5 S 114 -the Journey in Europe- NEW 03.12.21 - Greetings from Switzerland 9 / 65

[Szabo]

Hello,

i want to open a new thread with a special GT350 because it was on a trip across Europe...

and because i live in Germany, and GT350s was back in the Days very special here, for me
it is worth to do an own thread about.

Of Course, the Car that i mean is SFM 5S114

first i want and have to thank a lot of people for pre Infos and sources:
Richstang, SFM66H (Kieth), Howard Pardee

but i still search for Infos and Pics, so when you have anything please send me a message
or write it here

Most important at the moment would the two Articel shown in SAAC Magazin "The Shelby American" 36 & 37
with some pics of the Test by Fangio and Notes from Peter Brock

What i know from the Registry that 5S114 was build by SAI
in March 65 on LAX and was officially for Export to the Count Fillipinetti (Scuderia Fillipinetti)
in Geneva, Switzerland

This was done by Ship "M.S. Lista" from New York to Le Havre in French, dated 5 / 14 / 65
a month befor LeMans65 was on June

LeHavre was a very big port, where even big Container Ship could go in French

But befor given to Filipinetti the Car made an special Route to several Station,
the early Pic i know was dated in 5 / 65 befor the Eifeltower in Paris,
LeHavre to Paris is about 120 Miles



We can see the Car very clean and fresh befor the Eifeltower in Paris,

please note the (later important) License Plate in Paris: 1A MFG 013
which indicate the Car is direct to SAI (Manufactor Plate) and even
insured and registerd over SAI in America

second note: the Mustang Emblem in the Front grill is missing at this pic





So what you Thoughts about this, intersting or just old cold cofee,
soon i will go to LeMans65 and then the journey would really begin

Greets from Germany

[chris NOS]

Cool , good idea to share here what you find out !

[texas swede]

This car was featured in Auto Motor und Sport in the mid 60"s.
See pictures
Texas Swede

[CharlesTurner]

Here's the pics I have, I guess most were swiped from internet posts/sites...

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[Richstang]

This car was featured in Auto Motor und Sport in the mid 60"s.
See pictures
Texas Swede

Thanks for posting these photos from the ?German Magazine?
What was the date of this issue?

[Richstang]

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Excellent finds. Thanks for posting.

These same photos were also found in the Revs Digital Library.
     The bad news, they are all watermarked.
     The good news, they were scanned at a high resolution so we can zoom in to see some details.
There are more photos at Le Mans in the link below, but you will need to scroll down to find all the GT350 photos mixed into the race event.
Most are dated June 20, 1965.

https://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/custom/results?search=shelby+Le+Mans&collection=p17257coll1&CISOSEARCHALL=shelby+Le+Mans&date=1965-1965

[honker]

Szabo, another great thread ! here's one I have in my files.

Mike

[TransamEd]

Thanks for posting these photos from the ?German Magazine?
What was the date of this issue?

#20/1965
October 1965

A dutch mag and the swiss magazine Autorevue (additional pics copyrighted in their DB www.zwischengas.com) covered it as well.

[texas swede]

I looked like crazy for this magazine and couldn't find it. Started to doubt myself as regards all the pictures I posted.
As I remember one of the pictures was showing the spare tire which I don't have. Read this article using my school German
( Swedish school) and was able to understand most of it. Will continue to look for it.
Texas Swede

[texas swede]

Found the article and pictures. Here they are.
Texas Swede

[texas swede]

More pictures.
Texas Swede

[Richstang]

Thanks for posting these photos from the ?German Magazine?
What was the date of this issue?

#20/1965
October 1965

A dutch mag and the swiss magazine Autorevue (additional pics copyrighted in their DB www.zwischengas.com) covered it as well.

Thanks for sharing that link TransAm Ed.

Without a subscription to the archive, they only offer a hint with thumbnail photos of the articles.
I found the October 1965 no20 issue in the 'Auto Motor Sport" magazine (thumbnail photos attached)

There was also a later issue with the MKI GT40 road cars in the 1966 no26 issue. I don't know that date as the photo was too small to read.