Pardon me, but y'all need to keep couple of things in mind on these early Shelby parts. Shelby built race cars, just ask him. He was only in the street car business by necessity, so his cars could race. When the car came down the line, if a part was not in stock, it was left off or something else was substitued. He had serious supplier problems in Southern California. How many different hoods were used on the 65 - 66's? How many different tachs and steering wheels were used. There were different mirrors on the same model. The cars had gotten so popular in 67, and his fiberglass suppliers so unreliable, Ford took over the production of Shelbys and moved the whole assemby process to Dearborn. Now we all know how Ford likes paperwork and numbers. Did you know the 68 AO Smith Parts List for Shelbys lists a part number and decal set for a 68 supercharged GT350? I have only seen one since I saw my first Shelby in 1965. Your intake discussions are another case in point. S2MS is a Shelby production part. The intakes said COBRA. Shelby marketed his own line of aftermarket parts, often the same part as Ford sold, but his said SHELBY. Several manufacturers copied the high rise dual plane intakes with only minor changes. Now who is to say when the recall of the 68 350's came down to replace the C8 cast iron intakes with aluminum ones, the dealer always got them from Ford? They got what ever aluminum intake was quickly available. Ford was not building collector cars, it was fixing a problem the most expedient way possible. I admire y'all trying to make the cars more perfect that they were new, but sometimes we get so involved with the bark on the tree we tend to forget how to enjoy the forest. Lee Mathias
Well said. ----- Original Message ----- From: <lmathias@bellsouth.net> To: <ShelbyMustang@CarMemories.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 7:34 PM Subject: All this parts stuff > Pardon me, but y'all need to keep couple of things in mind on these early Shelby parts. Shelby built race cars, just ask him. He was only in the street car business by necessity, so his cars could race. When the car came down the line, if a part was not in stock, it was left off or something else was substitued. He had serious supplier problems in Southern California. How many different hoods were used on the 65 - 66's? How many different tachs and steering wheels were used. There were different mirrors on the same model. The cars had gotten so popular in 67, and his fiberglass suppliers so unreliable, Ford took over the production of Shelbys and moved the whole assemby process to Dearborn. Now we all know how Ford likes paperwork and numbers. Did you know the 68 AO Smith Parts List for Shelbys lists a part number and decal set for a 68 supercharged GT350? I have only seen one since I saw my first Shelby in 1965. Your intake discussions are another case in point. S2MS is a Shelby production part. The intakes said COBRA. Shelby marketed his own line of aftermarket parts, often the same part as Ford sold, but his said SHELBY. Several manufacturers copied the high rise dual plane intakes with only minor changes. Now who is to say when the recall of the 68 350's came down to replace the C8 cast iron intakes with aluminum ones, the dealer always got them from Ford? They got what ever aluminum intake was quickly available. Ford was not building collector cars, it was fixing a problem the most expedient way possible. I admire y'all trying to make the cars more perfect that they were new, but sometimes we get so involved with the bark on the tree we tend to forget how to enjoy the forest. Lee Mathias > >
And if some flunky just passing through the dealership service department for a summer job put the wrong intake on the car, that doesn't make it acceptable practice. While I agree in part with your comment that Shelby used what he had, he received the car from Ford in mostly assembled state so there is SOME consistency. Thank You, Mike McCullough 405-760-6732 (cell) 405-330-4535 (office) www.worldwidemusclecars.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <lmathias@bellsouth.net> To: <ShelbyMustang@CarMemories.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 9:34 PM Subject: All this parts stuff > Pardon me, but y'all need to keep couple of things in mind on these early > Shelby parts. Shelby built race cars, just ask him. He was only in the > street car business by necessity, so his cars could race. When the car > came down the line, if a part was not in stock, it was left off or > something else was substitued. He had serious supplier problems in > Southern California. How many different hoods were used on the 65 - 66's? > How many different tachs and steering wheels were used. There were > different mirrors on the same model. The cars had gotten so popular in > 67, and his fiberglass suppliers so unreliable, Ford took over the > production of Shelbys and moved the whole assemby process to Dearborn. > Now we all know how Ford likes paperwork and numbers. Did you know the 68 > AO Smith Parts List for Shelbys lists a part number and decal set for a 68 > supercharged GT350? I have only seen one since I saw my first Shelby in > 1965. Your intake discussions are another case in point. S2MS is a > Shelby production part. The intakes said COBRA. Shelby marketed his own > line of aftermarket parts, often the same part as Ford sold, but his said > SHELBY. Several manufacturers copied the high rise dual plane intakes > with only minor changes. Now who is to say when the recall of the 68 > 350's came down to replace the C8 cast iron intakes with aluminum ones, > the dealer always got them from Ford? They got what ever aluminum intake > was quickly available. Ford was not building collector cars, it was > fixing a problem the most expedient way possible. I admire y'all trying > to make the cars more perfect that they were new, but sometimes we get so > involved with the bark on the tree we tend to forget how to enjoy the > forest. Lee Mathias > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.5.7 - Release Date: 3/1/2005 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.5.7 - Release Date: 3/1/2005
