OK, you guys got me going... I was 13 or so in 1971, my father was in the Airforce stationed at Edwards Airforce base in CA.....He was a SR-71 test pilot and his fighter pilot buddy was a guy named Ted Moller..One day Ted stopped by to visit and drove up in a 196? SL300 gullwing...he took dad for a ride and then me...I lOVED that car...It made all kinds of noise and the doors opened really cool like...Well now my dad wanted a neat sports car and drove home in a 1956 T-Bird with a HI- PO 289 with 2 4bls...4sp...Dad would never burn the tires, just "churp" them. Well when my uncle stopped by to visit he took me out in the t-bird and burned the tires and smoke filled the car!..I really was hooked then...Dad would put 3 kids in the t-bird and ride all over the place..(Im leading up to the shelby)...Well dad told me when I turned 16 he would give me the t-bird..Well he sold it when I turned 15...(Never forgave him)...Next..Year was 1974 I was 16 and my dad gave me his uncles 1967 chevy belaire with a 327...4 dr. powerglide...(Lame)..I was looking through the magazines for for speed stuff to make it fast like the t-bird...Well, I was driving home from high school 1 weekend on leave (valley forge military academy) and I spot a 1967 GTO parked in a used car lot..the ones with all the light bulbs strung around..I pull into the lot and ask how much for the 4sp A/C Goat...the salesman tell me $1,800....I ask how much he would give me for my 1967 chevy...$500 dollars...Cool!, I got the rest at home from cutting lawns..!..I drove home like a bat out of hell afraid the car would be gone..I buy the GTO and im sure dad would kill me..Well thanks to mom smoothing things over and the dealer getting rid of dads car before he showed up, I got to keep the GTO.. One saturday when I was cruising to the local hangout I was stopped at a light waiting for it to change..Up pulled a 1967 GT500 making all kinds of noise and looking for a fight... Well the light turned green and We both punched it...Now my GTO was no wimp, G60 Tires, Holley, 400eng.. etc.....But...after 1st gear, the Shelby was gone...I hit 2nd gear and he was really gone!..I could not believe I got beat so bad..I turned around and went home..I was afraid he was going to the same cruise in...Sooooo...After college and many mustangs, I traded my way up to a 67 gt500, and a 68 gt350...now maybe I wont get spanked at the light next time...heheheheh... Cevon Mclean #2408 #932
Hey Cevon...Great story!! Years back I used to work with a couple of United Airlines Test flight Pilots... (I was working for UAL as an in-flight trouble shooting Tech.at the time) Both were retired Air Force and flew the SR71. I only knew them by their nick names..Rocky and I think if my memory serves me, a guy named BJ. I would almost bet that your dad would of knew them. Best regards..John 67#2472 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cevon Mclean" <cmclean@rbhnrc.usda.gov> To: <shelbymustang@carmemories.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 7:48 AM Subject: Re: my first reaction to a Shelby > OK, you guys got me going... > I was 13 or so in 1971, my father was in the Airforce stationed at > Edwards Airforce base in CA.....He was a SR-71 test pilot and his > fighter pilot buddy was a guy named Ted Moller..One day Ted > stopped by to visit and drove up in a 196? SL300 gullwing...he took > dad for a ride and then me...I lOVED that car...It made all kinds of > noise and the doors opened really cool like...Well now my dad > wanted a neat sports car and drove home in a 1956 T-Bird with a HI- > PO 289 with 2 4bls...4sp...Dad would never burn the tires, just > "churp" them. Well when my uncle stopped by to visit he took me > out in the t-bird and burned the tires and smoke filled the car!..I > really was hooked then...Dad would put 3 kids in the t-bird and ride > all over the place..(Im leading up to the shelby)...Well dad told me > when I turned 16 he would give me the t-bird..Well he sold it when I > turned 15...(Never forgave him)...Next..Year was 1974 I was 16 and > my dad gave me his uncles 1967 chevy belaire with a 327...4 dr. > powerglide...(Lame)..I was looking through the magazines for for > speed stuff to make it fast like the t-bird...Well, I was driving home > from high school 1 weekend on leave (valley forge military > academy) and I spot a 1967 GTO parked in a used car lot..the > ones with all the light bulbs strung around..I pull into the lot and > ask how much for the 4sp A/C Goat...the salesman tell me > $1,800....I ask how much he would give me for my 1967 > chevy...$500 dollars...Cool!, I got the rest at home from cutting > lawns..!..I drove home like a bat out of hell afraid the car would be > gone..I buy the GTO and im sure dad would kill me..Well thanks to > mom smoothing things over and the dealer getting rid of dads car > before he showed up, I got to keep the GTO.. > One saturday when I was cruising to the local hangout I was > stopped at a light waiting for it to change..Up pulled a 1967 GT500 > making all kinds of noise and looking for a fight... > Well the light turned green and We both punched it...Now my GTO > was no wimp, G60 Tires, Holley, 400eng.. etc.....But...after 1st > gear, the Shelby was gone...I hit 2nd gear and he was really > gone!..I could not believe I got beat so bad..I turned around and > went home..I was afraid he was going to the same cruise > in...Sooooo...After college and many mustangs, I traded my way > up to a 67 gt500, and a 68 gt350...now maybe I wont get spanked > at the light next time...heheheheh... > > Cevon Mclean > #2408 > #932 > >
