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Steering wheel horn issues bring back memories! When I bought #0962 new , they has to replace the steering wheel and let me keep the old wheel. Just tossed it....who knew!

Great question, Bob! I believe the horn worked fine when pulled. I have an older multimeter, but I am getting readings of 13.0 Ohms and 4.6 Ohms for the two circuits.

You may want to clean the ring contacts on the bottom side of the wheel for best connection and try again.  Your readings would indicate a problem with the wires buried inside the wheel. First off each wire and corresponding ring should have the same or very close reading on the multimeter. If the multimeter when set on ohms displays a value very close to zero or goes full tilt, then there is no break in the wire. Other then that would indicate a partially broken or broken wire. Many times used wheels end up on the market separated from a 67 Shelby because the wheel was replaced sometime in the past to fix a inoperable horn circuit with a different wheel. I have had to repair 67 Shelby wheels with broken wire or wires inside them before. The fix is somewhat involved and not very easy. FYI before anyone asks ,I would be glad to talk someone through the fix but I don't personally do it anymore.

Might give Grundy Insurance a try! Found them more than competitive!

Don't remember CSX2417 having a wood dash when I drove it.That was about 1 year before the fire. Saw it after the fire and don't remember the dash being wood. Sadly Marty Langsam passed away last year and can't verify, however Lynn Park knows the car well and can verify.

I think at one time (late 90's to mid 2010) Nancy Gimble ousted one and vintage raced it along with her husband's Gordon FIA Cobra.

Interesting discussion on car insurance. I had Grundy insurance for many years......1974 to 2018. They always went above and beyond on the few claims I submitted. When hit by a drunk uninsured driver while in our Packard they paid the full amount and full medical in less than two weeks. When i hit a bird with my 280Sl and needed to replace the center grill they said to get a nos not aftermarket. But the best was when the rear window on my GT350 cracked they helped find a correct nos instead of just a replacement.

If I remember, and that's a stretch these days, the '67 & '68 oil pressure gauges are different. One '67 is 100 and '68 80.

I lived in Lake Tahoe from 1969 to 1984. A little update as I remember. Shelby bought the Ford dealership in 1968 located at1875 Lake Tahoe Blvd.in 1974 he sold his interest and it became South Shore Motors.At that time there was a Cobra andGT500 on the showroom floor.Then in 1976 it sold to Richard Anderson who renamed the dealership Shelby-Stefan's Ford, the name Stefan's came from Richard's private investor. Latter the investor Fred Streeter took over ownership and it became Shelby-Streeter Ford. Fred was friends with Carroll.
Fred latter opened a dealership in Reno but don't think it was a Ford dealership.
Fred became friends as he ran his car flooring through BofA which my wife worked at. Somewhere I have a plate frames of Shelby Ford and Shelby Stefan's Ford. While my memory is rapidly fading,this is how I remember it. Even though Carroll sold the dealership for some reason future owners kept the name relationship!

Nice car, air condition louvers hood but no air?

If you can afford $650,000 you are a person of financial means. So why by a continuation/ kit when with little time and effort find a real csx2000 car for perhaps 750-850?

Interesting about changing colors! I bought #0194 which was red but originally lime green and repainted it white to match #0962!

Forrest Straight would be best for info. Know he had a number of them and opened track them!

Also, the seller says vin# is 0748

There's a post on Facebook from Steve's Auto Sales for a blue '69 GT 350 for $69,000. The vin # coresponds to a '69 Red GT 500!

AL ten spokes also not original.....aftermarket with no slight taper!