1967 Shelby Mustang drag car

[Fast67VelleN2O]

Originally Posted by MosportGreen66

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

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.

[Pro Stock John]

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

[Mr70]

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

[John Brown]

Originally Posted by Mr70

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

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.

[Pro Stock John]

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

[markjohnson]

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.

[Pro Stock John]

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

[olredalert]

----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

[CamaroNOS]

Just an amazing find.

Paul

[Pro Stock John]

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.