Looking for my Dads 1968 GT500

[Halftrack]

Hello, I am still on the search for my Dads old 1968 gt500 #713 he purchased brand new in Dallas Texas. I did find the car about 4 years ago where it was sold a Mecum Auction in Kissimmee in 2014. But I have still not been able to locate it's current location. Anyone have a lead?

I've included a couple pics of when it was his and current state from auction

[1969shelbygt350]

My Dad's 1968 convertible Shelby was sold and I found it at the museum in NY

[Side-Oilers]

Yet another vintage pix of a Shelby with a trailer hitch on it.

Halftrack: Do you know what your dad towed with it?

[Halftrack]

I sure do!

[Corey Bowcutt]

So cool!

[Side-Oilers]

Super Cool.

[2112]

I love these kinds of threads.

Thanks for sharing Halftrack.

[mustangman-nl]

Great pics, thanks for sharing!

[Halftrack]

I love these kinds of threads.

Thanks for sharing Halftrack.

No problem! I love these old pics too. My dad sold the car the year I was born (1978) for $10,000. He thought he was doing good 😩

[deathsled]

He did good for that time.  One never knows where things can go in the collector car market.  Some guys sell because they want to buy a house or a kid is on the way or a college education needs funding.  It's a calamity of circumstances that cause us to give up the things we cherish.  Sometimes we just plain lose interest.  To a degree we have to live for the moment.  Sometimes later means never.

[69mach351w]

$10k is definitely a chunk-a-change for a '68 500 back in 1978. He done well.

Remember, we were still in the later years of the gas crisis, big blocks were hard to move, and they were still just a used car!!

I have some old Hemmings from the mid 80's where good used '65-'66 350's were going for anywhere from $6500-$10K. 

And '67-'68 350/500's were going for roughly the same price.

[deathsled]

^^^^^^
Yes, it's stomach churning to see those ads.  Cobras FIA ones back in the early to mid 70s for $4500.  I remember the Chicago Milo Brooks Ford R Model for sale in Hemmings in the mid 1990s for $150,000 in Rapid City South Dakota.  Did not have the money for it and it killed me to see reappear in every Hemmings Motor News for a period of time. 

[Shelby_r_b]

I sure do!

So much awesome in this picture! I'm both a Shelby man and a motorcycle man.

Well done! 👍🏻

[1690]

My favorite kind of thread as well....

Good luck in your search....shouldn't be too difficult, I hope.

[TedS]

First let me say I love the pictures. But am I missing something, I frequently do. And please know I'm not trying to find fault, just trying to help. OP is looking for 68 GT500 #703, purchased new in Dallas, Texas. The Registry says #703 was first used as a demonstrator at AL Grillo in Lynn, MA and appears to have spent it's known life in the northeast. Could it have been transfered to the Dallas dealership after its demonstrator service at AL Grillo?

Respectfully
Ted