Sleeping Beauty wakes up

[FL SAAC]

Thanks guys for the positive encouragement, Maybe we can start a sub catagory and have full patched members with the title T T R   Tire tread reducers.....

and thank you for your positive and encouraging words, always makes me smile

here is me with a new found ( not kidding met him in N Florida, my wife thinks I'm nuts because I'm always starting conversations with strangers ) friend

I'm the slim ( 255 lbs ) one on the left with the big smile.....happiest of new years !

[427heaven]

I was going thru some of my parts the other day and found a trap door/escape hatch bar pusher thingy, which mounts to the back of the seat. Was this an early late thing or did all Mustangs/Shelbys get those parts? Also did the 68s get the same thing?

[FL SAAC]

believe it was only offered on secret agent cars....bond ...james...bond....

Take care !

[Bob Gaines]

I was going thru some of my parts the other day and found a trap door/escape hatch bar pusher thingy, which mounts to the back of the seat. Was this an early late thing or did all Mustangs/Shelbys get those parts? Also did the 68s get the same thing?

it sounds like you are referring to the trap door rod that hooks to bracket attached to trunk inner structure meant to hold up the trap door. Yes it is typical for fastback with trap door.

[427heaven]

Thanks BOB as always- Were the 67-68s the same part or did they differ... I want to have the correct one for my application. Secret agent man Antonio- Thanks for the laugh!

[Bob Gaines]

Thanks BOB as always- Were the 67-68s the same part or did they differ... I want to have the correct one for my application. Secret agent man Antonio- Thanks for the laugh!

Same for 67/68 . 69/70 is different. Here is a link to NPD.  https://www.npdlink.com/product/hinge-lock-trunk-access-door/152161?   The original was zinc phosphate.

[JD]

Goes on the right side there is a notch for it to fit in to hold the panel in the up position.

[427heaven]

Thanks guys... That is the part I found in the bottom of a box, I thought what is this? I can adapt it for a cell phone holder possibly? Didnt know it is called a fold down seat kick stand, Good to know!

[TA Coupe]

Any new news about your top speed attempts?

     Roy

[427heaven]

Thanks for the question Roy... The car has been tucked away in the corner of the shop just waiting for some forward momentum. I had a leg surgery and some life items that seemed to get in the way, of getting things moving forward in a positive direction. It has been such a long arduous slog of getting this car back to where it is today that maybe I needed an automotive time out ...to get my MOJO back! Thanks again to everyone that has helped me on this car.

[427heaven]

Well the old car has been parked for the last who knows how long due to many things but here is a picture and wanted to ask those that have tried to make a barn door... Vintage Shelby a little more aero dynamic say with vintage parts that maybe OL SHEL might have used. I have NO INFO on that day at the Goodyear test track with a 427 High Riser.. 67 Shelby and what else did that car have on it for that test run? Is my 67 making enough steam to get to 177... hopefully, any and all input gladly accepted.

[Bob Gaines]

Well the old car has been parked for the last who knows how long due to many things but here is a picture and wanted to ask those that have tried to make a barn door... Vintage Shelby a little more aero dynamic say with vintage parts that maybe OL SHEL might have used. I have NO INFO on that day at the Goodyear test track with a 427 High Riser.. 67 Shelby and what else did that car have on it for that test run? Is my 67 making enough steam to get to 177... hopefully, any and all input gladly accepted.

The 67 GT500 Supersnake used on the test track had a 427 medium riser as far as I know. It has had one all of it's life. I never heard of it having a high riser in the beginning and being switched out for a medium riser. It was the 427 medium riser GT40 light weight engine. Probably because of all of the aluminum. The heads, waterpump, harmonic balancer, were aluminum. The intake was too except for the few that were sometimes magnesium. The same 427 medium riser light weight engine was used in the other two 427 67 GT500's also according to paperwork.
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[DC-DD]

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Well the old car has been parked for the last who knows how long due to many things but here is a picture and wanted to ask those that have tried to make a barn door... Vintage Shelby a little more aero dynamic say with vintage parts that maybe OL SHEL might have used. I have NO INFO on that day at the Goodyear test track with a 427 High Riser.. 67 Shelby and what else did that car have on it for that test run? Is my 67 making enough steam to get to 177... hopefully, any and all input gladly accepted.
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[427heaven]

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Well the old car has been parked for the last who knows how long due to many things but here is a picture and wanted to ask those that have tried to make a barn door... Vintage Shelby a little more aero dynamic say with vintage parts that maybe OL SHEL might have used. I have NO INFO on that day at the Goodyear test track with a 427 High Riser.. 67 Shelby and what else did that car have on it for that test run? Is my 67 making enough steam to get to 177... hopefully, any and all input gladly accepted.

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[427heaven]

I have spoken to a few that were around in the Hey Day of SHELBY production and it was said that the High Riser was the way to get to 170mph. Much has been written and changed about some of the facts, around all things SHELBY over the years. Over the decades there were some spotty specifics on this car so I did a little searching though I am not into archival discoveries. On the SHELBY FORUM they posted an article about the SUPER SNAKE on APRIL 15 1967 That MCCAIN and OL SHEL put a HIGH RISER in the 67 to get the most power out of it that was available at that time, long before stretched stories/half truths or just plain whoppers before they became the norm..... Check it out, curious what everyone thinks-