Surviver car... I think it's easier to define what isn't and even then there's the gray area Bob Gaines talked of where the judges decide the line . Since my poor, leperous '66 has been spat upon (not literally) and viewed with distain in the unrestored category I take the matter a bit too personal perhaps. The car didn't even get to leave Shelby American before it was in a mishap requiring the back half of the rear quarter, fuel tank and deck lid to be replaced. By 1969 even that repair was looking faded and needed fixing so nearly a 1/4 of the car was fritzed out of the gate. It went to various racing/autocross venues in the 60s so the wheel well openings were rolled larger, radiator support modified for coolers, etc. It went on for 10 years as a drag racer where the original block was retianed but 351 heads, small diameter lock-out-free pulley, and all sorts of other mods included cuting the center out from an all-steel hood, torching out the tranny tunnel, auto to 4spd, numbers and crap on the door etc. By '78 it was completely repainted to mask the scars and return it to the street. Unfortunately they painted it in lacquer an inch thick and the paint is flaking off like a skin condition out of the X-Files. Other than the paint which is at best half there, nothing has been done to the car since the early 70s. I took it out a couple of years ago, and was rediculed it didn't meet the "Unrestored" parameters. I don't care. Don't misinterpret that. I DON'T care. I need to paint the thing with a better financial situation coming along, but perhaps I'll leave it like that just to jack with folks. "Surviver" comes in many guises. Only at larger, judged events to perhaps only a tenth of the population does it have a formal definition... well... guideline. If the car rolls up to the registration booth under it's own power, IT HAS SURVIVED. Put your hands on the radio and feel the power! IT HAS SURVIVED, AND IT HAS ARRIVED!!! Some folks get quite a twitch when the term is used, and the hype that generates leads it to be abused. Why on earth the closet nose-pickers at Bloombust copyrighted a term like survivor needs to be examined by psychologists, but it's no sweat in my undershorts. I wonder if an old friend of mine, Jay, has ever kept his vow to convert one of the plastic pigs to house his Jaccuzzi. Stephen, that's one hell of a survivor, but it sure could get more than a few MCA folks all bunched up in the panties over your comments, and however you feel about SAAC, I think them more forgiving, ... err... understanding... I'd suspect. As I take a breath, calm down and climb down off my case of premium grade gear lube, I thank you for indulging me here-in. Tom Kubler 6S296, Nasty and does not play well with others.... --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.
Tom - You are a many of many words ......................but I like you!! hahah SGB ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Kubler To: Shelbymustang@carmemories.com Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 3:26 AM Subject: Re: survivor car Surviver car... I think it's easier to define what isn't and even then there's the gray area Bob Gaines talked of where the judges decide the line . Since my poor, leperous '66 has been spat upon (not literally) and viewed with distain in the unrestored category I take the matter a bit too personal perhaps. The car didn't even get to leave Shelby American before it was in a mishap requiring the back half of the rear quarter, fuel tank and deck lid to be replaced. By 1969 even that repair was looking faded and needed fixing so nearly a 1/4 of the car was fritzed out of the gate. It went to various racing/autocross venues in the 60s so the wheel well openings were rolled larger, radiator support modified for coolers, etc. It went on for 10 years as a drag racer where the original block was retianed but 351 heads, small diameter lock-out-free pulley, and all sorts of other mods included cuting the center out from an all-steel hood, torching out the tranny tunnel, auto to 4spd, numbers and crap on the door etc. By '78 it was completely repainted to mask the scars and return it to the street. Unfortunately they painted it in lacquer an inch thick and the paint is flaking off like a skin condition out of the X-Files. Other than the paint which ! is at best half there, nothing has been done to the car since the early 70s. I took it out a couple of years ago, and was rediculed it didn't meet the "Unrestored" parameters. I don't care. Don't misinterpret that. I DON'T care. I need to paint the thing with a better financial situation coming along, but perhaps I'll leave it like that just to jack with folks. "Surviver" comes in many guises. Only at larger, judged events to perhaps only a tenth of the population does it have a formal definition... well... guideline. If the car rolls up to the registration booth under it's own power, IT HAS SURVIVED. Put your hands on the radio and feel the power! IT HAS SURVIVED, AND IT HAS ARRIVED!!! Some folks get quite a twitch when the term is used, and the hype that generates leads it to be abused. Why on earth the closet nose-pickers at Bloombust copyrighted a term like survivor needs to be examined by psychologists, but it's no sweat in my undershorts. I wonder if an old friend of mine, Jay, has ever kept his vow to convert one of the plastic pigs to house his Jaccuzzi. Stephen, that's one hell of a survivor, but it sure could get more than a few MCA folks all bunched up in the panties over your comments, and however you feel about SAAC, I think them more forgiving, ... err... understanding... I'd suspect. As I take a breath, calm down and climb down off my case of premium grade gear lube, I thank you for indulging me here-in. Tom Kubler 6S296, Nasty and does not play well with others.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.
Quick Steering Idler Arm Hello All, I would like to replace just the Idler Arm on my 1966 GT 350. Looking for the appropriate part number for the quick steering type piece. I would prefer MOOG, but will take what I can get. Thanks for the help, EG
