1966 Promotional Ford Shelby T-Bird

[SHELB66]

Saw this while cruising the Bay.  Not sure if it's been discussed yet.  Not mine but thought it was interesting.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1966-Ford-Thunderbird-LANDAU/264079451335?hash=item3d7c5ca4c7:g:4KcAAOSwvfpcDBeQ:rk:43:pf:0

Craig R.

[Scott b]

Wow would expect a story like this in the April fools edition of the saac magazine

[557]

In the registry?

[Sfm6sxxx]

IIRC, this car (and letter) or one like it was debunked in one of the old Shelby Americans.

[BGlover67]

I'm not a signature expert, but even I can see that this one is a fake:

[Coralsnake]

Couple of points from an old guy...

Shelby's signature changed over time. He did not always sign with a line under his name.

Shelby American had a lot of vehicles that were not Mustangs or Cobras. I am not sure that adds anything to their value.

I dont believe Shelby had an inventory of cars from the 1960s, when I started in the mid 1980s, the Shelby Club didnt have a complete inventory of Shelbys and Cobras.

[Bill]

Wonder if a Marti report would confirm or debunk the story?

[BGlover67]

Couple of points from an old guy...

Shelby's signature changed over time. He did not always sign with a line under his name.

Shelby American had a lot of vehicles that were not Mustangs or Cobras. I am not sure that adds anything to their value.

I dont believe Shelby had an inventory of cars from the 1960s, when I started in the mid 1980s, the Shelby Club didnt have a complete inventory of Shelbys and Cobras.

I agree Pete that signatures change, but these signatures truly don't match.  The way the 'H' in Shelby begins is a very obvious feature, as is also the 'Y' in Shelby.  Perhaps a secretary signed it for him, but as Mr Gaines always says, extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.

[Bob Gaines]

Couple of points from an old guy...

Shelby's signature changed over time. He did not always sign with a line under his name.

Shelby American had a lot of vehicles that were not Mustangs or Cobras. I am not sure that adds anything to their value.

I dont believe Shelby had an inventory of cars from the 1960s, when I started in the mid 1980s, the Shelby Club didnt have a complete inventory of Shelbys and Cobras.

I agree Pete that signatures change, but these signatures truly don't match.  The way the 'H' in Shelby begins is a very obvious feature, as is also the 'Y' in Shelby.  Perhaps a secretary signed it for him, but as Mr Gaines always says, extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.

I think Pete got me in the habit but regardless in this case truer words could not be spoken.

[Coralsnake]

I think its a great motto, everyone should keep it in mind.

I must say, I enjoy the creativity of some. I dont think the are Marti Reports for 1966s

[TJinSA]

... Do we have an exemplar of Al Dowd's signature as well?

[tesgt350]

Couple of points from an old guy...

Shelby's signature changed over time. He did not always sign with a line under his name.

Shelby American had a lot of vehicles that were not Mustangs or Cobras. I am not sure that adds anything to their value.

I dont believe Shelby had an inventory of cars from the 1960s, when I started in the mid 1980s, the Shelby Club didnt have a complete inventory of Shelbys and Cobras.

I have seen different "Y"s as I have several Signed items from over the years.  It is the "C" and the "S" that haven't seen before.

I agree Pete that signatures change, but these signatures truly don't match.  The way the 'H' in Shelby begins is a very obvious feature, as is also the 'Y' in Shelby.  Perhaps a secretary signed it for him, but as Mr Gaines always says, extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.

[J_Speegle]

Wonder if a Marti report would confirm or debunk the story?

Not a good year to get information from the Ford source from Kevin or Ford itself


One would think that if it was built and part of a promotion the seller would be showing ads, news coverage and so on from the promotion. Just a thought

[KerryBWhite]

Interesting photo

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/175640454202771678/

[98SVT - was 06GT]

Shelby didn't sell cars from 6501 Imperial.