. Of course he knew exactly what I wanted. Condolences to his family.

RIP

My experience