What are these ?

[68krrrr]

Seems I don't have these and trying to figure out what these plates are i circled  ,do they help with cooling  ?, i see them on some cars & not on others ,was it an early  / late thing & do i need them  on #1724 ,if so where can i get them thanks

[Coralsnake]

1967 shelby outboard headlight mounting  brackets

[68krrrr]

Ok thanks Pete & that makes sense why i don't have them & i'm guessing that  means this car which i  found on Hemmings was converted to an inboard car.

[Bob Gaines]

Ok thanks Pete & that makes sense why i don't have them & i'm guessing that  means this car which found on Hemmings was converted to an inboard car.

It is common for owners to change out outboard headlights for inboards. Many like the look better. Some strongly defend the change (on a later car) as original. Although there were some outboard cars produced early the cars produced around the time your car was built(by vin) would typically have inboards. On a GT500 especially the outboards are advantageous for cooling. Cooling was one of the reasons for change along with minimum distance between headlight laws.

[shelbydoug]

This is one of the strangest things I've personally ever seen  on what was probably a misrepresentation by a PO?

He didn't know enough to completely remove the evidence of the outboards? Yikes?

As previously stated, in particular on a GT500, you do not want to block the air flow to the radiator in the slightest.

Those cars are already so over the limit as far as running hot, you want to increase the air flow even just at idle. The outboards are the way to go for function.

I honestly don't know how the center lights on a GT500 were EVER tested as adequate out in the Arizona desert pre-production? Chuck were you just posing for pictures? Did you actually even ever drive the car in the 110 heat? Maybe you were delerious with the heat and it wan't your fault?

Just one of those "little" details that slipped by under pressure to get the car approved? Common? Make up a good story? 

[jguyer]

When cars were brand new, cooling was the best it would ever be. So probably adequate at the time. I applied for a job at the Ford track in Arizona in 1965, rejected as I was only 17.

[Bob Gaines]

When cars were brand new, cooling was the best it would ever be. So probably adequate at the time. I applied for a job at the Ford track in Arizona in 1965, rejected as I was only 17.

The headlights on the picture car are a good example of just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should. ;

[jguyer]

Nobody says, " I saw a '67 Shelby, but I didn't know if it was yours."

[csheff]

wasn't that the experimental car Shelby used to see which way the headlights looked best?