[60's*dream*]

I have an original 66 GT350 owners manual (or so I believe, I’ve owned it since 1976) and at the time when I got it I was told it was an original. It’s been kept in a filing cabinet in a folder, it’s in perfect condition no tears, it has yellowed a bit both the card stock cover and its internal pages. There are rust marks from the 2 staples in the center pages.
I don’t know how to confirm if it’s real or not.

Here are the facts:
#1. I have truly owned it since 1976.
#2. At the time I was told it was an original. I got it from Bill Maier of Bill Maier Racing in Hayward CA when his shop was still off Washington Street in that old military type building next to the bakery.
#3. At that time no one was doing reproduction anything. Shelby’s were just 10 year old+
used cars. At least that was the mind set then, to most.

I bought both a 1966 and a 1965 original owner’s manual. I was into the 65’s not so much 66’s so in a file it went. The 65 went into the car at the time; I still have that one too. But it’s more tattered from being in the glove box. My interests in old Shelby’s really started to soar after the SAAC convention at the Oakland Hilton and also the SAAC “Real Picnic” at Heather Farms in Walnut Creek CA in 1977; I even have a dash plaque from that event.

I bought a reproduction 65 manual at SAAC 13 in Santa Rosa. Its size is a little different than the original one I bought in 1976, but knowing it was a reproduction I didn’t care at the time, but here is where my question emanate from.

Here are the denimsions to the 66:

I’ll take the SAAC approach for confirmation. I’ll provide the sizes, and I’ll hope the community can say yeah or nay on them.

1966 original 7 13/16” tall by 4 13/16” wide

1965 original 4 1/16” tall by 7 3/16” wide

1965 reproduction circa 1988, 4 5/16” tall by 7 ¼” wide

Thank you,
Earl