ATTN Shelby Gurus, need advice!

Chepie, didn't the very earliest 68-GT350s come with K-codes before the 302s were ramped up? If your car needs a K to be original then it is gonna cost you, if you can use any old 1968-302 then you can be original for much less money.

The TKO wont need to have sheetmetal modified for a 67-70, that is for the 65/66 models I thought.

As far as modifying it goes I am with DukeGnarley, as long as the mods are bolt-on and wont require drilling/welding/cutting.

Whatever you do DO NOT do another Eleanwhore....please!

Just stumbled across this.

Here is what 68 GT 350 for sale

http://www.oldride.com/displayAd.html?sectionID=1&ViewItem=4535&ADVSearch=adv

and a clone at the same place

http://www.oldride.com/displayAd.html?sectionID=1&ViewItem=6678&ADVSearch=adv

jerry S said:

. Now it is just another rolling shell with an interesting pedigree.

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I agree,just do what you wnat with it.I dont consider a TKO a big deal,but people start crying when you cut the tunnel, if you do it youll proabably never switch it back and if you do sell it,the person who buys it will be glad they dont have to do it.My car has been a clone for about 25 years,back when my dad first did it,people used to get all bent because it wasnt stock, now people cant get enpugh of the clones.. Just do what YOU want and HOW you want, your not doing it for profit or a restoration.

Theres a guy in my club with a 68 GT350,he put about $150-175K in the resto-mod look,it is nowhere near concourse,has a 352 stroker and TONS of other updated parts.........Will he ever get him oney back......probably not, but it is a very clean car and probably drives better then new.

If two Shelbys were sitting side by side in very good equal condition with one being restomodded and one not which one would you choose? I would choose the original. Most parts needed on this car are generic Ford parts. It wouldn't be that hard to put it back together with the correct parts. It may be a little harder if you want all date codes to be right but still not impossible. How many concours Shelbys are all original? Very few. When this restomod craze is over with the original cars will bring the big money.

You can't get top $ on every Shelby

I've been watching the Shelby craze real closely & I'm convinced that unless you get a very stupid, rich buyer (doubtful).. the Shelbys will not get the giant $$ that we've been seeing at Barret-Jackson.

The cars that are selling at over $100K are either perfect very low milage originals or they have $60K-$70K worth of restoration work. Once in a while there will be a fluke, like the $200K GT500 with a non-original aluminum engine, but that was probably two stupid rich buyers bidding against each other & who just had to have the car.

Cars like yours & mine were driven every day (I used to take mine to college in Newark, NJ!) & were modified to a point even back in the 70's. While I think that I could probably get up to $50K for mine, it wouldn't be easy unless everything worked perfectly (like the tilt-away, the sequentials, the A/C) and the car drives great. Modifying the car to make it handle better, adding a good sound system, engine goodies, modern A/C compressor & other reversable mods will probably make it more attractive to a regular person who always wanted to buy one. The collectors & investors wouldn't be interested until after you completed a full restoration. Someone who would want to restore yours won't care about the mods either if they are reversable.

Last thing. Remember what happened to the Shelby Cobra prices in the late 1980's? A 427 S/C went for a cool million & then the bottom dropped out of the market for more than 15 years. You never know how the market will go.

This is a long way around to suggest that you fix your car up the way that you want to. You'll be happier for it.

Pbum5 said:

Just stumbled across this.

Here is what 68 GT 350 for sale

http://www.oldride.com/displayAd.html?sectionID=1&ViewItem=4535&ADVSearch=adv

and a clone at the same place

http://www.oldride.com/displayAd.html?sectionID=1&ViewItem=6678&ADVSearch=adv

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