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    9/08/2021 9:30 AM  #1

    BobE
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    1966 Hertz Shelby Mustang

    Sitting outside for 40 years ... this will be quite the project.

    https://www.motortrend.com/features/backyard-barn-find-1966-shelby-g-t-350-h-hertz-rental-car-parked-since-1981
     

    65 Fastback, 351W, 5-speed, 4 wheel discs, 9" rear,  R&C Front End.
     

    9/08/2021 10:42 AM  #2

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    Re: 1966 Hertz Shelby Mustang

    The man said it’s two year project.
    Heck, Skip or the Count could have it on the road in a week😱

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

    9/08/2021 2:32 PM  #3

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    Re: 1966 Hertz Shelby Mustang

    I hope somebody visits that owner with a nice section of rubber hose!!!!    (or a fan belt!)
    IF..........this is legit......can there actually be people that oblivious to things around them
    To have a "vintage Mustang"(or any car) sit in your backyard for FORTY YEARS!!
    I'd love to see a picture of this idiot mouth breather!!
    I hope they charge "the son" a PREMIUM to restore it. Maybe that will 'encourage' him to park it in doors and don't take it to "The Walmart" parking lot and leave it over night.......
    6sally6

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    9/08/2021 3:50 PM  #4

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    Re: 1966 Hertz Shelby Mustang

    That photo looks familiar.  I saw something like that a few years ago in a magazine.  When they got it out there was almost nothing underneath.  Virtually nothing was salvageable.  If it is the same one I saw, I am really bummed.  Were it a 67, you could buy a Dynacorn body in white and change the VIN.  That's how bad is is.

    Original owner - 351w,T-5, 4whl disks, power R&P
     

    9/08/2021 4:33 PM  #5

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    Re: 1966 Hertz Shelby Mustang

    Rebody of a Shelby is frowned upon. Don’t ask me how I know.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    9/08/2021 5:13 PM  #6

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    Re: 1966 Hertz Shelby Mustang

    AH ha, 😱that’s the reason it left the stable!

    Good work ain't cheap, Cheap work ain't good!   Simple Man
     

    9/08/2021 5:34 PM  #7

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    Re: 1966 Hertz Shelby Mustang

    MS wrote:

    Rebody of a Shelby is frowned upon. Don’t ask me how I know.

    I forgot about that part.  My main point was that almost that the whole car  would have to be replaced the rust was so bad.
     

    Original owner - 351w,T-5, 4whl disks, power R&P
     

    9/08/2021 6:39 PM  #8

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    Re: 1966 Hertz Shelby Mustang

    Steve I didn't know what happened to yours, I knew something went wrong. Sorry to hear about that. It asks the question; how much of the body can be replaced an still be original?

    If this forum can't fix it, it isn't broke.
     

    9/08/2021 7:54 PM  #9

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    Re: 1966 Hertz Shelby Mustang

    There’s a YouTube video to go with that car. I enjoyed watching it. I don’t remember how bad the under side was, but you see how they strapped it down to dollies to get it on the roll back. Seems like it was Dad that had the car, was going to restore it but passed away. He had collected a lot of original parts and hoarded them away.

    John  -- 67 Mustang Coupe 390 5 speed
     

    9/09/2021 5:12 PM  #10

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    Re: 1966 Hertz Shelby Mustang

    I use to work for a guy who owned 19 Shelby’s.  He had one of six drag cars as well.  Sadly he passed away a few months back.

    When I was still kind of working on the side for him he went through a divorce.  His ex wife owned one of the Shelby’s which was a green gold hertz model.  I had heard she let it sit outside of the home she had moved into.  She was a crazy lady to begin with but she knew the values of all of those cars. 

    As for what happened to all the cars he was smart and never put all of them in his name so he hide them so she couldn’t get them or money from them in the divorce.

     

    9/09/2021 6:16 PM  #11

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    Re: 1966 Hertz Shelby Mustang

    I remember a few years ago a guy had trying to buy a 69 Mustang (I think that was the year) that had been sitting in a field up to the rocker panels for several years.  The owner finally decided to sell it, the buyer was pulling it out of the field and the body split into two pieces.  Not sure what the buyer did after that.

    65 Fastback, 351W, 5-speed, 4 wheel discs, 9" rear,  R&C Front End.
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    9/09/2021 6:27 PM  #12

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    Re: 1966 Hertz Shelby Mustang

    BobE wrote:

    I remember a few years ago a guy had trying to buy a 69 Mustang (I think that was the year) that had been sitting in a field up to the rocker panels for several years.  The owner finally decided to sell it, the buyer was pulling it out of the field and the body split into two pieces.  Not sure what the buyer did after that.

    If he was smart he jumped in his truck and rolled down the road as fast as possible. 
     

     

    9/12/2021 5:57 AM  #13

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    Re: 1966 Hertz Shelby Mustang

    BobE wrote:

    I remember a few years ago a guy had trying to buy a 69 Mustang (I think that was the year) that had been sitting in a field up to the rocker panels for several years.  The owner finally decided to sell it, the buyer was pulling it out of the field and the body split into two pieces.  Not sure what the buyer did after that.

    I bought two 67 big block fastbacks one time and one of them folded in half.  It got parted out.  This was long before the roofs were highly sot after.  I never did get to work on the other 67 fastback and sold it because I had to many things to work on already and not enough cash. 

     

    9/12/2021 10:44 AM  #14

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    Re: 1966 Hertz Shelby Mustang

    RTM wrote:

    I use to work for a guy who owned 19 Shelby’s.  He had one of six drag cars as well.  Sadly he passed away a few months back.

      His ex wife owned one of the Shelby’s which was a green gold hertz model.  I had heard she let it sit outside of the home she had moved into.  She was a crazy lady to begin with but she knew the values of all of those cars. 


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    Prime candidate for the........"rubber-hose-massage!"

    Spite  is an awful thing that often  comes from a divorce settlement. (both wayz!)
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