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Old 08-26-2016, 07:11 PM
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Default Re: Stripe Delete JL8 Z28

It could have happened with the black grill? Maybe the factory made the mistake.

Reminds me when a old friend, Don Henderson Sr, RIP, showed up at a Shelby show geez have to be back in the 80's or early 90's now, with what he was KNOWN as an original, I ("think" the year was) 1965 Shelby GT 350 R COUPE! Everyone at the show was telling him they NEVER made one, didn't come that way, it's a clone etc. Told him to get it off the grounds. That is the Mr Carroll Shelby himself arrived on scene. I guess word travels fast about this car and Carroll had to see it for himself.

Well low and behold, CONTRARY to the current knowledge of the PRO's and restorers at the time, Carroll walk up and looks the car over VERY CLOSELY from what Don told me. Then Carroll looked at Don and said, "I haven't seen or even HEARD of one of these in YEARS"! Seems there was a limited run of 5/6 cars that Carroll did just to see how the coupe would run against the fastbacks. It took Carroll's own words for the car to be accepted at the REAL DEAL even though EVERYONE said they never made one. Carroll obviously knew otherwise.
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