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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:21:02 AM EDT
I never find anything cool.
http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/08/17/little-red-1967-ford-mustang-shelby-gt500-found-after-50-years-could-be-worth-millions.html 
A legendary Ford Mustang that many thought was destroyed 50 years ago has been discovered rotting away in a Texas field. And it could be worth millions. Affectionately called Little Red, the 1967 model was an experimental car that Ford loaned to Carrol Shelby to use as a test bed for the development of performance parts. Little Red and a later car, unofficially known as the Green Hornet, were the only two Shelby GT 500 notchback coupes of their era, each sporting a snazzy vinyl roof. Shelby’s crew tinkered with the cars, trying out different body parts, engines and transmissions. Little Red was primarily configured with a supercharged 428 V8 and 3-speed automatic transmission, while the Green Hornet was fitted with a prototype independent rear suspension that never made it into production, but remains on the car today. Little Red made an appearance at a Ford preview event in Los Angeles, where it inspired the creation of the first California Special Mustang, which aped its styling, if not performance. Shelby eventually sent the cars back to Ford for a date with the crusher, as was standard practice for prototype cars, but they both stood it up. |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:32:24 AM EDT
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Pretty cool, I’ve never even heard of that car before.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:33:20 AM EDT
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Wow.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:35:27 AM EDT
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Cool if real.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:35:41 AM EDT
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Crush it.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:37:32 AM EDT
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It looks like it's no stranger to sidewalks.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:38:52 AM EDT
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Slam it on Tarmacs.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:42:22 AM EDT
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Supercharged 428? In the 1960s?!? Damn.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:42:29 AM EDT
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Richard Rawlings will offer $1100 for it!
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:47:35 AM EDT
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Supercharged 428? In the 1960s?!? Damn. |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:48:32 AM EDT
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Pretty cool, I’ve never even heard of that car before. |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:49:38 AM EDT
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Vinyl roof....ugh
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:51:44 AM EDT
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Looks like it has been to a few cars and coffee events.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:52:49 AM EDT
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Richard Rawlings will offer $1100 for it!
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:54:09 AM EDT
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Meh, just another nice secretary's car.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 10:58:24 AM EDT
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Pretty cool, I’ve never even heard of that car before. Cars and coffee comment, lol. |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 11:18:29 AM EDT
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Probably some of the only people in the world that could have found that car were those guys. They have access to so much documentation, which is how they found he vin. All those other people hoping to find it were using the Shelby number, basically just spinning their wheels.
I wonder what a “fair price” was. The thing could be with a few million |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 11:22:42 AM EDT
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An LS with 2 turbos and it will be back on sidewalks in no time.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 11:24:52 AM EDT
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Meh, just another nice secretary's car. Get with the times and terminology |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 11:25:29 AM EDT
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Did nobody notice that the front fell off?
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Posted: 8/18/2018 11:30:25 AM EDT
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I absolutely understand the historical value of the car and what it means to ford/vintage aficionados and the like but damn that is some rough condition to be possibly worth millions, plus missing some of the parts that made it unique in the first place (like the motor
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Posted: 8/18/2018 11:35:08 AM EDT
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Supercharged 428? In the 1960s?!? Damn. |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 11:40:44 AM EDT
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Looks like it needs some TLC before it’s ready to drive into a crowd somewhere.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 11:45:37 AM EDT
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It must have been fairly protected, otherwise kids back about 1979 would have stripped it of its cool scoops wheels and whatever else looked neat and put them on a 6cly comet complete with sparkomatic stereo. We used to drive around back roads looking for cars like that to buy or buy parts from...same with junkyards.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 11:49:29 AM EDT
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Supercharged 428? In the 1960s?!? Damn. One hint he already has is the presence of two fuel pumps, which supports a rumor that it was twin-supercharged at one time. |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 11:52:23 AM EDT
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Unfortunately, I don't see a motor. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Supercharged 428? In the 1960s?!? Damn. |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 11:55:57 AM EDT
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Worth reading the article.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 12:05:55 PM EDT
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neat
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Posted: 8/18/2018 12:14:31 PM EDT
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That is a very cool and historic car! Too bad it is missing so many parts. I'm guessing their millions estimates are if it had its origins drive train and is completely restored. No way is it worth more than the 2nd Bullett Mustang they found in Mexico, similar shape too.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 12:21:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And he will ruin it. 
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Posted: 8/18/2018 12:32:55 PM EDT
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In before Spain claims it
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Posted: 8/18/2018 12:36:45 PM EDT
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Sat in one when they first came out wishing I had the money to buy it...it was outrageously expensive for a manual labor guy back then...close to $5000
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Posted: 8/18/2018 12:37:04 PM EDT
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From the pix its worth $1200.00.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 12:49:32 PM EDT
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Meh, just another nice secretary's car. |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 6:32:35 PM EDT
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Supercharged 428? In the 1960s?!? Damn. One hint he already has is the presence of two fuel pumps, which supports a rumor that it was twin-supercharged at one time.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 7:13:40 PM EDT
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With a spare tire on the trunk. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Posted: 8/18/2018 7:16:41 PM EDT
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I'm just amazed those tires still have air in them!
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Posted: 8/18/2018 8:02:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/18/2018 8:13:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/18/2018 8:19:58 PM EDT
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Wow, what a find.
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Posted: 8/18/2018 8:23:39 PM EDT
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Not a fan of Shelby stuff with the exception of the Daytona Coupe and the GT350s.
Shelby America today makes me retch. Wish Ford never went back to the Shelby name for the GT500. Should have stayed SVT and just called them all Cobras. Boss 302 and Boss 429 were better cars compared to the Shelby offerings at that same time. Today's factory Ford GT350 and the GT500 are better stock as a base in both power plant and looks than whatever slap on bullshit Shelby America makes out of whatever Mustang they get their hands on. I am a Mustang guy(own 4 and looking to buy a used GT500) but to me the peak for anything Ford/Shelby was right about 65-66 and the GT500 coming in 67 marked the beginning of the end for me. Also hate Shelby for the shit he pulled with suing kit car makers back when Factory 5 was just getting going and made a 65 Daytona kit car. If I was stupid rich there are about 20 Mustangs on my list of must haves. Only one on my list is a true "Shelby". |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 8:23:55 PM EDT
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Slap a turbo Barra engine in it. It has roots that go back to the Falcon
Crap, I have been watch WAY to many Australian car videos recently
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Posted: 8/18/2018 8:27:45 PM EDT
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I love cars...but I don't get car people.
 Millions?
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Posted: 8/18/2018 8:31:24 PM EDT
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Slam it on Tarmacs. |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 8:32:12 PM EDT
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I love cars...but I don't get car people. Millions? |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 8:34:37 PM EDT
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Cool find!
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Posted: 8/18/2018 8:43:41 PM EDT
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From the pix its worth $1200.00. |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 9:03:58 PM EDT
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Until that motor is found it will not be worth "millions" Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Supercharged 428? In the 1960s?!? Damn. That would not affect the price at all. |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 9:15:19 PM EDT
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I used to own the Studebaker Daytona that was owned by Andy Granatelli. It had a badge on the firewall stating it's specific build for Andy and the entire bottom of the car was completely rusted out and gone due to running on the salt flats.
It got shuffled around a bit years ago and then someone stole it. It was just a shell, in about as good or worse shape than the car in this thread, but it would still be nice to have it. |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 9:21:17 PM EDT
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Pretty cool, I’ve never even heard of that car before. |
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Posted: 8/18/2018 9:22:14 PM EDT
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It was a test mule, it probably had several engines swapped in. That would not affect the price at all. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Supercharged 428? In the 1960s?!? Damn. That would not affect the price at all. |
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