Sleeping Beauty wakes up

[FL SAAC]

Follow your dreams, life is short and we have no do overs

No Children, Grandmas, Household pets, or Men with underdeveloped sacs were any where near us at the time of testing. No laws were broken it was a dedicated stretch of land for testing performance vehicles. 176 MPH is the number I want to achieve, now its a matter of how the ORIGINAL car was set up to replicate that, but if I need to to upgrade safety equipment to get there I see that as no harm no foul. I am not a young dude anymore... Safety First!

[427heaven]

 Your right Tony we all need to follow our dreams. At least a few of us actually drive or race our automotive dreams, using them as they were intended to be used. Viruses or not its great to get out and listen and feel how things were 50 plus years ago, where you could feel, smell, listen to automotive nirvana. If your feeling depressed just slip in behind the wheel and go for a spin you will be feeling better in no time. These cars are not todays marsh mellow cars that isolate you from the driving experience, but enhance every aspect of driving including money flying out your wallet for gas station visits.

[FL SAAC]

+ 1 let me share with you something,  people ask me how many m.p.g. do our 69 shelbys get?

Truthfully I don't know,  but I can tell you that every 1/2 hour they drink 1/4 of a tank of premium and supplements. Oh and it doesnt matter  if they are idling still or going 70 m.p.h.

1/4 of a tank every half hour, always looking at my watch as I mark it once they start...welcome to America the greatest country in this world !

Your right Tony we all need to follow our dreams. At least a few of us actually drive or race our automotive dreams, using them as they were intended to be used. Viruses or not its great to get out and listen and feel how things were 50 plus years ago, where you could feel, smell, listen to automotive nirvana. If your feeling depressed just slip in behind the wheel and go for a spin you will be feeling better in no time. These cars are not todays marsh mellow cars that isolate you from the driving experience, but enhance every aspect of driving including money flying out your wallet for gas station visits.

[TOBKOB]

Tell them it doesn't matter the miles per gallon but the fun per gallon...

TOB

[FL SAAC]

+1 it's a land yacht

Tell them it doesn't matter the miles per gallon but the fun per gallon...

TOB

[427heaven]

  Reminds me of my friends offshore race boat, I said, oh my gawd how much hi test are you putting in? He said 250 gallons I said Daaamn... He just smiled and said that's part of owning one of these things. More smiles per gallon then you can shake a stick at.

[427heaven]

Anyone have any experience with 200 mph tires? Ultra high performance tires seem to be rated at 149 mph. Maybe some have a Ferrari-Porsche or some other car that has been better then 149mph? Any real life experiences would be appreciated- Thanks in advance...

[427hunter]

11 pages not one photo -

[427heaven]

They were lost to 1.0, there were pictures posted and dont know how to easily post them. Maybe a little tutorial ?

[68krrrr]

Anyone have any experience with 200 mph tires? Ultra high performance tires seem to be rated at 149 mph. Maybe some have a Ferrari-Porsche or some other car that has been better then 149mph? Any real life experiences would be appreciated- Thanks in advance...

I just did over dozen passes at over 170 mph this weekend in my 911 turbo Porsche on Toyo R888's at a 1/2 mile event ,it's the tire of choice here & plenty of guys doing over 200 mph ,this poor  cammed Camaro didn't no what hit him 😂

https://youtu.be/j3tjphdAvN8

[427heaven]

Thanks for the real world experience with those tires at that speed. That was a thrill watching the telemetry and driver... and car, going thru its paces. Much appreciated-

[427hunter]

Thanks for the real world experience with those tires at that speed. That was a thrill watching the telemetry and driver... and car, going thru its paces. Much appreciated-

If you can go that fast you should be able to use the "attachments and other options" icon in the post reply box to post photo's of your Shelby.

[JD]

If you can go that fast you should be able to use the "attachments and other options" icon in the post reply box to post photo's of your Shelby.

See 1st attached image, red arrow - click on this to expand an reveal more tools

2nd attachment green arrow is where you go to navigate to where in your computer the images that you want to attach.

Purple arrow is where you click to add a second, third or fourth image.  You can only attach 1-4 image per reply, more than that you need to do another reply and add the additional image(s) to that post.

Once you have attached the image(s) click on the "POST" button at the lower right - orange arrow.

Hope this helps...

[427heaven]

Thanks JD... You are always a positive influence on here. Much appreciated- 

[427heaven]

As of recent discussion it has been mentioned that my car was NEVER the BLUE LADY! I concur it has always been BLUE CHEER!  Well its a cheery enough name just not sure I like it. After nearly taking a 47 year nap it is almost ready to have some pictures taken of it. I am not too good with taking pics and I was not really proud to show how it looked when I got it, but soon enough I will get some help posting pics of a completed car. My vision is to bring it back to nearly the way the car ran in its first couple of years of life... That was basically looking original with a shot of testosterone under the hood. Currently I seem to have the mechanical things taken care of with the 500+ HP FE but need little detail items to be taken care of. Not holding out on pics just want to present it as a completed car. Again many thanks to all that have helped, with the transformation of a forgotten Beauty!