Attention All Shelby/Car Enthusiasts, I Just Finished Restoring...

[OBleedingMe]

...a lime-gold 1967 Shelby GT 500! I've been working on this car for almost a year and a half. It was formerly my father's (original owner) and only has a hair over 15,000 miles on her, about 30% race mileage.
The poor thing had been sitting in my father's garage for over 20 years, not out of neglect, but because my father didn't have the time to restore/take care of it properly, and when my parents got divorced... he lost touch with a lot of things he held dear to him. To make a long story short, he said if I could restore it, I could drive it, and 18 and a half months later, she's completely restored!!!
I kept the custom manual four-speed and the gearing my father put in it when he raced, kept the 427 Tunnelport in there as well (it's a medium-rise for you fellow Shelby enthusiasts), and made the scoop on the hood functional again. She can reach speeds of 175+. I stiffened up/replaced the suspension a and got larger slicks for it. I redid the entire interior, including a new dash special-ordered from Ford (got new chrome bumpers from them as well), then got it sent out to be repainted at a special paint shop in Connecticut. I also got brand-new emblems for the car from SAAC (Shelby American Automobile Club), and had to purchase an $800 horn for it. The horns for this car are apparently quite rare, and my dad's horn was stolen back in '80 or '81 in New York while it was sitting in a shop.
Man, when you start this baby up and get her around three grand (redline 6400)... it's heaven. That engine sings to you. Nothing like the sound of a 427 Tunnelport with headers.
If there are any other fellow Shelby/car enthusiasts out there, when I post my member pic in a week or two, I'll include the car in the picture. Let me know.

 

[ForgottenTcklr]

Like the car in "Gone in 60 Seconds?"

That really isn't that good-looking of a car. I know all you car fans think it's great, but it doesn't look to cool.

But, I am in awe that you restored one OBleedingMe!!!

Congrats!!!

 

[OBleedingMe]

Gone In Sixty Seconds...

Fortunately, the car they used in that movie was merely a mockup. It wasn't real... and good thing, because they trashed that sucker. The only real Shelby was the rusted out one they gave to Raines at the end of the movie. You can tell by the difference in the sideview mirrors. The one on the prefab are circular and the one on the authentic Shelby are rectangular.
I tend to resent that movie... not because it was bad, but because the rare times I tell someone about the Shelby, they don't hear classic car, they hear "Eleanor" (the name they gave the car in the movie). It is very irksome.
Although the movie glorified the car, it also made the car that much more dangerous to have, because now almost every car enthusiast wants it... and not all of them are that well-intentioned, if you get my drift. I've got about eight locks on my garage.
Gotta love the way Cage drove that prefab, though - he isn't that bad a driver - for a celeb, that is.😉

 

[QBWeaver]

That is SO cool! I'm an avid racing fan of Road Racing. Cart, F1, and our local SCCA groups. My son has two race cars in the garage. But my special interest is Vintage racing. There's nothing like the sounds of the muscle car engines roaring as they fly around the track.

I've been fortunate enough to meet Carrol Shelby at the track. He's been there almost every year since we started racing the historic cars. That guy is a class act. He's always warm and friendly. He just beams when he's watching the Shelby's and the Cobras in their races.

 

[red indian]

Well done that man!!

I love "septic" muscle cars! ant chance of you posting a pic you bleeder??!!

 

[TicklingDuo]

Sounds great! I too would love to see a pic...or 2 or 3. If you don't have anywhere to put them, feel free to send me the files and I'll put them on a page for you so people can see your handywork. My e-mail is [email protected]

Ann