6S449 - Indy 2022 Mecum

[silverton_ford]

6S449 is back on the block.

Link to auction: https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0522-503025/1966-shelby-gt350h-fastback/



Auction description:
SFM6S449
Official Hertz Prototype Brake Test Car–1 of 20
Early production model that is registered with SAAC
Delivered new to Hi-Performance Motors in El Segundo, California, on January 28, 1966
Ownership history documented from new
Comprehensive restoration in 2015
289/306 HP V-8 engine
4-barrel carburetor
4-speed manual transmission
1 of 18 Wimbledon White with Blue GT350 rocker stripe Rent-A-Racers
Black interior
49,583 miles
Shelby Cobra tachometer
Original Carlite glass
Original bucket seats, carpet, headliner and door panels
Factory-applied red-oxide primer with overspray
Override traction bars
Independent front suspension with coil springs
Live rear axle with leaf springs
9-inch Detroit Locker rear end
Correct MICO special front disc brakes
Original Shelby wheels with the special Hertz center caps
Goodyear Polyglas White-letter tires


More discussion about the car when it sold at auction in January 2020 -  - http://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=8953.msg74538#msg74538

[gt350hr]

  '65 grill center cap , 4 speed , OTC steering wheel , repop wheels ( safety beads) Detroit locker are red flags "to me".

[Richstang]

How do we know it was the first brake test car? (Is there a letter or document?)
There were at least three cars shipped to LA on 1/28/1966 - 449, 463, and Randy's 477


I've tried to ID the eight LA cars - possibly as 449, 463, 477, 442, 446, 490, 496. &  489 (shipping date order)

The ten SF cars might be - 441, 475, 447, 476, 440, 448, 464, 483, 485, & 487 (again in shipping date order)

Is that correct for the 18 white Hertz cars with only the BLUE rocker stripes? My last registry did not have them noted.

[gt350hr]

    I would question the "first" notation too. All the cars had to go to HP Motors for radio installation which could have had an effect on ship date too. Yes all 18 were "no roof stripe" cars. We still haven't determined if all 18 had '65 axle housings like 475,6,7, had. 480 a "non Hertz car " had a "normal" '66 rear axle housing. Cars were ( as we have known) not built with any regard to Ford vins.