Little Red

[alexgt350h]

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[CharlesTurner]

Did it have the correct Oneida markings??   

[FL SAAC]

Did it have the correct Oneida markings??   

only the great uri knows....or jimmy, or elvis...

[Richstang]

Would the best guess be that the roll bar was installed for the 1967 or for the 1968 iteration of this car?
(it is actually surprising how complete and restorable looking this car is after so long abandoned - less drivetrain of course)

This is the difficult question with no clear answer.
It appears both the convertible #0139 and Little Red #0131 had the holes in the rear floor boards. Are they in the same locations with identical dimensions?

In April '67 the convertible gets the '68 Shelby appearance roll bar. We know the July '67 photos of Little Red don't show a roll bar. I'm can't imagine the '68 styling bar would work in a hardtop with the crank down windows. Since both cars have the holes, I suspect we are talking about the earliest '67 build version. If they were added early on, how long were they were in the cars? Were they removed quickly if deemed unsightly or unnecessary, particularly for the hardtop? We may never find the answers, but need to keep looking.

[BGlover67]

It's funny how I've had 3 different patient's of mine bring up Lil Red this week.  They know I'm into classic Fords and they saw the story in the main stream media.  The interesting part is what they took away from the news story.  One guy told me it was a rare, long lost Shelby race car that is worth 34 million dollars!  I think he was getting Lil red and the Ferrari GTO that just sold confused.

[Special Ed]

Where did little red get its name?   A  red 53 Allard J2-X  named little red that had a rollbar in it just sold at RM montery & Shelby used to race an allard .

[roddster]

  Here is another point to ponder:  Study the front 3/4 photo of the earliest lil 'Red photos.  Don't those die cast pockets that the turn signals sit in look chromed?  They do to me.

[Coralsnake]

They do look chrome

[Richstang]

  Here is another point to ponder:  Study the front 3/4 photo of the earliest lil 'Red photos.  Don't those die cast pockets that the turn signals sit in look chromed?  They do to me.

I agree they look like chrome on the outer edge, but the inside recesses look dark as if they are painted body color. Maybe the same material used the make the chrome trim around the grille was used around on the die-cast frames.

[Mikelj5S230]

I understand from my good friends at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in Chi-town in Nov., that this car and the Green Hornet will be on display.  That should be a must see event.

[69mach351w]

Well, we have now taken a thread that about finding the one and only Little Red into an argument about a roll bar. So much negative in this hobby anymore. Can't we be excited about this and all come to an agreement that we don't know all the answers? Some of this takes the fun out of it.

Amen

[Special Ed]

Yes corvette mike i talked to bob ashton at woodward about taking both little red (the way it was found) & green hornet with updated billups resto to fall 2018 mcacn show & putting little red in barn finds section (or field finds) on the end & having green hornet across from it in the restored area so they could still be in the same area together & mr jackson is supposed to be there that weekend.

[roddster]

  Side note:  OK, there is no Shelby vin plate on it now.  And no holes drilled for the rivits.  So, why is the a Shelby vin plate showing in some of the earlier photos of the car.  Did they glue it on?

[Chris Thauberger]

  Side note:  OK, there is no Shelby vin plate on it now.  And no holes drilled for the rivits.  So, why is the a Shelby vin plate showing in some of the earlier photos of the car.  Did they glue it on?

I'm going to speculate the inner fender was replaced at some point.

[Special Ed]

All front engine bay metal is original to the car damage was only in front bumper bracket area.