My car my senior year of high school
by LocalSubAlum (2019-09-22 17:28:05)

In reply to: Beautiful cars. Re: the ‘67 Mustang  posted by mkovac

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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.

I’m looking to the “Ford v Ferrari” movie.
by mkovac  (2019-09-22 18:07:50)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

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.
That looks to be a great movie.
by LocalSubAlum  (2019-09-22 18:35:56)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

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.