The Shelby American (Fall 2021)

The SHELBY AMERICAN Fall 2021 1 The SHELBY AMERICAN #127 The magazine of the Shelby American Automobile Club Copyright © 2021 Shelby American Au- tomobile Club. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be repro- duced or translated without prior ex- press written permission from the Shelby American Automobile Club. saac@saac.com FALL 2021 ON THE COVER. SAAC member Pete Disher singlehandedly pushed the 1968 factory engineering cars and Conelec fuel injection into Shelby con- sciousness. Only about two dozen of them were pressed into service by Shelby Automotive. A concours head judge, Disher also restored factory en- gineering car #101 and it promptly won a Gold Award at the MCACN show in Chicago in 2020. The car then went through the March ‘21 Barrett- Jackson auction in Scottsdale where it was purchased (at a record price) by Dave Riccitiello in Northern Califor- nia. Such a historical car certainly de- serves a place on the cover of The Shelby American . It’s currently one of only two ‘68s with operating Conelec fuel injection set-ups. Cover photogra- phy by Donnie McEachern. THE MAIL SAAC. 14 pages. Who has owned more ‘65-’66 GT350s than any- one else – 107 of them to be exact? Henry Ford II’s custom ‘66 Mustang sells for $300K. Chuck Cantwell drives a 2017 GT350R and stays out of trouble. F1 Champ Lewis Hamilton is brainwashed by greenies and sells both of his 427 Cobras...and his personal jet. Gulf livery returns to racing – one time only. ‘67 GT350 appears in a country-westers music video. Show-off wads up a GT40 replica in NZ. SHELBY AMERICANA. 9 pages. Dave Friedman has written a new book on Ken Miles and it features more than 350 of his photos of Miles. This has got to be the best book about the man we’ve ever seen. We could not recom- mend this book any more highly. Steve Sloan finds some sexy cobra lingerine but won’t tell us how. A cobra tattoo that is unique. We almost had Pardee talked into getting one. And the lady eagle eyes are back. They must have gotten caught up on their housework. PETE DISHER. 8 pages. We interview the acknowledged expert on special paint ‘68s, factory engineering cars and Conelec fuel injection. How did he get to be an expert? An inquisitive mind backed by hard work, perseverance and determination. He is the webmaster of an extensive website dedicated to 1968 Shelbys that is without equal. And, oh yeah - he’s also a concours head judge and a ‘68 restoration maestro.Where did all this experience come from? You’ll have to read the interview to find out. GOLD STANDARD. 6 pages. In 1968 Shelby Automotive had a test fleet of almost two dozen factory engineering cars. They were used to evaluate su- percharging, fuel injection and other features with an eye to either making these components standard or optional on future models. After testing, the cars were returned to standard specifications and sold as used cars. Their history as engineering cars was forgotten, until factory documents were un- covered. One of these cars, #101, was recently restored and sold at auction.