New Member / Long Time Shelby Owner

[rr64]

Hi Folks,
I loved Cobras, GT350s, and GT500s when they were new but had to wait until I was older, their newness wore off, and their values came down to get one since I was only ten in 1964. I started trying to figure out how to get a Cobra in the driveway in 1969 but it was 1975 before I got a Shelby car, a1967 GT500. It was a long wait.

Former Rides
SFM5S142
SFM5S446
SFM6S2070
67400F5A01087
67402F8A00468
9F02M481476 (Hertz ?)

Current Rides
CSX2310 (23 years)
CSX2551 (2 years)

Dan Case

[rshelby]

Welcome Dan!

That's quite a list of cars you have owned. You'll have to share some photos with us.
Randall

[rr64]

That's just the Shelby cars. I have owned, enjoyed, and worked on Fords made 1929 to 2006. Had three Boss 302s and a Boss 429 along the way from a 1966 Mustang two door hard top to my first Cobra.

Dan

[daltondavid]

Dan "the Man" I am sure is one of your nicknames!!

[markboss]

Dan,
I met you years ago, probably around 1983... when I first bought my two cars.....
I visited Huntsville, AL, for their show, and attended the Mid America meet for many years.....
Good to see you here....

Mark Williams
Now in FLorida...

[rr64]

CSX2310, unrestored, much of its original paint is intact but was repaired in various places during the mid 1960s to early 1970s during its duty as daily driver for the owner. Original and very tired interior. Deviations from stock include
• the 1967 versions of the S2MS Holley / S2MS COBRA lettered intake / steel fuel line in the Cobra Induction Kit sold as accessories by Shelby American. Falcon (? it has a white knob) choke cable hidden under dash. Purchased new from and installed by a Ford dealer for the owner in the old days.
• "CS Shelby Blueprinted" racing distributor (Ford version and not Mallory). Purchased new from and installed by a Ford dealer for the in the old days, see above.
• Koni shock absorbers in the early 1980s (to replace the totally wasted Spax ones on the car when I got it).
• after-market "puller" engine cooling fan (I use to drive it in summer traffic a lot).
• roadster aluminum oil pan (factory accessory – but kept the original steel pan and hardware).
• 1964 vintage Lucas P700 head lamps (period aftermarket accessory)
• front and rear anti-sway bar (factory accessories removed from other Cobras).
• mid 1980s Hayden/Ford Motorsports engine oil cooler hidden in front of radiator (I use to run the open track events at Mid America. Mr. Peter Brock was the last person to run the car on Hallet.).
• side out exhaust, original chrome plated tips, behind what is left of the original mufflers (rear exit pipes makes the rear anti-sway bar a problem).


CSX2551, modified, run hard and modified to suit owner’s whims of the day. Major deviations from stock include
• converted to pin drive wheels (mid 1980s).
• 6½ X 15 fronts and 7½ X 15 rears six spoke magnesium Halibrand competition wheels, 1964 vintage. (Some 6½ X 15 Phil Schmidt Engineering aluminum wheels are on order for safer driving.)
• rounded fender flares (late 1970s).
• full width roll bar (late 1970s).
• drive shaft safety loop.
• braced steering rack.
• triangulated front control arms.
• side exhaust headers, similar to Belanger style (custom made late 1970s ??).
• front and rear anti-sway bars (reproduction).
• ex-works C6FE cylinder heads (being added during current engine build).
• 1964 vintage COBRA Weber induction system, low serial number carburetors (being added during current engine build).
• old style AVIAID “289 COBRA” oil pan (being added during current engine build).

[rr64]

Mark,
The name sounds familar. What cars did you take to Mid America?

Dan

[markboss]

I have a Bright Yellow Boss 302 w axle code with hood tach...

'67 GT350 Black # 130 with the side marker lights....in the upper scoops...
Attended Mid America meets from 1982 thru 1989.....

Also the shows in Jackson Miss.....Mark Smith, if I remember correctly, ran....

[rr64]

Mark,
I attended most of the Mid America events 1979-90 and got to two or three (can't remember anymore) of Mark Smith's events in the live stock barn in Jackson. Were you in Jackson the year Era Merit (think that is right) did the very long smokey donut cutting session in his Cobra for the TV crew? You don't see people doing stunts in original Cobras like that anymore.

[markboss]

I was at the Jackson MS, show where at the race track Dale Sale forgot to install his hood pins, in the BM/PJ trans am car, and the hood flew up, also Andy Harmon, had his GT40 in the Banquet Hall....

This was at the Holiday Inn if I remeber correctly..1983,84

Mark

[rr64]

Mark,
Sounds right.

I miss those old days when gatherings were "meets" and not "shows".

[markboss]

I agree,,times were much better....

Anytime Big money enters the picture...attitudes, and egos...change the moods, and emotions....of the people involved....too many expects, who believe everything they read...


The money for these cars and parts sure have changed in 25 years.....Most of the people I knew then are still friends, even if I rarely see them...