Nope! He corrected his typo in a later email to me - should have been 428. No pics yet but he did tell me "Its a nice car with some detailing problems like missing little chrome parts and door trim, one heater control knob is missing but all the parts for the most part are still available if you have enough money." He bought it from Colorado and had it shipped out. Glad it turned out well!
John Brown Now there's good place to start a discussion. :eek2: Check out the results from 2007 and see how the '57 Vette or my 57 Blown Ford stacked up vs. the Merc. I really wish more '50's cars would be entered in PSMCDR events. The results would be very interesting. Those Mercs were awesome on the USAC/Nascar tracks, but not seriously drag raced. I would love to see somebody build a MOPAR letter car or a J-2 Olds, or a Tri power Pontiac, from that era, for pure stock.
Even the 4 barrel GM cars with the 4 speed Hydramatics wer4e quite fast at the time. There was a 58 Pontiac Chieftain in Ky that ate just about everybody alive. The stick shift cars were really awesome, but the automatics got out in front quick.
Take a look at this original ad for the 67 Shelby. The taillights are the T bird with no chrome bezel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYD8w-nP89s&feature=related
While I like Thunderbirds, I don't consider them a muscle car. I doubt that most of the spectators would, either.
My cousin had a 58 Pontiac hydro 2 door post car that would eat my 57 Chevy 4 speed for lunch. He had a 315 horsepower 370 with a single AFB. SOB was sure fast for a boat. :shock:
Arnie Beswick's first serious race car was exactly that. A 58 Pontiac Chieftain. His was a tripower 4 speed, and according to the recent article, ran it in C gas under A stock trim and won...There was more money in that class. Mine was Pink and white....Loved it!
I have read that in 67, part of Shelbys "conversion" included sequential lights originally for the Cougars.
I had a solid white Chieftain Convert, tripower car. Slight rust problem in the floor. Punched it one afternoon, pickin' on a shoebox Chevy, and wound up in the back seat. That was an interesting ride. Drove it home very slowly with a death grip on the steering wheel. o No:
Using the Cougar's taillights and having then sequential are two different things. Seems like they were not sequential in '67.
After searching around the SAAC forum, I now have it on good authority that the 67 Shelby did NOT have sequential taillights as the 68-70s did. I was incorrect in my earlier post. I guess my memory isnt as sharp as it once was.
that is correct. i asked my shelby buddy about this on sunday and he said the same thing. so make that 2 good authorities.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: My 58 was solid, but the fuel tank on my 59 tripower car came out and chased me down I-96 one time. I jury rigged it back in one the side of the road (used my belt) to drive it in...ended up taking an old leaf from a leaf spring inside the trunk with some threaded rod for some more "permanent" repair. A 58 Chieftain convertible would be a gem to get today...especially one with tripower. Was it also a stick? Every time I came upon a stick shift Pontiac for sale back in the days, I bought it. 59, 61, and two 63's...
Dave, no it was a Hydro. The car was about 1/2 fiberglass then (45 years ago) so I'm sure it's been turned into Toyotas by now. I had several stick '57's, all were three speeds of course, One was a tripower car. the rest 2 or 4 bbls. I thought the '58 was too damn big and ugly, but the wife liked it. Now I wish I had it back. I saw a pristine '58 chieftain 2dr post on E bay a few months back, they were asking north of 60k for it. 370 tri power, 4 speed.
