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Thank you very much, Bob. Looks like I better get my paint brush out.

Richard E.

Same question on color but for early 66. Car number 843 red Hertz. Thank you.

Richard E.

That car seems to have been for sale for ever!

Its used to be in Milwaukee,  had the narrow street type flares,  narrow painted wires,  302 rebuilders engine.  guardsman blue.  no race parts on it at all Referred to by then owner Ron Ressman as " the roadster "  .

That's a little heartbreaking to read. 

I saw it once at Legendary Motorcar for sale before it was known to be Lance's car from what I heard.  At that time it did not have this livery. It is truly a thing of beauty and a thing of beauty is a joy forever. So goes the poem. What a potent color scheme. I'd like to propose to it. But then would come the incessant nagging, you're not home enough. You don't drive me enough. And so the story goes.
Richard E.

You're most welcome John.

is up for sale. What a beauty!


https://m.ebay.com/itm/1962-Shelby-Cobra-COBRA/202215108117

I'm in Chicagoland and there is a Concours D'Elegance in Geneva Illinois around August sometime. If I find the link I will amend this post to attach it.

Richard E.

The link...

http://genevaconcours.net/

The car does have an interesting story line to it and am lucky enough to bring it back to its glory days. This car embodies the 1960s early 70s burn your draft cards burn your bras. lets go party, race, get in trouble, drive fast , have fun and rebel against the machine. It was a sign of the times and what everyone was doin at the time , even the music at the time was in favor of these activities. So to relive some of these memories many of us choose cars of this era and music to go along with it. WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP ITS BEEN!

All that pales by comparison to owning the latest iPhone, right. I can see it now as the aged Millennial tells his grandkids about how he owned the best iPhone in the neighborhood and how he could text faster than anyone else. And that is how he won over your grand ma ma.

Where's the snow?

Contract law:

The general rule of contract law:  All ambiguities are construed against the drafter of the instrument.

Outcome:  If the court chooses to follow this maxim, then Ford loses.

Competing rule of contract law:  If there are ambiguities, some courts will disregard the parol evidence (a rule that excludes evidence of details before final contract formation) and allow extrinsic evidence in to show the intent of the parties though it was not reduced to a writing.  In essence, the court will look outside the four corners of the contract and allow extrinsic evidence in to determine the intent of the parties.

Outcome: Ford may win.

Damages: Court may award Ford compensatory damages depending on how the complaint is drafted.  And therefore may get the profit from the sale.

Cena can assert the affirmative defense that the language is boilerplate and therefore will not be given force and effect and further that it interferes with the freedom to contract.

Richard E.

Disloyal. Ford is not only a brand, they are a living, breathing family. If I promised Ford not to flip the car for two years I would not flip it. Besides, I'd rather live in a cardboard box than flip that car anyway.
Richard E.

Huge fan of the R models.  Crude, lethal, obnoxious and beautiful.

I could wake up to this sound every morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Oo1UxNwj0

Looking for more video of this precious piece of history.

I've never seen one with pins and I have seen quite a few.  But that does not discount aberrations from the factory. 

For the record, it was never my intent to question the veracity of this car, but rather to show with amusement what some people do as a temporary (hopefully) solution to holding a vin tag in place. Maybe it was an old photo and the owner got tired of removing the rivet to compare the Ford vin. I also remember distinctly from an old magazine that someone attached a snowplow shovel to the front end of a 66 Hertz.