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It would be interesting to see a chart/graph of builds per month (maybe not just 69-70s). Looks like Ford cranked out 500-600 in January 69. Was that a good month or an average month or........

My #850 was built on Jan27 1969 (scheduled for the 31st). Were the 70s rebadged with new build dates (if so, maybe that's the reason they got the chin spoiler & hood stripes)?

Very Interesting. Maybe a bit easier to sell the cars in Hollywood. Unfortunate that the Sunrise Ford sales manager went out of his way to be rude to me. Silly request but it should not have been a big deal. Great input and responses to my initial post. Curt

Thanks. I'm guessing that would be Cutter Ford (aka Sunrise Ford) in Hollywood. Curt

Yep. Thanks, Bill.

I'm a newbie and still trying to learn how to navigate the forum. I hope this is the proper subforum for this post. I see other folks posts that have a thumbnail and car info. Is this stuff ported over from one's SAAC account as I can't figure out how to input this info from within my forum account? Thanks. Curt Wheeler

pics at: Peterson's in early 90s and Laguna Seca (by prior owner ~1990)

All very very good stuff and I appreciate it very much. On a personal note: this car was purchased by a dealership (records long gone) in Taft, Ca. The owner bought it for his nephew who had recently returned from Vietnam and I'm still communicating with him. He has told me alot of great stories about the car such as: tooling around thru the oil fields near Taft, racing a JAG & Mopar & such. He seems a bit irritated that I won't blindly accept his story of the car coming from Shelby but the registrar, Vincent Liska, is a straight shooter and needs docs to support allegations. Thanks again and I'm very grateful for everyone's knowledgeable input. Curt

Hi. Vincent Liska will soon be publishing the 69-70 registry and I've hit a dead end trying to find out how my car (#480850) got from Michigan to So. Cal., somewhere in the Sept69 to Mar70 time frame. I've got docs from Lois Emlinger (great gal,RIP), Vincent, and Marti. Vin# indicates that this was a company"pool" car and, according to Vincent, was in the possession of Shelby exec Ray Geddes (maybe he drove it from Michigan to So. Cal). The original owner insists that his uncle, who owned a dealership in Taft, Ca., purchased it from Carroll Shelby/Shelby American in LA, but cryptic markings on a doc indicate that it may have come thru Cutter Ford (now Sunrise Ford) in Hollywood (I already tried dealing with Sunrise Ford-no luck) and, also, that's when Shelby American was shutting down. Time is running out and I've completely run out of ideas except to try and find someone that may have info on Mr. Geddes' whereabouts in that time frame. I see that Ray's daughter posts on the Shelby forums from time to time. Any constructive suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Curt