ebay.. 65 GT350 ...car#151...?

I didn't go look at it, but, the 65's had the "override" traction bars. so, is that why you're thinking they are up-side-down?

 

interesting that someone would give a spray can restoration to such a car obviously is unaware that the under ride traction bars do not belong and may indicate that way back in 1970 when he bought the car, it was not right.....

 

Here we go again. A Shelby that needs a lot of help but just getting a
driveway "resto" and hoping to catch a big fish, just because the market
price is rising. No knowlegable, serious buyer is going to drop in excess of
$150K with the prospect of spending at least another $75-80K or more to do a righteous restoration. These guys are fishing. Sadly, they will hook a
live one.

Just at first glance: for a car that supposedly is in "almost new" condition
and supposedly only "18,000 miles" ( second time around the clock??? ) on
it, it looks a little rough around the edges. Check out that beat up floor pan.
Lots of incorrects: the forementioned wrong color shocks ( wrong ones? )
and wrong traction bars, there is an incorrect tachometer, wrong gas cap,
factory shifter missing, wrong wheels, wrong ignition harness, incorrect
gas line and thats just what the photos show. I can only imagine what
will be found under some real hands on inspection.

So.. as they say, Buyer Beware!
Shelby66

 

The 1965 has skyrocketed in the last year, I have been looking to purchase one and they seem to average 220.000 for a car that still needs restoring, with only around 550 cars made this is why.I have a few calls in on this car and hope to have information sometime Monday, if the number is higher than the 220,000 it would not surprise me , as long as the car has not been tubed or rebodied.
Tout

 

The information so far that has been brought up is right on, a good friend also thinks that the entire rear assembly has been replaced and that would account for the under riders, missing chains and wrong rear. also painted trunk and under carriage may suggest a car that has been clipped. I would pass on this one.
Tout

 

There were a few flags that went up concering this car when you really started to look, the ad is writen by a friend, so there is no direct line to the owner, even though he gives a phone number.
The car is misreprentated as far as milage, 18,000 miles and condition
Way to many wrong parts that add up in dollars
Completly wrong rear assembly, not the right rear , shocks, over riders,etc all this had to be changed at some point in time, yet the owner said to me that it came that way,IF YOU OWN A 1965 SHELBY SINCE 1970 YOU SHOULD KNOW THE CAR INSIDE AND OUT.
What happened to this car from 1965 to 1970 that all the wrong parts and rear change?
A call to Howard at SAAC gave no more information on the car , so it was hard to even verify it,and I hate when someone without a clue sends comment in saying the car is great.
What do you guy's think?
Tout

 

Tout, I agree with you - unless you can pick this up for a real good bargain giving you plenty of insurance to cover the un-forseen I would pass on it. At the very least the Ford to Shelby Vin needs to match. I have a 65 and I know every inch of that car. I also think it is getting more and more difficult (given low numbers) to restore these cars with good NOS parts so even if money was not an option....

 

maybe the guy who bought it 36 years ago did not know then what he was buying?? chances of someone owning one of these cars and not running across another knowledgeable Shelby Owner is unlikely. but now the car is on "Main street" (eBay) for all to scrutinize. and if you are intentionally trying to hide something, eBay is the last place you should list a car!! my first and only advice to anyone buying any car period is this: Go and see the car for yourself. if that is not possible, hire someone who knows the cars well and send them to look at it. a couple thousand spent on an appraisal could save tens of thousands when you find out the Bad news that you made a poor choice. would you buy a House for that type of Money without seeing it? of course not.