We were there. Drove three days to arrive and three days home >4000 miles. It was worth it. Got to park in front of Meryln's beautiful K.
We didn't have our K though. KAOS's engine blew up in June.
Trailered our 64.5 Indy Pace coupe.
However, we picked up another K engine on the way home.
KAOS will be running again next year.
Sadly, not enough time to get it ready for the M+ event in October.
J.
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Edited by - Epperstang on 02/27/2007 23:13:05
Heard about a nice write up in a Virgina newspaper about you and your K.
Nice promo for all of us!
J.
KAOS has a bullet hole in the driver's side rear quarter. Discovered when the car was repainted in 2000. Was a Los Angeles car until coming to Utah in 1988. Wish he could talk, the stories it would tell.
J.
Stopped at Telstar on our way to Ford 100 in 2003.
Awesome collection.
Worth the stop for any Mustang/Shelby fan in my opinion.
J.
It's fun to find your car when you aren't expecting it.
Our '01 Bullitt is on lower left of picture on page 86. Mike, my hubby is standing in front of it. Our Bullitt was also in Nov. '01 MM.
This makes the fourth car in MM for us the past year. KAOS, our K vert, was first in April '06.
Funny thing... KAOS was supposed to be MM in 2002. But our son won Young Owners award so Jeff Ford told us we had too much publicity with the Bullit and YO Award so KAOS didn't make it until Jim Smart resubmitted with Donald Farr in charge.
Congrats to all who have made print anywhere.
J.
Congrats! Nice car.
November is a very good month. <img src=images/icon_smile_kisses.gif border=0 align=middle>
J.
Very nice K-ponies here. Thanks for sharing them.
Ours is KAOS, a "slightly" modified 1966 GT K-code convertible
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We'd always planned for the day when we could buy a 68 Shelby KR vert. Ten years ago the price was within our grasp. However, it wasn't a priority at the time.
Then the Eleanor craze and all the associated vintage muscle car insanity started about five years ago.
Prices for Shelby's for us became out of realistic reach. Well, maybe not really. If we sold our 11 other stangs we could have our ONE dream car that we couldn't drive. But that isn't as much fun as the various personalities in our stable including a K-code GT convertible.
However the appreciation for the looks of a 68 Shelby hasn't gone.
Three years ago when the chance to purchase a cheap rust free, yes truly rust free, AZ 68 convertible which someone had already added the fiberglass dropped in our laps we couldn't let it go.
It was a very poor start at someone's idea of a Shelby, but it has since been stripped and rebuilt as we want it. Now we have a "replica" we are proud to drive and don't have fear as we would driving a "real" Shelby. We have no intention of defrauding anyone. It is not a perfect "clone" and anyone who knows anything can easily tell. But it is a damned nice car and worth much, much more than if left original in its Lime Gold C-code status.
Some people want to look down their nose and say "you have a clone/fake because you can't afford a real Shelby." So what, not many people can afford a real Shelby today. Many who are critical of our "fake" probably couldn't even afford the fake either. If you own a real Shelby, more power to you, but doesn't give the right to judge those of us who appreciate them enough to imitate.
My fake KR is insured for $15K more than my real K.
"Real" and "Fake" make me laugh. "Is it Real" "It's a Fake" yeah buddy this car, solid steal (and fiberglass) sitting here in front of you is a hallucination. But this figment of our imagination is a lot more fun than sitting around wishing for the day when we could have a real Shelby!
Don't mean to get defensive, but holy mackerel people this is a hobby, let each other enjoy it without the judgement and cynicism.
J.
