GT350 Hemmings write up

[FL SAAC]

Good lawd that is an interesting green...nice car

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/1967-shelby-g-t-350?refer=musweekly&utm_source=musweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-05-07

[oldcanuck]

In the article, the owner states it is not a concours restoration.

Concours or not ....... some things like door alignment is just common sense, which of course is not that common anymore.

I know that I have a lot of difficulty with that. I think that the problem is the front fenders.
The original fenders fit the best. It's almost like they were matched to the car at build time.
Once you switch them out you can't match up the highlight crease from the fender to the door.
I knew body fender guy that was a fanatic about that. He would drill out the inner spot welds and pressure reset the entire fender until the highlight seam fit the door.
That "ain't easy".

I want to say that you can tell replacement front fenders by the misalignment but that isn't necessarily true, just that the front fenders have been "reset" for sure.

Story picture of the body in primer, the passenger door lined up perfect with the rear quarter. No front fender in the picture. Cover picture of completed car shows both the passenger fender and rear quarter off the same by my eye. The passenger door looks low to me, on both ends....then to top it off, it was striped that way.......

[JD]

This car is a feature article in the Hemming's Muscle Machines July 2020 issue Number 203 starting on page 36.

[roddster]

  Yep, for whatever reason, seems my Hemmings Muscle car mag arrived a little late.  Makes me wonder about some of the "other" makes and thier correctness.  On the other hand, who is it that said "there is no bad publicity"?

[2112]

Pretty sure the owner said concours wasn't his goal.

[Survivor]

2112-from someone who lived the same experience, excellent and sometimes overlooked insight on your part re: the unexpected & unplanned cash outlay/had enough syndrome.  His first intuition would have been a better and wiser choice imo.  Clean it up and drive it.  For at least a full year.  Then decide what to do with it.  Once that first bolt comes off, you're f'd.  Unless of course, that's what you wanted from the get go... which is fine.  Reading between the lines, I also sense that the owner was just plain old exhausted (and likely fed up) as he reached the finish line.  And once there, he had no idea what to do with the car.  I will never again forget to ask myself one question: why am I buyng this car. 

[sfm5]

Good lawd that is an interesting green...nice car

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/1967-shelby-g-t-350?refer=musweekly&utm_source=musweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-05-07

I think I had a hot wheel that was this color when I was a kid.