1967 Shelby Mustang drag car
 

Has this car been talked about before?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIj4-HGI6Zk

I had a '67 SS Camaro with the fiberglass top trunk lid spoiler, and the original paint factory steel frame. It had the quarter panel scoops, along with double hood scoops. Owners son of Cormier Chev. Long beach was the original owner. Same as this car, untouched since 1970.

Older article about the car, pics are more in as found state:
https://www.motortrend.com/features/...-with-amnesia/

Kool video. This place was right down the road from NicKey Performance.

Jack Loftus Ford was the Chicago Land Shelby dealer and they were involved with all types of racing. They were a high profile performace dealer. Like NicKey Chevrolet to Chevy and Mr, Norm to Dodge.

They were right down the road from Jack Douglass Chevrolet and in the 1960-70s Hinsdale Illinois was a very affluent Suburb (as it still is today).

https://www.carscoops.com/2021/01/ra...r-1-5-million/

One of the prevalent US30 Dragstrip associations for race cars like this was the UDRA. Maybe they can find some old pictures looking up IHRA and UDRA.

There is a UDRA page on facebook.

They should spend more time talking to Arnie the Farmer. He was racing every chance he could get back then and is almost 90. We had a lot of fun with him at MCACN this year.

Also, they mentioned Ron Pelegrini who is one of the Drag Racing pioneers. He is no longer with us but was involved with building cars and the UDRA. https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/drag-...ni-passes-away

If anyone it at the Pavilions in AZ and sees Al Gartzman a.k.a. 'The Last Mochican' run this car by him. He worked @ NicKey Chevrolet and was close friends with Dick Harrell. He was also at the drag strip every chance he got.

Very cool. The sellers seemed to think the car was a Loftus race car. I hope the buyer creates some more content and we learn more about it, can't be that many cars it could be.

Talking to Arnie would be a great idea, that guy is super sharp and lived for racing.

We bought a Station Wagon from 300 E.Ogden Ave,Hinsdale Il. in 1965.
Looking West on Ogden.

The patina on that mustang looks like it was done recently in a shop

Check out both links, the car as "found" was black and the newer video is after they removed the black paint.

I think US 30 was sanctioned by AHRA.

It was.The AHRA logo painted on the pavement just past the starting line @ US 30.

Is there a Shelby forum that is covering this car? I'd like to see the updates.

I’ve ran across so many “ex-drag cars” that were never fully completed without ever seeing any track time at all. I wonder if there’s any rubber thrown up in the rear fenderwells because that’s usually the tell-tale.

... Yeah but sometimes we'd do a good job of cleaning the rubber if we felt like it.

It looks like it was painted another color at some point and they removed as much of the non original paint as they could for the original paint underneath. Just my opinion.

----Lived and worked blocks away from both Loftus and (of course) Jack Douglas (the original JDChev). Loveb living around that area. Could get to work in about 45 seconds driving or 5 minutes walking.....Bill S

Just an amazing find.

Paul

Interesting read: https://www.saacforum.com/index.php?topic=19118.0

I feel like the car was fluffed up to support the narrative on the car.

I bet there are still folks out there that know the history of this car when it was turned into a drag car.

This is a good read, guy said he grew up near the car: https://www.vintage-mustang.com/thre...gt350.1197747/

I have nearly the exact same picture here in my hand, so close in fact, I thought maybe I had posted it earlier. Was coming back from a Peotone swap meet and one of the guys in the car mentioned he had never been to US30, but had heard their ads on WLS. Was driving a company car that day, and since company cars can go places regular cars can't, we drove in and most of the way down the track. Thanks for reminding me, because I promised to dig that picture out for someone else that has never been there.

Sometimes it's a small world... So I found out that a friend of mine previously owned this Mustang, and he said all the Shelby stuff is bs.

This car kicked around the Chicago area, he thinks the car was built to be raced and never was. Also the US30 sticker on the car was actually bought from his dad it was not a vintage sticker. When he had it, it has the stack induction but it was bolted to a piece of wood when he got it.

So there you go.

Hmm, that Vintage Mustang Forum link shows pictures like that too but the one of the back end shows white in the trunk and the proper looking holes for the Shelby taillights.

Mind you even if it turned out to be legit it's pretty far gone and anyone paying much would have to sink in a heck of an investment to restore it.

My local friend Tony V who owned the car for a while knew prior owners. He said when he had it, there was no trans in it, that Shelby trans was added later. He also added the US30 sticker lol.