SFM 6S1886

[6s1640]

Hi all

I recently acquired the attached photograph of 6S1886.  The photograph appears to have been taken when Marv Neely owned the car circa 1970, based off the availability of the Goodrich PERFORMA GT Tires.  According to the registry, Marv purchased the car June 16, 1967 from a lot of cars that were  part of the buy back from Hertz.  I've also included the image from the backside of the photograph. I transcribed the text below for easier reading. The car in the photograph is consistent with the registry saying that Marv put 10 spokes on it right after purchasing. A couple of other items you might notice, it also has the passenger side Rotonda mirror, plus the grill emblem is the non-typical passengers side emblem.  This also appears to be the same car that was in the movie with Tom Cruise "War of the Worlds".

1966 GT- 350 H SFM6S1886
Owned by Marv Neely Ottsville, PA

Marv now owns Neely Ford prior to that was used car regional manager for Ford in Phila.

He was in charge of the regional buy back region of the GT 350 H cars from Hertz.  He took over 150 (out of 936 produced) (Actual 2 prototypes and 999 production) and made them like new.  Sold them to Ford dealers to sell GT used cars in 1967.  His Shelby is one he kept for himself.

Take care

Cory

[silverton_ford]

I assume Marv's initials are on the front plate ?  MYN

[6s1640]

From the MotorTrend magazine, here is an updated photograph of the car. It appears that the 10 spokes were abandoned and in place the original style Hertz Wheels were installed. The dual Rotunda mirrors remain, the grill emblem switched to the typical driver side emblem, plus what looks like a day night mirror replacing the original mirror.
Cory

[6s1640]

I assume Marv's initials are on the front plate ?  MYN

Hi Brian,  I think that is an excellent guess.  I was thinking MYN was short for "Mine".  I like your theory better.

Cory

[CSX4781]

Cory,
  Very cool photo- I thought I'd seen it before, so I did a little digging and found the article that Marv Neely wrote for the August-September 1978 issue of The Marque. Gives some good insight on how Ford dispositioned those cars once Hertz was done with them.

Dave

[6s1640]

Cory,
  Very cool photo- I thought I'd seen it before, so I did a little digging and found the article that Marv Neely wrote for the August-September 1978 issue of The Marque. Gives some good insight on how Ford dispositioned those cars once Hertz was done with them.

Dave

Hi Dave,  the registry also says the car was featured in the Shelby American Vol 2, No. 3 and Vol 3, No. 5.  I will have to check out the Marque article as well.  Thanks for the tip.

Cory

[S7MS427]

Cory,

That photo is a great find. But let's be clear about the writing on the back of this photo so others don't get confused as it was written back in the '70s when the accepted figure for Hertz car production was 936. I'm not sure where that figure came from. However, we now know that the actual number produced was 1,000 (1,001 depending on how the prototypes are counted. A photo of this car can be seen here: SAAC-2. Photo shows the 10-spokes and the right side horse.

[6s1640]

Hi Roy,

Thank for the link to the SAAC-2 photo's.  I added it below and amended the photo's transcribed comments to include an accurate count on the GT350H's.

Cory

[98SVT - was 06GT]

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