are beautiful and ones I haven't seen much. This show had some nice cars.
The one I had as a Lincoln was actually a Mercury. It is now corrected.
The '66 Jaguar is also a very rare piece. That is the first one I have ever seen of that particular model at a car show and is another example of just how many classic cars are in the Michiana area.
Morse on the British detective TV series.
When I came home from ND in June of ‘67, my father rented a ‘66 or ‘67 Mustang from Hertz for me to drive.
The GTO had been sold, so I saw this gold fastback Mustang in the garage. I thought, “Rental car? Probably a dog.”
I was wrong. Oh so wrong.
It was the most frightening car I had ever driven, up to and including the present.
It had neck-snapping acceleration and when it got up to speed (80+), I thought it was going to take to the air because the body was so light.
I don’t know if this was. Carrol Shelby model, but it was a fucking beast.
I never told my dad what kind of fire-breathing monster he had rented for me.
was a '66 Mustang coupe with a little 170 cu.in. six cylinder but it was surprisingly quick because it was so light. IIRC, '67 was the first year they put 351s in the Mustangs and if the one you drove was indeed a Shelby, they were really fast. You were wise not to tell your dad.
Looks like an E Ticket.
Several times I posted how a ‘69 ND grad won the illegal Cannonball Run in the 70s with the help of Carrol Shelby.
Shelby sounds like a real balls to the wall guy.
Besides his work with Ford, Carroll Shelby worked with Chrysler in the 1980s with their 4 cylinder turbo cars. I had a 1987 Dodge Daytona Shelby Turbo Z, a very quick car in it's day. The acceleration at 4000 rpm in second gear would push me back in the seat pretty hard. This is not a picture of my car but it looked just like this.
Carroll Shelby is definitely a guy I would have loved to have met.