In addendum to Harold's input, The six convertibles he spoke of were the
last 6 production serial numbers of 1966. Within the last couple of years,
The Shelby American Automobile Club has listed two of these as not having
been assembled, leaving only four. One of these is (was?) owned by Cliff
Hornbeck of Broken Arrow(?), OK. Painted forest green with gold striping,
it had a paxton supercharger on it. All four of the convertibles have been
accounted for. In '83-'84, Carroll Shelby in conjunction with a Mustang
Parts & Restoration shop in California registered an additional 12 '66 GT350
serial numbers to be put on an additional production using "rustfree",
pristine Mustang convertible chassis'. Six were to go to Shelby and six to
the company doing the work. Mirroring events of 15 years earlier, not all
were completed. Only six cars were reported completed, split between the
two parties, Carroll's cars went to his kids. One of the cars sat next to
my Tiger at the Disneyland Marriot in the summer of '84 and I got a good
look at it. The fellow had recently paid $45k for the beastie; I wasn't
impressed by the evidence of bondo in the bodywork.
Tom Kubler
----- Original Message -----
From: <PaceCars@aol.com>
To: <Gt6steve@aol.com>; <owner-vintage-race@autox.team.net>;
<vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Aluminum work
> In my limited experience 3003 H14 aluminum is pretty good for bodywork. I
> have made scoops, etc, with it. For more experience I would recommend the
> seminars and videos by Kent White (www.tinmantech.com) who has restored
some
> of the best Ferraris and Porsches in vintage racing. I have a short
article
> on such in an upcoming issue of VRJ.
> As for the Shelbys, the last six 1966 GT-350s were convertibles with
> automatics. They were given away to people who had helped Shelby or
retained
> for internal use. In 1968 Shelby convertibles were sold alongside the
> fastbacks, but of course these were not made by Shelby themselves, but by
the
> A.O. Smith company. The 1969-70 models were available in convertible form
as
> well.
> Harold Pace
> 1972 Mallock U2 4 Sale
> 1959 Devin SS
>
> In a message dated 3/26/00 6:02:09 PM, Gt6steve@aol.com wrote:
>
> <<
> Hi Guys, Can anybody offer any advice for fabricating ally door skins to
> replace steel originals. I'm thinking the same thickness in ally but
don't
> know what alloys or hardness is appropriate. I've never done this so any
> advice beyond "go to a pro" would be welcomed.
> Secondly, a friend just drove off in one of Shelby's museum cars here in
> Vegas which was a GT350 Convertible. It didn't dawn on me until he was
> leaving that I'd never seen a convertible GT350,so lest I look like an
> idiot in front of him does anybody know anything about it? I know it's
> authentic because he works for Shelby. We've been friends ever since he
blew
> the doors off my 66 E-Type coupe on the way to work one morning. What is
a
> supercharger anyway and why is it on an innocent looking Mustang? Bye,
Steve
> (I know what supercharging is!)
> >>
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