Looking for a 67 or 68 shelby mustang

I'm looking for a 67 GT350 or GT500 or a 68 GT500 daily driver. I'm located in Tucson, AZ. If anyone has one that is not a clone and not a rust bucket I'm interested. Thanks, Monte.

 

GT500's are going for over $125,000 - $150,000 and very nice GT500 clones are going for $30,000. You want a Shelby daily driver? If you want a daily driver why does a clone not work for you? Or can you explain why you need a $100,000+ daily driver?



 



Jim Seisser  




-----Original Message-----
From: "monteschwartz (AT) netzero (DOT) com"
Sent: Jul 19, 2006 4:37 PM
To: shelbymustang (AT) carmemories (DOT) com
Subject: Looking for a 67 or 68 shelby mustang

I'm looking for a 67 GT350 or GT500 or a 68 GT500 daily driver.  I'm located in Tucson, AZ.  If anyone has one that is not a clone and not a rust bucket I'm interested.  Thanks,  Monte.

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The biggest issue about using a 1967 or 1968 as a daily drive in a hot
climate is that the big blocks have a tendency to drive very hot, especially in
traffic. Also, you will likely need an Air conditioned car which narrows the
pool down considerably. I live in Dallas, Texas and have driven my cars in
100 + degree heat and can tell you from experience what it is like.
I have used a 1969 GT 350 as a daily driver and enjoyed it. The car is an
auto air car that almost everything except the bottom of the engine was redone
mechanically. I can list the number of mechanical parts that were not
replaced on one hand. (I already have them ready to install for when they fail.)
Unless your doing the work yourself, expect to additionally spend between
$3000 and $12,000 just on refreshing the mechanical parts for daily use. Be
careful of cars that have been sitting and not driven regularly. They often
are very nice cars to look at, but for a daily driver, they can need a lot of
work. My 1969 had been driven less than 200 miles in the past decade before I
bought it. All of the rubber was rotted, the car was drivable, and
everything needed to be serviced. Once the car was put on the road, the second round
of repairs needed to be done about a month later. Many gaskets that were ok
(and not already replaced) when the car was put on the road, now needed to
be replaced. Other marginal parts, like the water pump, were beginning to
showing signs of failing and were replaced.
I'm not saying not to buy a Shelby to drive, just some things to anticipate
if you buy any classic car for regular use. The other issue with these cars
is that some of the original parts are rare. If they fail, or get broken, it
may take a while to locate them. The parts can be pricey also. It is just
part of the expense of driving these cars.
Lee
66 # 869
69 # 2055

 

Give the guy a break. If he wants a daily driver condition Shelby, I'm sure he knows the pricing. Monte bought a 67 GT500 from me a few years back and I bet he wishes he still had it. I know I do. Factory red 4 speed! As far as explaining why he needs a $100,000 driver, frankly, that's none of our buisness. He could always spend $250,000 on a perfect restored trailer queen and sit in his garage and look at it!

MIke
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Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: Looking for a 67 or 68 shelby mustang


GT500's are going for over $125,000 - $150,000 and very nice GT500 clones are going for $30,000. You want a Shelby daily driver? If you want a daily driver why does a clone not work for you? Or can you explain why you need a $100,000+ daily driver?

Jim Seisser



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To: shelbymustang (AT) carmemories (DOT) com
Subject: Looking for a 67 or 68 shelby mustang

I'm looking for a 67 GT350 or GT500 or a 68 GT500 daily driver. I'm located in Tucson, AZ. If anyone has one that is not a clone and not a rust bucket I'm interested. Thanks, Monte.

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Re: Re: Looking for a 67 or 68 shelby mustang

When Carrol Shelby asked Bill Cosby why he needed to go 200 MPH, Bill answered so I can get to the store vvvvvvvvrrrrrooom fast. We can all come up with reasons to justify our automotive lusts. Just ask my wife.....SEE Y'ALL Lee
>
> From: ecj <ecj (AT) peoplepc (DOT) com>
> Date: 2006/07/19 Wed PM 08:03:23 EDT
> To: shelbymustang (AT) carmemories (DOT) com
> Subject: Re: Looking for a 67 or 68 shelby mustang
>
>

 

Hmm, I thought the carmemories list was toast? Guess not. Anyway, I know of
a 68 GT500 for sale in the PNW. Not concours but very recently given a total
restoration by a very well know shop out here and with a killer motor that
looks basically stock.

If interested email me privately and I'll put you in touch with the owner.

In a message dated 7/19/2006 6:39:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
mike (AT) worldwidemusclecars (DOT) com writes:

> Give the guy a break. If he wants a daily driver condition Shelby, I'm sure
> he knows the pricing. Monte bought a 67 GT500 from me a few years back and I
> bet he wishes he still had it. I know I do. Factory red 4 speed! As far as
> explaining why he needs a $100,000 driver, frankly, that's none of our
> buisness. He could always spend $250,000 on a perfect restored trailer queen and sit
> in his garage and look at it!
>
> MIke
>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <A HREF="mailto:ecj (AT) peoplepc (DOT) com">ecj</A>
>> To: <A HREF="mailto:shelbymustang (AT) carmemories (DOT) com">shelbymustang (AT) carmemories (DOT) com</A>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: Looking for a 67 or 68 shelby mustang
>>
>> GT500's are going for over $125,000 - $150,000 and very nice GT500 clones
>> are going for $30,000. You want a Shelby daily driver? If you want a daily
>> driver why does a clone not work for you? Or can you explain why you need a
>> $100,000+ daily driver?
>>
>> Jim Seisser
>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: "<A HREF="mailto:monteschwartz (AT) netzero (DOT) com">monteschwartz (AT) netzero (DOT) com</A>"
>>> Sent: Jul 19, 2006 4:37 PM
>>> To: shelbymustang (AT) carmemories (DOT) com
>>> Subject: Looking for a 67 or 68 shelby mustang
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a 67 GT350 or GT500 or a 68 GT500 daily driver. I'm
>>> located in Tucson, AZ. If anyone has one that is not a clone and not a rust
>>> bucket I'm interested. Thanks,

 

Why not use a Shelby as a driver. Drive it and enjoy it if you have the guts
to risk it on the road with all the fools around. jack kinsler was using his
GT40 mark3 as a driver through the 80s and occasionally in the 90(so I hear).

bob

 

Bob wrote:

Why not use a Shelby as a driver. Drive it and enjoy it if you have the
guts to risk it on the road with all the fools around. jack kinsler was
using his GT40 mark3 as a driver through the 80s and occasionally in
the 90(so I hear).

>>>Gary Roys (who is a lurker on this list, and is currently screwing
my GT-350 clone back together and building a stroker motor for it)
knows Kinsler, and told me that he saw him broken down on the side of
the road last year in his GT40. Something stupid, like a broken
throttle cable or something. So Kinsler is still driving his GT40 on
the street, good on him!

Mike
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I guess its all a matter of perspective. a friend of mine bought a boss9 at
a year old to strip and turn into a drag car. a year later bought a 428scj
mach and did some drag racing with that as well. both have been completely
restored now (I did all the welding to undo all the cutting and drilling he did
back then) and both have been in shows but he has no issue smoking off the
tires and driving them a bit hard when he takes them out. I asked him one day why
he will do that after all the work it took to get them into the shape they
are. he told me because they are the same old cars he used to race back then
so nothing has really changed.
I guess I can relate to that because my 66 conv is my high school car, I
used to race it a bit and had even welded in a roll bar at one point. Even after
one of the earlier restorations I was using the car for autocross. It would
seem that the old connection to the cars will alter ones perspective of how to
treat the cars.
or mabee its just more fun to drive them hard.

bob

 

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, RSANTER (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:

> I guess its all a matter of perspective. a friend of mine bought a boss9 at
> a year old to strip and turn into a drag car. a year later bought a 428scj
> mach and did some drag racing with that as well. both have been completely
> restored now (I did all the welding to undo all the cutting and drilling he did
> back then) and both have been in shows but he has no issue smoking off the
> tires and driving them a bit hard when he takes them out. I asked him one day why
> he will do that after all the work it took to get them into the shape they
> are. he told me because they are the same old cars he used to race back then
> so nothing has really changed.
> I guess I can relate to that because my 66 conv is my high school car, I
> used to race it a bit and had even welded in a roll bar at one point. Even after
> one of the earlier restorations I was using the car for autocross. It would
> seem that the old connection to the cars will alter ones perspective of how to
> treat the cars.
> or mabee its just more fun to drive them hard.
>
> bob

I think this picture tells the story for me:

http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/User_files/44af271319c6265e.jpg

Whay would you say, maybe $10M worth of cars doing what they are intended
to do?

I think there is something special about the Shelby people. The club has
made driving these cars, at least at some level, of great importance to
their heritage. That may be lost as the generation of owners roll over. I
guess that is why I am taking Shelby to autocrosses and track events where
she can get an appreciation of that aspect of what will probably become
part of her interitance some day. I want her to know why I fell in love
with these cars as a teenager.

Today many of the current owners never experienced what it meant to drive
a Shelby to high school, and the on the weekend take it out to the drag
strip or autocross. To them the love comes from the restoration process,
or the keeping and maintaing. That is fine, but to me they are missing
what made a Shelby special.

This was not intended as a negative towards anyone, I was just trying to
point out why some people still want to drive them.

Calvin
http://www.racecarstuff.com <<--my blog
http://motors.search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcalvin767 <<--my ebay stuff

 

Re: [Shelbymustang] Looking for a 67 or 68 shelby mustang

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Hi All,

I just wanted to say that these cars were made to be driven and I congratulate all of you that do drive your Shelbys. Last month I drove the first G.T. 500 to a wedding and wedding reception here in Colorado. Total round trip was about 150 miles. Not that I condone speeding, but I touched 125 mph on I-70 just east of Denver with the "best man" from the wedding riding shotgun. I had just met him after the wedding and he asked to ride to the reception with me. The ride was one that he will remember for a long time and the smile on his face was one that I will remember for a long time. I respect all of the "show car" people; but damn, these cars are too fun not to drive them.

Best wishes to all of you on this list.

Eric Johnson


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From: Calvin Sanders<mailto:calvins (AT) highrpm (DOT) net>
To: RSANTER (AT) aol (DOT) com<mailto:RSANTER (AT) aol (DOT) com>
Cc: MikeLDrew (AT) aol (DOT) com<mailto:MikeLDrew (AT) aol (DOT) com> ; GT350HZ (AT) aol (DOT) com<mailto:GT350HZ (AT) aol (DOT) com> ; shelbymustang (AT) carmemories (DOT) com<mailto:shelbymustang (AT) carmemories (DOT) com>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for a 67 or 68 shelby mustang


On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, RSANTER (AT) aol (DOT) com<mailto:RSANTER (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote:

> I guess its all a matter of perspective. a friend of mine bought a boss9 at
> a year old to strip and turn into a drag car. a year later bought a 428scj
> mach and did some drag racing with that as well. both have been completely
> restored now (I did all the welding to undo all the cutting and drilling he did
> back then) and both have been in shows but he has no issue smoking off the
> tires and driving them a bit hard when he takes them out. I asked him one day why
> he will do that after all the work it took to get them into the shape they
> are. he told me because they are the same old cars he used to race back then
> so nothing has really changed.
> I guess I can relate to that because my 66 conv is my high school car, I
> used to race it a bit and had even welded in a roll bar at one point. Even after
> one of the earlier restorations I was using the car for autocross. It would
> seem that the old connection to the cars will alter ones perspective of how to
> treat the cars.
> or mabee its just more fun to drive them hard.
>
> bob

I think this picture tells the story for me:

http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/User_files/44af271319c6265e.jpg<http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/User_files/44af271319c6265e.jpg>

Whay would you say, maybe $10M worth of cars doing what they are intended
to do?

I think there is something special about the Shelby people. The club has
made driving these cars, at least at some level, of great importance to
their heritage. That may be lost as the generation of owners roll over. I
guess that is why I am taking Shelby to autocrosses and track events where
she can get an appreciation of that aspect of what will probably become
part of her interitance some day. I want her to know why I fell in love
with these cars as a teenager.

Today many of the current owners never experienced what it meant to drive
a Shelby to high school, and the on the weekend take it out to the drag
strip or autocross. To them the love comes from the restoration process,
or the keeping and maintaing. That is fine, but to me they are missing
what made a Shelby special.

This was not intended as a negative towards anyone, I was just trying to
point out why some people still want to drive them.

Calvin
http://www.racecarstuff.com<http://www.racecarstuff.com/> <<--my blog
http://motors.search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcalvin767<http://motors.search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcalvin767> <<--my ebay stuff

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For Sale my daily driver 66 GT 350

If anyone has any interest I am going to sell my 66 350 6S1769. Four owner
rust free Dallas Texas car. Saphire/White, 4 speed and ten spokes. Up
until these 100 degree days she was driven daily (you ought to see the looks
we get in the Wal-Mart parking lot). Seen annually at Mid-America. She's
tired but rust free. Asking $150K. Go ahead and beat me up on the price,
but that is what it takes.

Jim
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From: "Calvin Sanders" <calvins (AT) highrpm (DOT) net>
To: <RSANTER (AT) aol (DOT) com>
Cc: <MikeLDrew (AT) aol (DOT) com>; <GT350HZ (AT) aol (DOT) com>; <shelbymustang (AT) carmemories (DOT) com>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for a 67 or 68 shelby mustang


> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, RSANTER (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:
>
>> I guess its all a matter of perspective. a friend of mine bought a boss9
>> at
>> a year old to strip and turn into a drag car. a year later bought a
>> 428scj
>> mach and did some drag racing with that as well. both have been
>> completely
>> restored now (I did all the welding to undo all the cutting and drilling
>> he did
>> back then) and both have been in shows but he has no issue smoking off
>> the
>> tires and driving them a bit hard when he takes them out. I asked him
>> one day why
>> he will do that after all the work it took to get them into the shape
>> they
>> are. he told me because they are the same old cars he used to race back
>> then
>> so nothing has really changed.
>> I guess I can relate to that because my 66 conv is my high school car, I
>> used to race it a bit and had even welded in a roll bar at one point.
>> Even after
>> one of the earlier restorations I was using the car for autocross. It
>> would
>> seem that the old connection to the cars will alter ones perspective of
>> how to
>> treat the cars.
>> or mabee its just more fun to drive them hard.
>>
>> bob
>
> I think this picture tells the story for me:
>
> http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/User_files/44af271319c6265e.jpg
>
> Whay would you say, maybe $10M worth of cars doing what they are intended
> to do?
>
> I think there is something special about the Shelby people. The club has
> made driving these cars, at least at some level, of great importance to
> their heritage. That may be lost as the generation of owners roll over. I
> guess that is why I am taking Shelby to autocrosses and track events where
> she can get an appreciation of that aspect of what will probably become
> part of her interitance some day. I want her to know why I fell in love
> with these cars as a teenager.
>
> Today many of the current owners never experienced what it meant to drive
> a Shelby to high school, and the on the weekend take it out to the drag
> strip or autocross. To them the love comes from the restoration process,
> or the keeping and maintaing. That is fine, but to me they are missing
> what made a Shelby special.
>
> This was not intended as a negative towards anyone, I was just trying to
> point out why some people still want to drive them.
>
> Calvin
> http://www.racecarstuff.com <<--my blog
> http://motors.search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcalvin767 <<--my ebay stuff
>

 

Re: [Shelbymustang] Looking for a 67 or 68 shelby mustang

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Please note that I DO condone speeding
Colin
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Johnson
To: shelbymustang (AT) thecarsource (DOT) com
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Shelbymustang] Looking for a 67 or 68 shelby mustang


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Hi All,

I just wanted to say that these cars were made to be driven and I congratulate all of you that do drive your Shelbys. Last month I drove the first G.T. 500 to a wedding and wedding reception here in Colorado. Total round trip was about 150 miles. Not that I condone speeding, but I touched 125 mph on I-70 just east of Denver with the "best man" from the wedding riding shotgun. I had just met him after the wedding and he asked to ride to the reception with me. The ride was one that he will remember for a long time and the smile on his face was one that I will remember for a long time. I respect all of the "show car" people; but damn, these cars are too fun not to drive them.

Best wishes to all of you on this list.

Eric Johnson


----- Original Message -----
From: Calvin Sanders
To: RSANTER (AT) aol (DOT) com
Cc: MikeLDrew (AT) aol (DOT) com ; GT350HZ (AT) aol (DOT) com ; shelbymustang (AT) carmemories (DOT) com
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for a 67 or 68 shelby mustang


On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, RSANTER (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote:

> I guess its all a matter of perspective. a friend of mine bought a boss9 at
> a year old to strip and turn into a drag car. a year later bought a 428scj
> mach and did some drag racing with that as well. both have been completely
> restored now (I did all the welding to undo all the cutting and drilling he did
> back then) and both have been in shows but he has no issue smoking off the
> tires and driving them a bit hard when he takes them out. I asked him one day why
> he will do that after all the work it took to get them into the shape they
> are. he told me because they are the same old cars he used to race back then
> so nothing has really changed.
> I guess I can relate to that because my 66 conv is my high school car, I
> used to race it a bit and had even welded in a roll bar at one point. Even after
> one of the earlier restorations I was using the car for autocross. It would
> seem that the old connection to the cars will alter ones perspective of how to
> treat the cars.
> or mabee its just more fun to drive them hard.
>
> bob

I think this picture tells the story for me:

http://www.nikonians.org/dcforum/User_files/44af271319c6265e.jpg

Whay would you say, maybe $10M worth of cars doing what they are intended
to do?

I think there is something special about the Shelby people. The club has
made driving these cars, at least at some level, of great importance to
their heritage. That may be lost as the generation of owners roll over. I
guess that is why I am taking Shelby to autocrosses and track events where
she can get an appreciation of that aspect of what will probably become
part of her interitance some day. I want her to know why I fell in love
with these cars as a teenager.

Today many of the current owners never experienced what it meant to drive
a Shelby to high school, and the on the weekend take it out to the drag
strip or autocross. To them the love comes from the restoration process,
or the keeping and maintaing. That is fine, but to me they are missing
what made a Shelby special.

This was not intended as a negative towards anyone, I was just trying to
point out why some people still want to drive them.

Calvin
http://www.racecarstuff.com <<--my blog
http://motors.search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcalvin767 <<--my ebay stuff



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[Shelbymustang] Real Shelby Daily Drivers

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We have a local guy named Rich Mason, who lives just south of Reno, NV.

He drives a 427 Cobra to work as a daily driver. Except when the snow flies.

So 100K on the road isn't anything. He also owns the flip top cobra, a dragon snake too. Those are not his daily drivers. Funny thing is...most just assume its a superformance or equal kit car.

Jim Elsmore
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