ya just never know what lurks in a barn... or garage
Posted on 03/25/2014 11:04:02 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
From dust to dust, people and cars come and go, but sometimes the old is reborn … and out of the dust emerges something immaculate.
A 1969 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 428 Cobra Jet is a mouthful to say but it will drop any car enthusiasts jaw. This particular garage-find was owned and perfectly preserved by a now-deceased automotive connoisseur.
Larry never washed the car for fear of scratching the paintjob or cause even the slightest bit of rust. Yahoo News estimates that the only time the car was ever washed was before delivery. Accordingly, the car is in absolute show room condition, except for a layer of dust.
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Rick Hendricks will pay top dollar for this car.
OK, so sounds like maybe it was ‘65-’66 that were the real deal.
I think that's right becasue I think Shelby left after '66.
I remember looking at a Dodge Daytona with
the big wing at the Fayettevile dealer..red
in 1969.
Ended up getting the Buick GS400.Yellow with
black vinyl roof.
Should have held on to that car.
Ancient Car dialect revealed in Shelby Rosetta stone.
Car can now be spoken again easily!
Wonderment!
Yeah.. I wouldn’t want that either.
pOS junk.....//sarcasm.
I’ll see your year, and raise it to just 6 months! But, oh what a FUN 6 months!
Buy a Jeep....more utility, ya know...;-)
Back in 1974 a guy my Dad did some work for had a 69 Shelby GT350H. It was one of the Hertz Rental Fleet Cars.
My Dad told me the guy was selling it and I should give him a call. He wanted $2,000 for it, so I called and told him I would be by in the morning with the Cash after I went to the Bank. I was working Graveyard Shift at the time.
When I called him after work to tell him I was on the way he told me he sold the Car the night before. When I asked him why he sold it he simply said because the guy brought the Cash. I was pissed and let him know it, but there was nothing I could do.
When I win the Lotto, it’s the first Car I will buy. The next is a 69 Roadrunner.
Just another “one that got away” story that all of us have.
My family moved to Pasco, Washington in 1978. I owned a ‘65 289 “K” motor mustang and brother had a ‘70 Mach 1 with a 351 Cleveland 4bbl. One day we were heading back home in his Mach 1 and were passed by a baby blue Mustang and we spotted the BOSS 429 logo on the front fenders!
We decided to follow the guy and low and behold he only lived around the block from us. So we pulled up beside to his house and starting talking to the guy. He had replaced the original Boss 429 (Elephant Motor) with a standard 429 from a T-Bird. And then he opened the garage and there on the engine stand was the original Boss motor!
He said that he took it out when he first got the car and would never put it back in.
With the 351 cleveland mid chasis placement engine.
Some day...
Ha ha!
ya just never know what lurks in a barn... or garage
or the batcave
oh oh oh oh
LOL!!! 100%
I actually wore out my 8-track version of The Allman Brothers-Live at Fillmore East in my ‘68 Mustang.
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