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#35481 of 36958 Re: Ducktail> [andys120] by robr2

Jan 08, 2013 (11:53 am)

Replying to: andys120 (Jan 08, 2013 10:03 am)
It's a Shelby Mustang - year and what particular version, I don't know.

#35482 of 36958 Re: Ducktail> [robr2] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Jan 08, 2013 (12:02 pm)

Replying to: robr2 (Jan 08, 2013 11:53 am)
69 or 70---can't tell from the photo.

#35483 of 36958 Re: Ducktail> [Mr_Shiftright] by fintail

Jan 08, 2013 (12:06 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 08, 2013 12:02 pm)
I will guess 1968

#35484 of 36958 Re: Ducktail> [Mr_Shiftright] by andre1969

Jan 08, 2013 (12:13 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 08, 2013 12:02 pm)
Wouldn't 1968 or later have side marker lights? Or was Shelby exempt from those somehow?

#35485 of 36958 Re: Ducktail> [fintail] by qbrozen

Jan 08, 2013 (12:25 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jan 08, 2013 12:06 pm)
definitely not '68 taillights.
 
And shouldn't it say SHELBY across the back? Something seems really wrong here to me.

#35486 of 36958 Re: Ducktail> [qbrozen] by andys120

Jan 08, 2013 (1:30 pm)

Replying to: qbrozen (Jan 08, 2013 12:25 pm)
Boy, I didn't think it would be that hard but the green car is a 1967 Shelby (Mustang) GT-350. IMHO it may be the best looking Mustang ever (the "Eleanors" were patterned after it (mostly).
 
Here it is from the front>
 

 
The misaligned (fiberglass) hood was typical, the extra lights in the corners of the grille were not, these were usually twinned in the center of the hood in the '67s.

#35487 of 36958 Re: Ducktail> [Mr_Shiftright] by uplanderguy

Jan 08, 2013 (2:03 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Jan 08, 2013 12:02 pm)
That is a '67--no side marker lights, but more importantly, it's the '67-68 bodystyle and not the new '69-70.
 
Oops, now I see the poster had to identify it!

#35488 of 36958 Re: Ducktail> [andys120] by qbrozen

Jan 08, 2013 (3:05 pm)

Replying to: andys120 (Jan 08, 2013 1:30 pm)
huh. OK. I found more pics and they do all look like that. Really thought '67 would have still had the '65-'66 taillights, and I definitely thought it said shelby on the back.

#35489 of 36958 Re: Ducktail> [uplanderguy] by andys120

Jan 08, 2013 (3:07 pm)

Replying to: uplanderguy (Jan 08, 2013 2:03 pm)
Yep, the side marker lights are a good way to tell a '68 from a '67 Shelby Mustang. Another is the placement of the hood scoops and the more rectangular auxiliary lights in place of the round ones in the '67.
 
There's a shiny metal surround on the '68 tailights which the '67 doesn't have.
 

 

 
Oh, and there were no convertibles in '67 (what a shame).

#35490 of 36958 this one should be pretty easy by explorerx4

Jan 08, 2013 (6:27 pm)

but where was it built?
 

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