Shelby American; USA Transporters and Service Vehicles

[Richstang]

Thanks Biggie. We really have Dave Friedman and who ever hired him from SA to thank for most of the photos posted in this thread.
I've only collected them from the different places and now attempting to put them in an order all in one place.

Continuing with the F-Series pickups,
We see four of them parked side by side at the June 1965 Shelby American Open House photo. So far I've posted photos of the standard F250 pickup and the F250 Stake Bed. Next to appear is a F250 Pick-up with a bed cap. The taillight was removed for two split swing out doors. The cap is a lighter color than the truck and has a roof rack mounted on it. I have not found any photos that show the roof rack in use.

This photo is believed to have been taken in October 1964 with csx3002. This is the first photo I've seen with a F250 painted in a darker color. Likely to match the change to the Guardsman Blue team colors. Notice the Valvoline sticker added on the right front of the cap.

[Richstang]

Here we see the F250 with cap in a rear view towing the single car trailer. This was likely taken in February 1965 for testing, before the Daytona 24hr race.
I'm not certain if this is GT/103 or GT/104. Maybe someone can confirm which one it is?





And a front view of the F250..

[Richstang]

Here's a nice trio.

[Richstang]

This last photo of the F250 pickup with bed cap / roof rack appears on May 8, 1966 at the Laguna Seca USRRC event.
Now they've painted the entire truck in dark blue and added the "COBRA Powered by Ford" lettering.

Check out the speakers on the roof rack. What would those be used for?

[JD]

This last photo of the F250 pickup with bed cap / roof rack appears on May 8, 1966 at the Laguna Seca USRRC event.
Now they've painted the entire truck in dark blue and added the "COBRA Powered by Ford" lettering.

Check out the speakers on the roof rack. What would those be used for?

Viewing platform to see more of the cars on the track.

Not sure about the speakers (tonight only the Blues Brothers)

Rich, Great photos THANKS for posting!!

[Richstang]

This last photo of the F250 pickup with bed cap / roof rack appears on May 8, 1966 at the Laguna Seca USRRC event.
Now they've painted the entire truck in dark blue and added the "COBRA Powered by Ford" lettering.

Check out the speakers on the roof rack. What would those be used for?

Viewing platform to see more of the cars on the track.

Not sure about the speakers (tonight only the Blues Brothers)

Rich, Great photos THANKS for posting!!

Ha!  NICE!

The perfect place to put this

[JD]

Also a great casual photo of Jerry Titus, don't see many of him relaxing.

[427heaven]

This last photo of the F250 pickup with bed cap / roof rack appears on May 8, 1966 at the Laguna Seca USRRC event.
Now they've painted the entire truck in dark blue and added the "COBRA Powered by Ford" lettering.

Check out the speakers on the roof rack. What would those be used for?

Back than as today some tracks don't have a PA system that is worth a sh.. You could and still can turn your radio on to a local station usually some unknown am station and get all day updates on whats going on at the track. that way everyone around the pits could here whats going on. We all sometimes need to ask our fellow competitors when is practice or delays due to track cleanup or whatever. That's my guess.

[Side-Oilers]

Regarding reply #61:  I wonder who drove that T-bird to the track?  I assume it was one of the cars Ford loaned to SA for executive use. 
Anyone have photos of exec cars with CS behind the wheel?
I think I recall seeing one on the old site somewhere with him getting in or out of a 1964-ish Continental.

[Richstang]

427heaven,
That's a great guess. Didn't they do the same thing at Drive-In movies. At least that's what I remember at the last one I was at. You tuned into a certain radio frequency get sound in your car radio, or you brought a portable radio to tune in.

Side-Oilers,
I don't know who drove the T-bird but I recall seeing that car in other photos. I think it was parked outside of  the Carter Ave building in Venice.
Can't recall any Ford's with CS  in it or getting out.

JD,
I was thinking the roof rack could be used for viewing but that would have to be a very strong bed cap to use for that purpose.
Jerry Titus smiling and eating with a Sports Car Graphic jacket. Maybe that's his wife in the matching SCG jacket.

[TA22 (Gary Goeringer)]

Regarding the pick up roof rack speakers................I dont have any direct knowledge of this photo....but if I were to speculate...this photo was taken at Laguna Seca when the hot pits were on the outside of the track (tell tale ice plant  ??).....if so, there was a fence line which ran on the outside of the paddock---buried cable was hidden in the sand on the fence line.  ...and speakers with poles were used or the public address system..........

[Richstang]

Wrapping up the photo of the F-Series pickup photos here's we have two of them heading over to TWA's airfreight loading area.
Well actually this was at the Shelby American Open House on June 7/8, 1965. This is the first and only time I've seen both of the single axle/single car trailers together. The tires of the Daytona's fit in the grooves this time around.

(I believe this might be one of the George Watters photos)

[Richstang]

CSX2287 on the trailer...                  (George Watters photo)

[Richstang]

CSX2286 on the trailer....       (George Watters photo)

[Richstang]

Here's the list of F-Series trucks with locations spotted and CA plates where visible.

1964 Ford F250 #1 pickup - light blue in Venice, diamond plate rear bumper, white steel rims with center hubcaps, white push bar; w single trailer
   CA plate "N26 598" (63-11 Princeton Dr hauling Daytona buck, 64-2-1 Riverside, 64-2-31 Riverside)
1964 Single car trailer "A" - white with white steel rims, large round taillight
   CA plate "BL 3003" (63-11 Princeton Dr hauling Daytona buck, 64-2-1 Riverside hauling csx2287 unpainted Daytona testing,
   (64-2-3/10 Venice freshly painted matching and hauling csx2287 in Viking blue metallic)

1964 Ford F250 #2 stake bed – light blue, Shelby American lettering on door in very small lettering, steel rims center hubcaps, white push bar
   CA plate? (64-2-1 Riverside hauling csx2287 unpainted on white trailer, 64-2-31 Riverside)

1965 Ford F250 #3 pickup with cap/roof rack- dark blue, '64-'65 light panted bed cap with Valvoline sticker on right front, white push bar
   CA plate? (64-10 Princeton Dr with csx3002, 65-2 Riverside with GT/103 or 104)
   '66 matching dark blue paint on bed cap, added "COBRA Powered by Ford" lettering on rear bed side
   CA plate "_55 665" or similar (65-9-9 Riverside, 66-5-8 Laguna Seca)

1965 Ford F250 #1 or #4 pickup - possibly Guardsman Blue, dark paint steel rims/center hubcaps, white push bar; w single trailer
    CA plate? (65-6-7 LAX hauling CSX2287 Daytona Coupe with race #2)
1965 Single Trailer "B"- dark paint on trailer (Guardsman Blue? lighter color on steel rims, large round taillight
    CA plate "DF 8716" (65-6-7 LAX hauling CSX2287 Daytona Coupe with race #2)

1965 Ford F250 #2 stake bed - possibly Guardsman Blue in 65, steel rims center hubcaps
    CA plate? (64-2-1 Riverside hauling csx2287 unpainted, 65-6-7 LAX trailer hauling CSX2286 Daytona Coupe with race #1)
1965 Single Trailer "A" - dark paint on trailer (Guardsman Blue? steel rims, large round taillight
    CA plate? might be "BL 3003" (65-6-7 LAX trailer hauling CSX2286 Daytona Coupe with race #1)