teranfon

This is quite sad. An example of a car that was neglected for too long. The '67s were actually still being built by Shelby. I hope it is never restored. Some cars are never meant to be.


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PortlandRL

Damn....

Aman

I kind of agree and disagree at the same time. Like you said, it's a car that looks to have been neglected. I hope the new owner is a Shelby fan and restores it to its former glory. But on the other hand it is kind of cool to see the car really showing its age.

If the wear was from someone enjoying the car, I'd agree don't restore it. But the seller said it's spend 15 years rotting. Seller seems to be painfully honest about the condition of the car.

Cool find

teranfon

Yeah, it's seen better days. If it ever is restored, it won't be real any more. That's only my opinion.

Thanks, but I can't take credit for the find. It was forwarded to me to see if I wanted it, or if not, whether it could realistically be restored.

TheMirror

Yeah boy....not sure what can be saved there. If the VIN is actual GT350 then it has at least some value, but any comprehensive restoration would leave the owner upside-down for sure. That car looks like it needs moderate to major body work and everything else. The front Cragar mags tell the whole story.

Perhaps this hulk should take a Darwinistic path and let the rest of the Shelby world pick its bones. Strengthen the breed, eliminate the weak and all that. Once the skeleton is clean, the Shelby club should have a party at a local recycler that can pancake the shell as a kind of grand finale. Just my

TheMirror

Deary me, are those B.F. Goodrich BELTED TA's on the back of that car? The more I look at it, the more it looks like a car that was run hard and put away sopping wet in about 1983 and not run since.

teranfon

Yep, that is easily well into a six figure restoration. Floors, fenders, doors, trunk, and everything else related to the body is pretty much gone. And that's before even touching the mechanicals.

Car should have been left alone to die, to rust away to which it came from.

TheMirror

Seriously, I was in Jr. High the last time I saw a car running B.F.G. BELTED TA's. I'm astounded those tires still hold air. Also, I haven't seen Goodyear Eagle script like that on the front tires since the 80's either. 15 years parked unmoving on the street? That's a conservative estimate by the seller, methinks.....

teranfon

You'd be surprised with some of these old tires. I've aired up tires twenty five years old that held air. Of course not for long however. They seem to hold air for a short time and then rupture. I haven't seen those tires for a very long time either. I think you're right that the car has been run hard.

v6cord2k5

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Close to $20k for that lump of rust?

TheMirror

Heh heh, yeah Terry you have a point there about elderly tires. I compressored up the 15 year old collapsible spare in the 968 a while back and it rode around just fine on that donut for a couple of weeks. Strange old Semperit tire that thing.....it has a weird fold-able sidewall that allows it to more or less be put back into the trunk area after deflating. Worked just fine.

Legend2TL

+2, same thought I had

Legend2TL

+1 It always seems that what's under neigh is worst than what you see on the outside. I've seen a couple restorations of 60's Mustangs, nowhere near this bad on the outside and both of them had the entire floor pans replaced and lots of other sheet metal.

RaviNJCLs

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Kinda sad.

This is one of my all time favorite cars.

Legend2TL

I forward the eBay to a friend who races two Shelby's (66 and 67) and his reply was

"I wouldn’t touch it with a 20 foot pole. The serial number is the only thing that brings the money and this car doesn’t have one."

Will Y.

It may just be a '67 fastback that someone was trying to convert into a Shelby clone, based on the mixture of parts and so many missing Shelby GT350 pieces.

teranfon

I don't know. The guy that sent it to me, however, is a Shelby collector and enthusiast and knows of the car. It's supposedly real, but the body is so deteriorated that identification is difficult. The car still retains some it's good Shelby stuff like the braking, mechanical, and safety equipment. Even then, there isn't much really left to restore. There are complete body panels and even assemblies that can be purchased, but at that point the car isn't so much a restoration as it is build.

A real pity, and I hope the car has a peaceful death.

05TLdcc

So sad to see such a nice car mistreated

RedRyder

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How anyone could leave a jewel like that sitting out for decades is beyond me. The guy obviously didn't know what he had.

The only way this car will see action again is if someone with an exhorbitant amount of money has it professionally restored.

What a beast...

juniorbean

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Couldn't agree more. Surprised it's up to ~$20k. Hopefully whoever is buying it knows what they are spending their money on!!

Steven Bell

iTrader: (2)

Wow, almost brings a tear to your eye to see it that way....

Majofo