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Funny that you mention that.

Do you remember a track called Riverside International Raceway?

That parcel was developed in 1987. The shopping center has since been through bankruptcy. Visit today and it's a ghost town.

As for an outlet mall, Irwindale Raceway was supposed to close in January. The owners renewed a multi year lease. It appears the raceway was the best land use, instead of a mall across the street from a land fill.

Amazon indeed.

As the UPS jingle used to go, We Love Logistics.

In the whole issue of casting/assembly dates, has anyone ever researched the logistics of shipping engines/cars from Ford foundries and assembly plants? I've got to believe they had a regular schedule. Or not. Did Ford contact the railroad for a pickup when they had a certain number of assemblies ready to ship? What was their time frame?


FWIW: I was talking to a guy (screen writer of all things) who said he worked in Ford parts logistics, for lack of a better description. This department, in Dearborn, handled all the assembly plant parts requests. One day he a got a call from a pickup assembly plant saying they needed x thousand of brake components to keep the line running.

The guy dutifully called the parts supplier and told them what was needed. Parts place said no can do. Upshot is that he called another supplier to get a order of Galaxie brake components shipped to the assembly plant which apparently were close enough. So besides the goal of keeping the line running, I wonder how that shipment was scheduled.
Note: Consider this strictly anecdotal.

thanks for the FYI

Was the Mercury GT-40 prepared by Shelby-American or Holman Moody?

Thanks for the update. That's a positive consultant resume.

But I still don't trust that the screen writer/director/producers won't override Mr. Baime's suggestions to make things "more dramatic".  Like crashing a GT Mk. II the day before leaving for LeMans and they rebuild it in time at the local Ford dealer. 

I have huge doubts about this film. Who is the screen writer? What source material has he consulted?

Since LeMans location filming wasn't mentioned, I presume this film time frame will be lead up preparation to LeMans. Will the cars be real or CGI?

Also, the comment, "....elevation of Miles' real life role. . . but not necessarily working on the big picture." concerns me. What was Miles' role at SA, besides the obvious. Was he Shelby's muse?  Miles had won Daytona and Sebring and knew he could be looking at a racing triple crown. Did it go to his head? What was Shelby's attitude toward Miles? In other words, will the dramatic conflict be accurate as to what it was like or will it be contrived?  Think Gas Monkey Garage with staff personality quirks and how they manage to over come huge problems and get race cars ready just in the nick of time.

For me, the jury will be out for some time.

Very interesting thread.

I can believe that he didn't fully "appreciate" his part in SA history. In a close time frame, I'm not sure anyone did and I would include Shelby himself. In the last half of the the '60s, it was a job, albeit a very cool one.

Most people don't see greatness at the time; it's only through the perspective of time that we understand it. Remember, in the '70s, Shelbys were just used cars.

Finally, was Mr. Chun into cars during his SA tenure? Did he drive Shelby Mustangs; work on cars; go to races after work?

Any 411 on the artist?

Based on the detail, the use of brush strokes, it seems the artist had to be someone with above average talent.  It reminds me of paintings by Walter Gotschke that appeared in Automobile Quarterly.

I recall my parents having DAV return mail key ring license plates. Don't remember if they were sent annually or not and I'm sure it included a donation request.

P.S. Love the Montego

Who will they get to play Phil Remington? He will be in the movie won't he?

In addition to casting, I wonder how the racing scenes will be portrayed. Will the Ken Miles actor be behind the wheel in the race sequences? Will they even use real Ford GTs or replicas? Will they even film the three car finish at LeMans? Or will it all be cgi images?

And be prepared for composite characters and dramatic scenes that never occurred. 

Does Matt Damon even know who Carroll Shelby was?

Re: DC3 aircraft

Has there ever been any investigation on Shelby's DC3 company plane? How long was it used? Was it replaced by another corporate aircraft? Is it still around? What is the ID number? Unlike cars, aircraft ID numbers are closely tracked.

Remain curious as to who originated the ad tag line, The Road Cars. SA, ad agency, some magazine guy?  IMHO it's a memorable one.

Negative. Only racing engines.

289 Cobra High-rev Racing Engine PN S1CR-6003-6      Suggested List: $3195     

289 Cobra Racing Engine  PN S1CR-6003-4                   Suggested List: $2995

Competition GT 350 Road Racing Engine  PN S1CR-6003-3    Suggested List: $2645

FYI: Catalog date is August 1, 1966

They had dyno graphs in the loose leaf Shelby American Parts and Accessories catalog which came originally in a folder. Pages were then inserted in the parts catalog rack. One side had engine description and graph. On the back page was complete specifications.

For example:

289 Cobra High-Rev Racing Engine
PART NUMBER: S1CR-6003-6
SHIPPING WEIGHT: 530 lbs.


Net brake horsepower (hp): 395 @ 7000 rpm
Net maximum torque (ft.-165*): 330 @ 4100 rpm
Weight, complete: 477 lbs.

Fuel System:
Carburetor type: Four 2-V Weber 48 IDA-1
Carburetor number: S1CS-9513
Main metering jet indentification: Main meter 150, Air correction 130
Fuel pump static pressure: 4-6 psi @ 500 rpm

* as printed - a typo