1965 for auction

[Coralsnake]

I will make you search for it

https://www.gaaclassiccars.com/vehicles/42458/1968-ford-shelby-gt350

[gjz30075]

https://www.gaaclassiccars.com/vehicles/42724/1965-ford-shelby-gt350

[NC TRACKRAT]

Anyone with a lick of sense knows not to post the Ford VIN on a public site.

[Mikelj5S230]

Interesting '65. It says "radio delete" but the unrestored pictures show a radio. And was a radio standard equipment that had to be deleted from the order, or was it an option that had to be specifically ordered?

[Bob Gaines]

Interesting '65. It says "radio delete" but the unrestored pictures show a radio. And was a radio standard equipment that had to be deleted from the order, or was it an option that had to be specifically ordered?

Radio was a option.

[JohnSlack]

Interesting '65. It says "radio delete" but the unrestored pictures show a radio. And was a radio standard equipment that had to be deleted from the order, or was it an option that had to be specifically ordered?

Radio was a option.

Correct, our 1969 1/2 BOSS 302 does not have a radio on the Emminger Invoice, so it would not have a radio in the car, instead it has a radio "Block off plate".


John

[Bob Gaines]

In the case of 65-67 Shelby cars did it mean that just because the car was not ordered with a radio did it mean that the car didn't have one when the first owner took delivery. It was common for Shelby to order cars without radios so as to make additional profit on that option when they (SA ) instead had a radio installed at high Performance Motors. If SA didn't install a radio a dealer could install one at comparable wholesale cost and make more profit on the car just like what SA would do. Ford in later years closed this loop hole with price increases which put the factory option as the most cost effective way for a customer.

[Mikelj5S230]

Thanks Bob and John, good to know the facts. In the Corvette world, many make the mistake of saying "radio delete" for Corvettes without a radio, but the radio had to be ordered as part of the options, it was not standard equipment, so saying it was "delete" is incorrect. Not like a "heater delete" type terminology, since heaters were standard equipment and needed to be "deleted" if they weren't wanted.

[CharlesTurner]

Unless the checkbox for a radio was added to the order sheet, or in the case with Shelby's, a DSO, then there would be no radio installed.  A radio for the early years was an option, not standard equipment.

[Mikelj5S230]

Thanks Charles, it seems some owners think the "delete" terminology adds a special aura to the car, so it is often misused.

[CharlesTurner]

Thanks Charles, it seems some owners think the "delete" terminology adds a special aura to the car, so it is often misused.

It's too common a term to attempt to correct every time it comes up, no harm no foul.

The heater could be 'deleted', so that would be a proper term.  For '65 Mustangs, front seat belts could also be deleted for a credit.

[JohnSlack]

Thanks Charles, it seems some owners think the "delete" terminology adds a special aura to the car, so it is often misused.

It's too common a term to attempt to correct every time it comes up, no harm no foul.

The heater could be 'deleted', so that would be a proper term.  For '65 Mustangs, front seat belts could also be deleted for a credit.

Radio Delete is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me, so I usually get a little bit, "Really a radio wasn't standard equipment." Hence my "instead it has a radio "Block off plate"." Answer above....can you use double quote marks without the ghost of your 7th grade English teacher haunting you?



John

[MikeMcCandless]

Sold earlier today for 650k.

[Mikelj5S230]

Well sold!

[FL SAAC]

Super nice 65 fantastic job congrats !