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Steve Blackett's 1967 GT500

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1967 SHELBY GT 500

 

Bought new by Captain James W, Gregg Jr. 26th Sept 1967 from Bedford Motors Corp, E. Main St, Bedford, Virginia. Gregg owned car for two years, fitted Hurst shifter during first year then took car to Key West Florida where he attended naval college, headers fitted & power steering removed. Sold car to Bob Bordeux in 1969 no trace found. Probably the guy who removed the dual quads and fitted a single four-barrel & manifold.

 

Bought by Ken & Shiley Young Green Bay Wisconsin 1971 from Ford dealer De, Pere Ford for $2100 drove car to Road Atlanta Georgia sold car to Tony Mazzelini approx, 1973 Green Bay Wisconsin paid $1800 used oil & oiled plugs on 1 bank sold to Kevin Jones Green Bay Wisconsin in Sept 1974. Jones fitted battery to trunk, electric fuel pump & Mickey Thompson Tires had approx 65,000 miles on clock paid $2,300 for car.

 

Jones sold car to Garry Kazia in 1977 Mancos Denver Colorado, no trace found Kazia sold car to Blake L, Mitchell Mancos Colorado approx 1982, Engine burned oil badly & eventually dropped valve head damaging piston, con rod & bore. Engine rebuilt, bored +030 crank ground all-010 some new valves fitted headers removed & original exhaust manifolds refitted approx 73,000 miles on clock. Car put into storage in 1986 & sold to Jack Bell Denton Texas in 1991 car sold to Dallas Mustang in 1993 that stored car for 2 years then sold car back to Jack Bell who again stored the car.

 

Imported to England by Steve Blackett 11th July 1997 & collected from Liverpool Docks. The car was & is in a totally rust free condition the only work needing to be carried out for the M.O.T. Test being the overhaul of the brakes e.g. new rear wheel cylinders & shoes freeing front calipers fitting new master cylinder & new diaphragm kit to servo.

Other work carried out on the car has been the fitting of a full new exhaust system, replacing the Hurst gear shifter with the original 4 speed shifter, fitting new bearings & seals to the gearbox & complete new cluth assembly, overhauling dual four barrel carbs & refitting to engine, removing aftermarket dual point distributor & fitting original ford dual point distributor, refitting original power steering assembly which had been removed to fit headers, fitting 4 new tyre’s to replace ones which had perished with standing for many years.

White Le-Mann’s stripes added, passengers door mirror, new antenna, gas cap emblem & new door window felt & seals fitted the original mileage on the car is now 74,660.          

Rev counter removed recalibrated & refitted, clock repaired, dash Signed by Carroll Shelby & Lee Holman of Holman-Moody Charlotte N.C.

Car featured in Classic American magazine September 1998, Centrespreads signed by Carroll Shelby.

New ring & pinion fitted 3.25 -1, new fuel pump fitted with screw on filter.




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