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Mint 1969 Shelby GT500 found under 40 years of dust
Foxnews ^ | March 25, 2014 | By Joe Mahan

Posted on 03/25/2014 11:04:02 AM PDT by US Navy Vet

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To: centurion316

I used to like Lotus until they were bought by Yugo.


21 posted on 03/25/2014 11:47:16 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: thackney

With a KC and the Sunshine Band tape in it....


22 posted on 03/25/2014 11:57:13 AM PDT by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: Noumenon

Your zoom works better than mine....


23 posted on 03/25/2014 11:58:00 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: US Navy Vet

Rick Harrison will give $150,000 for it right now. Let’s face it, the tires are missing some air and for collectors condition is everything. OK, $170,0000, hundred dollar bills.


24 posted on 03/25/2014 11:58:05 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: US Navy Vet
The Mustang was originally purchased for just $5,245 in 1969. Now, though,it should sell at auction for over $100,000.

So if you compare the value of a premo car in 1969 and a premo car in 2014, the car has only doubled in value. Says something about inflation.

25 posted on 03/25/2014 12:01:22 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: US Navy Vet

Is this some kind of Gas Monkey Garage spoof?


26 posted on 03/25/2014 12:01:26 PM PDT by McGruff (They say the first casualty of war is truth)
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To: Chode; nascarnation; SgtBob; McGruff; umgud; al baby; B4Ranch; The_Sword_of_Groo; ...

I MIGHT WANT IT!!!

Thanks

Back too drooling now.


27 posted on 03/25/2014 12:04:15 PM PDT by mabarker1 (Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!!)
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To: US Navy Vet
Probably the ugliest mustang front end design of that era. And is it really Army green?

My APC was that color.

28 posted on 03/25/2014 12:04:46 PM PDT by McGruff (They say the first casualty of war is truth)
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To: thackney

Just a guess. It could also have been a Grateful Dead or a Janis Joplin 8 track.


29 posted on 03/25/2014 12:10:44 PM PDT by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: cuban leaf
Pantera!

With the 351 cleveland mid chasis placement engine.

30 posted on 03/25/2014 12:11:41 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: McGruff
Nice car, but that 428 was a boat anchor out front.

Now a 65-66 GT350 with the Shelbyized 289: mmmmmmmmm.......

31 posted on 03/25/2014 12:13:24 PM PDT by Eric Pode of Croydon
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To: thackney

Yep!


32 posted on 03/25/2014 12:23:42 PM PDT by G Larry (There's the Beef!)
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To: PapaNew

I’m not sure about that, but from ‘67 onward Shelby Mustangs were built on the regular assembly line instead of being completed by Shelby.


33 posted on 03/25/2014 12:31:24 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: Mastador1

Same here. I’m saving my left one for a Boss 302.


34 posted on 03/25/2014 12:32:18 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: US Navy Vet

Cool!


35 posted on 03/25/2014 12:33:29 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: circlecity

Lol. Let’s face it, the value is harmed by the lack of original air.


36 posted on 03/25/2014 12:34:07 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: Eric Pode of Croydon

As I said in post #34, from that era I would rather have a Boss 302. IMO, the REAL Shelby Mustangs are the ‘65 and ‘66. models.


37 posted on 03/25/2014 12:34:17 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: Eric Pode of Croydon

Friend of mine in high school got a red 66 Shelby GT-350 for graduation. Back then they were not real sellers for the dealerships and sat in inventory a long time and deals could be found.

Guy still has it with only 32k original miles and the car is 100% original. Only 6 reds made that year and only two are know to still exist. This one and the other one was frame off restored and sold a couple of years ago at Barrett Jackson for 180k. Absolutely no telling how much his is worth now, verified authentic and signed by Ole Shelby himself.

Was fun to drive, rode very rough by todays performance car standards and the little 315hp 289 was a delight to drive. Absolutely no comfort items, no ac, no power steering, no power brakes(I think). Posi, geared 3.89 with fairly short tires meant lots of revs on highway. A real hoot to drive and in perfect condition to this day.


38 posted on 03/25/2014 12:39:26 PM PDT by biff (WAS)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

I had a buddy who bought a ‘69 Boss 302 when we were both in college. The next year we both went on active duty and I remember his comfort that he would be going home to his 302 after active duty.

Twenty-five years or more passed and I was at a Mustang show in a mall. There was my old high school and college buddy with that same car which he only drove until ‘74 and then restored and garaged it and took it out for shows and special usage. One owner, all original, life long hobby car. Telling the history he was ginning like that preverbial _________ eating dog.


39 posted on 03/25/2014 12:45:41 PM PDT by KC Burke (Officially since Memorial Day they are the Gimmie-crat Party.ha)
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To: US Navy Vet

This car will be the stat of the January 2015 Barrett-Jackson auction.


40 posted on 03/25/2014 1:09:53 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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