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#35487 of 36982 Re: Ducktail> [Mr_Shiftright]
by uplanderguy
Jan 08, 2013 (2:03 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 36982 Re: Ducktail> [andys120]
by qbrozen
Jan 08, 2013 (3:05 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 36982 Re: Ducktail> [uplanderguy]
by andys120
Jan 08, 2013 (3:07 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 36982 this one should be pretty easy
by explorerx4
Jan 08, 2013 (6:27 pm)
but where was it built?
#35491 of 36982 Re: this one should be pretty easy [explorerx4]
by fintail
Jan 08, 2013 (6:36 pm)
It's a Rolls 20/25 (plate helps
), "where was it built" is a fun question. I see it is RHD, I don't know if a Springfield built car would be RHD, and the body is later than Springfield production.
#35492 of 36982 Re: this one should be pretty easy [fintail]
by explorerx4
Jan 08, 2013 (7:19 pm)
That picture was taken last September and I didn't look at it very closely, but I thought we had a picture of a Springfield Rolls and that is definitely not it!
Jan 08, 2013 (7:23 pm)
although odd color choice for the brand
#35494 of 36982 Re: this one should be pretty easy [explorerx4]
by fintail
Jan 08, 2013 (7:40 pm)
Springfield production ended in 1930, I think. That car is probably 1935-39. But, RRs were often rebodied. It would be cool in a way to have a US built Rolls.
#35495 of 36982 Re: this one should be pretty easy [fintail]
by kyfdx HOST
Jan 08, 2013 (8:36 pm)
A friend of mine, who is a collector, once had a US made Rolls..
#35496 of 36982 Re: a tasty morsel [explorerx4]
by andys120
Jan 08, 2013 (9:24 pm)
That's the car that comes to mind when I hear the word "Ferrari", it's a late 50s/early 60s 250GT Short Wheelbase Berlinetta.
Ferraris don't have to be red, Stirling Moss won a race at Goodwood in 1960 driving a dark blue SWB, while listening to the radio.