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Someone needs to write the program and start producing steel hood scoops. You need to figure out how much to leave on the front edge to form it like the original - the machine can't do that step.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5wPy56B3I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bD6zyEhrYfU

1952 Introducing Galpinized customs
The first Galpinized vehicle, the Galpin Custom, a '52 Ford convertible modified with Mercury and Lincoln parts, debuts at the Motoroma and subsequently graces the cover of Motor Trend. https://www.galpinautosports.com/

Galpin Auto Sports is still building "Galpinized" cars. They do some presale as bait and to customer specs. Here is their Mustang offering. They also have a Galpinized Porsche at that store.

https://www.galpinford.com/vehicle/1FA6P8CF4J5177150/Used-2018-Ford-Mustang-North_Hills-CA/

See if you can spot the Shelby link in the Galpin history page: https://www.galpinford.com/about-galpin/

Is this the same time frame when Steve McQueen first showed up or is that after CS was at the Airport?

The photo of McQueen and Shelby is at 1042 Princeton in Venice. Shelby moved there pretty quickly after CSX2000 was assembled. He needed to show the world a place that could actually efficiently assemble the cars.

Singh (? Spelling) a Japanese guy bought Moon's. He had been selling the stuff in Japan where he lives. His buddy Chico (also Japanese) oversees the day to day operations. After Dean's wife (Shirley?) died the place sat idle for a couple years. Dino the son never had an interest in the business or cars. His daughter Becky was married and living in San Diego. She sold it and it continues today.

CS was renting about 1000 sqft from Moon. Moon built as business increased. He started in the orig peaked roof area then added the showroom at the front closely followed by the shop area at the rear and finally the south building by the mid 60s.
Has anyone figured out who got fired for using the license plate light to push the car? This shot gives you an idea as to how tight the "shop" space was to build the car.

There are new 68 repops now. Yours was a 66-7 BB Fairlane and 67 BB Mustang only.
You can use the 68 one until you save up about 400 bucks for a used 67 one.

This one is not drilled - you could grind off the boss and have one that looks right
https://www.cjponyparts.com/scott-drake-thermostat-housing-without-smog-port-aluminum-mustang-390-428-1967-1970/p/TH19/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAvP-6BhDyARIsAJ3uv7aorN-uZhFdEFN7hwl-6qc0pMF_Ie8D3Y6YcVpM4Jx8K50l-U471DwaAjK3EALw_wcB

Dean Jeffries spayed the pearl yellow paint and Shelby "payed" him with a Weber-equipped hi-po 289 and a four speed gearbox that Jeffries put in the Mantaray.

Sounds like Shelby - got car painted in early 1962 and didn't pay the bill until 6-12 months later when the 289 HiPo came out.

Dean Jefferies was the goto guy for show quality paint and pin stripe work. He was a Hollywood custom car builder who could produce results quickly and with no BS. That is probably why Phil Remington took him along to Ford's wind tunnel when he had to redo the J car. Phil & Dean developed and produced the first production MkIV body in less than 2 weeks. This is also the timeframe Dean saw an unused Ford GT parked in the corner and bought it for $1. It's too bad that it has been restored back to day 1 rather than with the small cleanup changes that Dean did to it.
I also suspect when Jim Russell bought the first Daytona Coupe Shelby sent him to Jefferies for the show quality paint and bodywork it received. It also went to the custom car world's best upholster Tony Nancy for a whole new leather interior. 

This is a worthy post by the troll so I will chime in.
Dean Moon was Shelby's landlord. CS rented space to sell his Goodyear race tires from. Dean Moon had the Firestone race tire franchise. At some point once CS started getting more ink the tire companies realized they and their competitors tires were being sold from the same address. CS was forced to move out.
They were acquainted and Dean's shop probably helped out with molds and maybe getting CS in the door at Buddy Bar (although Ford was also using them).
I can't see them being bosom buddies. By the mid 70s Dean was a fairly grumpy old dude and not real pleasant to be around. They also traveled in different circles. Moon was a hot rod land speed drag race guy and CS hobnobbed with elitist sporty car crowd. Think coat & tie vs Tshirts.
I don't know if anyone ever sat down with Dean and did an interview of his CS/SA connection. I never thought to ask him about it. A friend was dating his daughter and there always seemed to be tension when he went to pick her up. Dean would offer you fresh popcorn if he had made a batch for his evening TV watching. He had one of those old fashioned popcorn machines you see at Disneyland. All restored and of course Moon Yellow.

Visions of National Treasure and the barn find phenomenon

"This whole discussion reminds me of the vinyl top fastbacks that we use to find from time to time in Calif.

Dealer added to up their profits. They always had a little extra sticker next to the maroni that listed thing like vinyl top, mag wheels, wheel locks, alarms, etc - all at twice the price you could get them for on the open market.

If i remember correctly Steve Yates RIP  wrote the first judging sheets .....i went to first saac nats in nj great gorge ex playboy resort if i remember correctly and was asked  by steve yates to judge the boss class.

He talked me into doing the 65-66 GT350s. What a bunch of whiners - I decided right then I didn't like the sport of chasing restoration/show trophies and to never do it again. Joyce asked me again several years later and I felt bad but still declined.

There was no "Shelby Engineering". Ford did all the engineering on Mustangs

You are mistaken. Shelby engineers were Ford employees

That's what I was trying to point out. They were Ford engineers assigned to Ford's Mustang model that carried the Shelby name. Just like F150 or Pinto engineers they had no tie to or input from CS. The same business model happened again with the 2005 GT500. It was done totally inhouse by Ford engineers before CS ever set eyes on it. Ford marketing had found that SVO, SVT and even the Cobra moniker did not produce the amount of sales needed to justify building performance Mustangs. Someone struck upon the idea of again using CS as the face of Ford Performance and sales went through the roof.

Shelby engineering was likely doing research for Ford at this time.

There was no "Shelby Engineering". Ford did all the engineering on Mustangs (even on the 427 Cobra chassis) All the 1965 chassis changes were developed by Ford. Ford sent their guys to SA to design the 67 (there were no "Shelby" chassis changes). The 68 was done at Ford (again Ford styling and available Mustang mechanicals only). SA had closed down as a manufacturer mid 67. Shelby Automotive was created and wholly owned by Ford (to isolate them from any Shelby American liabilities) and Ford engineers/stylists did all the work.

As of the 5-10-68 date Shelby was merely the advertising face of Ford's Shelby Automotive. His Shelby Racing Company had a contract to run in the TransAm series. They did no engineering on those cars either. The 67 cars were built by SA to specs provided by Kar Kraft. The 68 and 69 cars were built and provided by Kar Kraft. The 68 cars were sold (last years race car) and when Shelby's race contract expired (end of 69 TA season) the 69 cars went to Bud Moore since they could easily be converted to 1970 cars. 

The Cougar parts look made to order for the specific application and ease of assembly line production. The Mustangs have that pieced together aftermarket we don't care how long it takes your dealer to install it appearance.

That gentleman seems to be a bit confused as to whether it is factory or not   

He also avoided the word Shelby......

Don't kid yourself with your budget. It's a you can pay me now or pay me later world. In the end you'll spend more buying a project than a good driver car. The only way you could possibly come out ahead is if you can personally swap out rusted sheet metal do the body and paint work along with being a capable mechanic who can overhaul the drivetrain. You'll also need to rely on repro parts since a lot of "affordable" project cars have had the expensive bits sold off.