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oldskool979

oldskool979

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Lifelong gearhead. Now retired. Over the years - 65 GTO, 56 Safari (Pontiacs Nomad), 65 Tiger, 70 240Z. SCCA and NHRA builds. Current projects - 65 Malibu, 67 dart GT. Just 'finished' a 6 year restomod on a 1989 Shelby Dakota.

Location: Cumming,GA
 
Hello from Minnesota. I'd love to see some pics of the Shelby and the Dart. I have a 67 270 that will be a GT as soon as I put the interior and emblems on. Not a real one bit close enough for me, for now.
 
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Pics as requested. Worked on the Shelby for 6 years. Orig 318, comp cam, procomp heads, FITech on RPM manifold, HP cast exh into MF muff. Engine dyno at 347hp/358Ft#. Hi stall 904 thru 3.91 sure grip. NOTE: Kept most of the orig Shelby engine parts (ECM, TBI, etc) if somebody is in need for Shelby resto.

Just starting on Dart. Orig GT 6 cyl. Now with mild 318, headers, Tr3550 5spd, 3.50 sure grip. Building a 360 for it. Keeping fctry look. Maybe 15 x 7 police wheels and return to orig stance. Cruising time coming.

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Love the wheel and tire choice on the Shelby, that's a clean example there. And I like the numbers, that could fool a lot of people. What did you do while at Shelby, got any good stories for us?

And that Dart! That looks very nice as well! I as contemplating painting mine in B5, (original B2 paint) that color looks fabulous, but the yellow it wore won me over. Thanks for the pictures.
 
oldskool979 said:
Didn't mean to imply that I worked at Shelby. Just been working on this one.
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I totally misread that one! Still, one of the nicest looking ones I've seen. A friend plowed for a guy that has 2, used the short box White one for light plowing. The other one was pretty clean and had low miles, barely used it. Another guy I knew had 2 then got a third, fixed up one and sold it and sold the third one so he was left with a pretty clean truck, painted blue. They had a thrift shop (best deals ever) that went up in smoke, and they didn't have insurance, they lost everything. I saw his truck for sale at the big show 2 years ago. Cool trucks.

And that Dart....
 
Welcome from NJ. That's a beautiful pair you have there! I have never seen a white Shelby model or any with that stripe package. Are those wheels torque thrusts? Excellent. My brother had a built 69 swinger 4 spd like that!
 
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