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Still holding out that last question?
Glad to hear from a former owner. I too, twinge, if I am asked about one of my old cars, such as the gullwing Mercedes I sold for $2500....
Did that '69 Shelby have a Boss 302 engine number?
Did you ever talk to the engineer that originally bought it from Ford?
The part about sneaking it out in sheep
's clothing rings true to me from prior stories I know about from growing up in Detroit. For instance, I know a GM designer who bought a DeTomaso Mangusta from GM for peanuts because experimental cars are required to be put on open bid but the time he was bidding on it, no one knew what a DeTomaso Mangusta was so he got it cheap. So if there was nobody championing the car in the car disposal group, highlighting its unusual equipment, then the odds are he got a deal.
But on the other hand, to get a good price at a future auction, I think there will have to
be some correspondence regarding the Shelby id original to the car and the Boss 302 engine designation when built to bolster the car's pedigree. It's a bit like thoroughbred horses. If you can't document who the horse's parents are, then it is not a thoroughbred.
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