Random pictures of early Shelby Hertz

[FL SAAC]

a friend sent this picture to us

[gt350cs]

I have that picture in my files. Has anyone connected the VIN to the picture? The plate is correct for a San Francisco rental, but I do not have the VIN.

Thank,

Dennis

[GT350Lad]

Great pic Thanks for sharing

[gt350hr]

   Steel hood car Dennis.

[GT350Lad]

   Steel hood car Dennis.

Hope so 

[deathsled]

Get off of the hood! You're blocking my view!

[2112]

Wonder what she would say if she knew this picture was being discussed on the internet 50+ years later?

[gt350cs]

I assume that everyone noticed that the car in the foreground is also most likely a GT350H!

I would sure like to know which car was assigned this plate.

[mgreene]

Appears both are missing their hood pins.

[SFM66H]

All very good observations ^^^^ about this photo!

Dennis - why is there no month/year sticker on that plate?

Thanks,
Kieth

[557]

Rear plate only in Cali.(to this day)

[FL SAAC]

Allegedly this image came from a negative purchased at an estate sale in 2013.  It was the only car related negative, a 1966 Shelby Hertz GT350 taken in July 1966 the negative was dated.  The furniture store in the back was Frank Newman in the city of Stonestown in Central California.

[gt350cs]

Tony, Thanks for the additional information. I think that I had that somewhere but lost it along the way.

The only Stownstown I could find on the Internet indicates that is about a 15 minutes drive north from the Air Port.

Frank Newman Furniture Co. was located at 2441-53 Mission Street near 18th Street in San Francisco.

We know that you had to be 25 years old to rent these cars so the two drivers were at least that age. The lady in the picture could be 25, but I am guessing younger.

There are a number of military bases in the general area.... Could this be a couple of guys in the military picking up two good looking young girls for what would be a memorable road trip before shipping out to Viet Nam?

OK deathsled there is your opening for the story to be told.

Dennis

[FL SAAC]

Tony, Thanks for the additional information. I think that I had that somewhere but lost it along the way.

The only Stownstown I could find on the Internet indicates that is about a 15 minutes drive north from the Air Port.

Frank Newman Furniture Co. was located at 2441-53 Mission Street near 18th Street in San Francisco.

We know that you had to be 25 years old to rent these cars so the two drivers were at least that age. The lady in the picture could be 25, but I am guessing younger.

There are a number of military bases in the general area.... Could this be a couple of guys in the military picking up two good looking young girls for what would be a memorable road trip before shipping out to Viet Nam?

OK deathsled there is your opening for the story to be told.

Dennis

+ 1 all this added to a very memorable experience and they lived happily ever after....

D thanks for the additional info

[gt350cs]

Love those "Happy Ending" stories!