Let's See Your Miscellaneous Car Photos
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I'd like a go-around with this 1965 Shelby GT350. This one just sold for $625K on BaT:
1965 Shelby Mustang GT350
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A pristine example
I really love those 289CI Mustangs. Their torque didn't tweak the bejesus out of the chassis over time, like the big-block 390s and 428s.
My neighbor had a 1966 GT 350 in Lime Gold Metallic back in the late 70's and early 80's. I was a a foreign car fan and didn't really pay that much attention to American cars, but the sound of the engine in his GT-350 was unbelievably great -- not loud and not a raucous big iron V8 sound. It just sounded amazing. He was next door, and probably drove by our house a hundred times, and I would always stop whatever I was doing just to listen to the engine accelerating away from his driveway. It was mint also -- he was a huge Shelby enthusiast so everything was perfect. Sadly that car had a sad ending years later, which really pained me.
The 1966 version of the GT-350 with the rear brake cooling ducts and other aesthetic features are far better looking cars than the 1965's, to my eye at least, but the 1965's were the true low production homologation specials, so they command a lot more money (3x - 4x) than the 1966. Interestingly, the side outlet exhaust on the 1965 homologation special is pretty inefficient, so the 1966 (with conventional rear exit exhaust) is about as fast despite being about 150 lbs heavier (the engine is the same, both rated at 306 hp).
It was the least complex and most reliable of my options. Once everything is squared away, these assemblies should give a lifetime of trouble free service. Not my first pair of sticks and having a manual is more enjoyable to drive. Not sure if that answers your question, but feel free to ask away.
Blue Shadow
Waiting for Vintage Gear from this century
The gearshift for the 6-speed transmission (based on the shift knob diagram) is augmented with the shift lever for the transfer case, 2Wheel Drive high, 4W High, 4W Low and neutral. Not knowing what your question refers to.
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Blue Shadow
Waiting for Vintage Gear from this century
usedto
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My bad. Both of our 4WD's have jive push button transfer case shifters. I prefer levers.
Right on! I've had those electronic xfer case shift solenoids fail or stick. Also had a xfer case electronic module fail and it put the auto trans. module into limp mode. Test 4x4 out every few months so it will be there when you need it.My bad. Both of our 4WD's have jive push button transfer case shifters. I prefer levers.
My boss had a ‘65 GT-350R. It was a never raced backup car. I got to drive it with him once on the fwy. Whiplash in every gear with the Paxton blower. Tri-Y headers and side dump exhaust through 12” glass packs is a very nasty sound.
My old 1964 Hillman Super Minx (Old photo from a few years ago).
I think I posted this in an old thread, my father-in-law's 1963 Jag XKE. I just dug up some photos I took years ago because he's selling it. It was a rather shabby example when he got it, and painted the more common British Racing Green. The build sheet showed it was originally this lovely Opalescent Green.
A lot of work and cash went into this one, but a pretty stunning result in the end.
Of course you must stage it with driving gloves.
A lot of work and cash went into this one, but a pretty stunning result in the end.
Of course you must stage it with driving gloves.
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Oh, the trophies/awards/accolades that ^^ car has won. But... it's either under a cover in a climate-controlled garage or is being transported in an enclosed trailer. As a car guy it's unsatisfying and hollow to me, but it will no doubt bring in large $$ for elderly retirees.
I'd rather use and enjoy a vintage car like that '69 Targa above in post #4170. But then, those old Porsches are entirely usable and nowhere near as finicky.
I'd rather use and enjoy a vintage car like that '69 Targa above in post #4170. But then, those old Porsches are entirely usable and nowhere near as finicky.
Dmartn149
Super Member
The big Healey in the background!I think I posted this in an old thread, my father-in-law's 1963 Jag XKE. I just dug up some photos I took years ago because he's selling it. It was a rather shabby example when he got it, and painted the more common British Racing Green. The build sheet showed it was originally this lovely Opalescent Green.
A lot of work and cash went into this one, but a pretty stunning result in the end.
Of course you must stage it with driving gloves.
That’s for sale too.The big Healey in the background!
I agree except I think just the act of restoring something like that to that level would be its own reward - I don't think it's mainly about trophies and I don't think it's hollow. I really appreciate stuff like that; it's gorgeous. Jaguar is now a brand name owned by an India-based company so what we have here is a bit of British history restored and preserved.
But I also appreciate getting out on the backroads and running a vintage car through the gears and not worrying about rock chips, dust under the hood and puddle spray. Doing so in a car like this Jag just requires much more budget (than I'll ever have) to buy and keep like this while actually driving it.
The interior photo makes me want to get in there, put on those gloves, flip some of those toggle switches, go find a great country road and monitor the whole situation with all those great analog gauges.
I'm not sure, though, about people who buy classics nicely restored by other, talented people and put them in a fancy garage just to show off. I guess they're the funders (I don't know).
It's to be appreciated for sure, getting a car to that level. Here's where I get sad; in 20+ years that Jag has been driven less than 12 miles.
Dmartn149
Super Member
That is sad. If I'm owning it, I'm driving it.
