Carroll Shelby, famed for fast living and faster cars, dies at 89

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18. Me too - '67 Mustang 289 Fastback in H.S., with lots of Shelby parts

Virtually identical to this one, but butter yellow, black interior.



289, Shelby 306hp cam, Holley 600, Edelbrock Torker manifold, Shelby dual-point distributor, headers, Toploader 4 sp, Hurst Shifter, Konis, 428 Convertible springs (cut down 2 inches), repositioned upper control arms, 351 Mach 1 frnt and rear swaybars, 15X7 Torquethrust wheels, 225/60-15 Uniroyal Tigerpaws.

Tach and oil press in dash, Nardi wood wheel, lots of Pink Floyd, Yes and Procol Harem on the cassette player. My first real car, and still one of my favorites. 1972-76. Gave it up when I went off to college.

But, you should have seen and heard my pal Tommy's '68 Fastback at 9000 rpm. Full-race 302 with 4X48mm Weber IDF carbs. Blew away the Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona and the Hemi 'Cuda in town.

P.S. -Don't you just love the way that small block Cobra just eats up all the other sports cars of the same era on a road course? That goes for the production Ferraris, as well, but you don't see many of those in vintage races, anymore.