Recent discussion on Morrison's 67 G.T. 500

[Richstang]

   "Big Red"...now that's funny.  So, whats "Big Red"

Blown experimental GT500 'Big Red' per the Cobra Crier June 1967.

[FL SAAC]

Forgot about "him"....you know he was also in FROZEN?

What's his screen name? I think he's the guy from Miami that recommended the best ice and snow tires he's ever had in July?

Probably had snow chains on his "Cobra"?

No one in MIA would touch snow......but  still Jimmys car don't exist

.    Tony Montana???

[68krrrr]

Yea would be nice to here from the Op that told us about the show since it aired & the comments,someone should pm him & tell him to comment now.

[FL SAAC]

Aloha 68krrrr

FYI


They mentioned the vehicle in their program resides in  Kansas,  the poster informing us of this stellar programs handle or name is Kansas, any relationship there ?

Alright, alright, alright, let's memorialize this EPIC production that played on Saturday February 6, 2021 at 10:00 p.m.

Watched it and looked at it as what it is ENTERTAINMENT.

They mentioned the vehicle in their program resides in  Kansas,  the poster informing us of this stellar programs handle or name is Kansas, any relationship there ?

On another note, once upon a time there was a band Kansas. They had a song "Dust in the wind", that is precisely what Jimmys car is  "Dust in the wind, all that car is dust in the wind".......

Our opinion on "Jimmys car" it is gone from the face of the earth .

Having said that, it does not rule out the creativity of some master craftsmen or artisan to reconstruct and resurrect it.

And if and when it comes back to life, not even the most astute people, judges, conoseurs  will be able to distinguish this Phoenix risen from the ashes that it's not the real one.

Possibly someone of  great influence would want to or has been working for many years now recreating or resuscitating this very valuable Shelby

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Jimmy is dead
And his car is too....

The Auto Biography on MotorTrend TV will air their Missing Mustangs Episode on tonight, at 8PM Central. It will talk about  the Bullitt Mustang and on the last half talk about Jim Morrison's Shelby GT500.  It will feature car 1888 as an example which was sold by an Albuquerque, NM dealer Richardson Ford.  While he is not claiming it is Morrisons the current owner has been told by past owners that this Shelby was Morrisons. Jim had been seen in their showroom looking at it according to locals. Apparently this was verified back in the 90's by Larry Poole who was the GM of Richardson Ford who looked up records on microfish.  He never copied it and they no longer exists. When Nuckolls the current owner purchased the car it was a project. He had seen an article by Bret Mattison so he called him at midnight one night and left a voice mail. According to the owner, Bret called him right back and seemed upset that he had purchased the car 1888 as he was supposed to buy it? Bret offered to buy it 3 times during the conversation which was declined. The producers of this show contacted Bret and discussed the article and Nuckolls car. He told them Morrisons was car 939 and agreed to send them an unredacted copy of the registration certificate with the VIN Shown on it to prove it. He never did and quit returning their calls.  When 1888 was restored it was found to have repaired damage consistant with repairs in the late 60's with then new Ford parts in the places that  Morrisons recorded wrecks damaged.? It all covered in the show.  It would be helpful to see the real Morrison registration document with the VIN on it to put this to rest one way or another.

[shelbymann1970]

Y'all still still talking about this fakaroo?

Missing the Super Bowl with the dummy who paid $7 million to be the star of the half time show and had 100s of people jumping around with jock straps on their heads?

Let's go Teech's Boy's !

[shelbymann1970]

I watched the show last night. Really was hard to watch. Lets see the owner of little red didn't know what he had and left it sitting in a field. Correct me if I'm wrong but I was told the owner of LR knew what he had but those in the "know" told him in the 90s LR was long gone and he didn't have it. I suspect the owner kept the car because deep down he knew his car was something special and was right. The longtime owner of Bullitt worked with it with his son over they years? Well when I saw it up front on a preview day at the Detroit auto show it looked more like it was neglected and never worked on for decades. Then the "Bret  wanted to buy the 67 Shelby really bad" trying to allude Bret might be trying to pull a fast one to get the blue lady in his clutches by not releasing the VIN to the current owner? If I was Bret I'd be pissed as that is what I took out of that part of the show. Like I said before I find those 2 really hard to watch especially with that love crush the taller one has for Ferraris. Hey ,how about they took a 65-66 CPU generated Mustang and morphed it into a coupe. They couldn't even us a 67 model? SMH.... Gary

[capecodmustang.com]

Both the owner and the Motor Trend wanted me to share documents on #939..

Would you share documents you own with a guy that already made false claims about his car and even
changed the interior color to support his fraud?
Since Nuckolls has quite an imagination it might take him a few hours to change my documents to #1888 on an registration with Morrison's name on it.

And Motor Trend's position is everyone has to prove #1888 isn't Morrison's car rather than #1888's owner has to prove it is ?

All Mr. Nuckolls is trying to do is put in motion that someday someone will pay millions for a 67 GT 500 because he claims Morrison was the original owner.

He's been told numerous times that he does not own Morrison's car and in his mind he wants his viewing audience to believe everyone is trying to buy it from him.
He's simply a dishonest and ignorant Shelby owner.

[FL SAAC]

Wasn't sure so i consulted with our royal advisor.....no

Both the owner and the Motor Trend wanted me to share documents on #939..

Would you share documents you own with a guy that already made false claims about his car and even
changed the interior color to support his fraud?
Since Nuckolls has quite an imagination it might take him a few hours to change my documents to #1888 on an registration with Morrison's name on it.

And Motor Trend's position is everyone has to prove #1888 isn't Morrison's car rather than #1888's owner has to prove it is ?

All Mr. Nuckolls is trying to do is put in motion that someday someone will pay millions for a 67 GT 500 because he claims Morrison was the original owner.

He's been told numerous times that he does not own Morrison's car and in his mind he wants his viewing audience to believe everyone is trying to buy it from him.
He's simply a dishonest and ignorant Shelby owner.

[Coralsnake]

Correct me if I am in error, but interior color is part of a 1967 VIN?

Shelby 101

[557]

Yes it is.

[427hunter]

Both the owner and the Motor Trend wanted me to share documents on #939..

Would you share documents you own with a guy that already made false claims about his car and even
changed the interior color to support his fraud?
Since Nuckolls has quite an imagination it might take him a few hours to change my documents to #1888 on an registration with Morrison's name on it.

And Motor Trend's position is everyone has to prove #1888 isn't Morrison's car rather than #1888's owner has to prove it is ?

All Mr. Nuckolls is trying to do is put in motion that someday someone will pay millions for a 67 GT 500 because he claims Morrison was the original owner.

He's been told numerous times that he does not own Morrison's car and in his mind he wants his viewing audience to believe everyone is trying to buy it from him.
He's simply a dishonest and ignorant Shelby owner.

I'm glad you told them to pound sand! I agree they are fishing for a chump...

Am I correct that 1888 has no inner fender number ?

[98SVT - was 06GT]

Am I correct that 1888 has no inner fender number ?

I have heard there are no Ford numbers on the car. I have not seen the car if they are gone they were possibly lost during accident or rust repair. It would have been prudent for the repairer to keep the original Ford VINs. Without that original number SAAC will not even certify it as a Shelby. It will be seen as a rebody.

[427heaven]

 Jim Croce sang ... YOU DONT SPIT INTO THE WIND, YOU DONT TUG ONTO SUPERMANS CAPE, AND YOU DONT MESS AROUND WITH JIM, all great words of advise for life, and vintage SHELBYS. Our in house Superman is SHELBY expert BRET-   Nuff said!

[J_Speegle]

.................Without that original number SAAC will not even certify it as a Shelby. It will be seen as a rebody.

Or air car 

[68krrrr]

I looked up car #1888 in the registry & it's only a couple pages away from my Nightmist Blue /parchment car & #1888 is  definitely F2A  black interior from Albuquerque not SoCal ,how hard would it have been for Motor Trend to verify this info.