>> Oh boy, a chance to tell my Shelby story.
:-) Shall I tell my other one? ;-)
Sounds suspiciously like the owner of the one you found wanted some free
money from an insurance company. ;-) Would think the junkyard owner would
almost have to have been in cahoots to make it work.
Back around 1975 when I had my first Mustang there appeared in the local
paper an ad for a '67 Shelby for $500. Unfortunately I didn't see the ad
'til the second day. First caller had bought it (duh!); but, the old lady
on the phone did have this old Chevy Nova also for sale. Seems her son
had left both cars in her back yard too long to suit her.
A couple of weeks later I was at the local Ford dealer having some work
done on my plain '67 Mustang and told the service writer about the Shelby.
He said, "Yeah, we had one of those in here just last week. Nice car.
Needed a clutch." Doh!
At the time I didn't know anything about Novas (still don't really) and
didn't ask about it. Nowadays I know there were some interesting hotrod
Novas built too and I have to wonder... If one car was a Shelby; was the
Nova perhaps something hot and interesting too? There was a picture of a
nice looking Yenko "Deuce" Nova on my calendar last month...
Ed in NC
Should I mention the Sunbeam Tiger? Well... it was priced more in it's
reasonable price range for that time period.
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