Thank you for watching Victor! You are knocking out my content today buddy. It is appreciated

thank you for watching!

This is quite awesome! Thanks for sharing!

A few months ago, I got a 69 500 vert. needs restoration but it's all there. Can't wait to see it finalized in about 3 years. What color combo do you have?

What makes yours 1of 1?

@@mustangmanmustangman4596 the elite marti report tint and heavy duty battery.

Thank you very much! It is appreciated.

If we knew then what we know now...

@@TonysFordsandMustangs Hell yeah, I would have several girls every night, at the same time, then I would think about the cars. Priorities.

Thanks for watching! It was tough sell when sitting beside a Mach 1 for $1,500 less. That was a lot of money back then.

The one in the video is good friend of mine and he is very happy with car. Thanks for watching!

If he wants to swap it for my Mach, I will pay the freight charges lol.

thank you for watching!

I wish you the best of luck in your search and thanks for watching!

It's not uncommon. The price difference for the Shelby was the killer. It was $1,500 more than a Mach 1 with less performance. Same deal with the winged cars and they were not the easiest cars to park either.

I was surprised to see a Charger Daytona sitting in the back of this guys shed in the small town in NZ i live in. It was in primer grey, the interior had been removed then stuff back in all hap hazard, and the engine was on an engine stand covered in dust.

I actually like the 67 a bit better but they are both attractive cars.

Absolutely, easily the best looking Shelby Mustangs out there.

Clevelands run better, have more hp, semi hemi heads

@@rogerdodrill4733 one of my first cars had a 4V 351 Cleveland in it. Enormous top end power

@@rogerdodrill4733 one of my first cars had a 4V 351 Cleveland in it. Enormous top end power

Thank you! I'm doing videos on things I find interesting and learning video editing along the way. I've now paid for my equipment anyway. :)

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you for watching!

Hey there! Thanks for watching!

I agree! Very cool car.

Thank you for the kind words and for sharing. I have an interest in cars built outside the U.S. unfortunately when I made video about a few world cars almost no one watched it so i pulled it. Maybe someday people will open up to cars that were available elsewhere.

Thank you!

That was my 12th video. I try to learn something new every time I sit down to edit. Thanks for the input & hopefully I'm getting better as time goes on. It's a hobby that allows me to tell a story and stay involved in the car hobby. Thanks for watching!

The 1968 Shelby Mustangs were only built for 9 months. All the Mustangs destined for Shelby conversion were produced at Ford's Metuchen assembly plant in New Jersey. The cars were shipped by rail to A.O. Smith in Western Michigan for final assembly. The "knockdown" Mustangs were shipped in running condition, some had stock Mustang hoods and some had fiberglass. The cars were shipped without front grille assemblies, taillights and valences. So technically yes you are correct but these bare bones cars didn't become certified Shelby's until they left the A.O. Smith facility.

Tony's Fords and Mustangs I have always wondered about the early dual vin 68 Shelbys from 68 . Any of those cars start life at a the Shelby facility in late 67? I don't know.

@@dannystewart1803 I don't believe so but anything's possible. Carol Shelby really had grown tired of making production cars. It wasn't what he was interested in doing. Each year after 65 the cars became less race and more like a production cars. The shift to western Michigan as a final assembly point for the Shelby's was the beginning of the end.

The 351C came to market in 1970 and these were all 69's. Thanks for watching!

@@TonysFordsandMustangs Ah yes that's right thanks. Late 1970 Mach 1's had it.

Thanks for the sub!

Thanks for watching and it was wise of you to hold onto it. There is far from a glut of Shelby's in todays market.

Please post a few pics when it's finished.

Just drove my car for the first time since 1988 wow

Glad you enjoyed it! That was one of my early videos. I'm not sure many people knew this happened so I wanted to share the story. Thanks for watching!

It really came down to cost versus performance. A Shelby was by far the most expensive car in Fords line up in 1969 and not the best performer . So they just sat on dealers lots.

@@TonysFordsandMustangs The Cosworth Vega was pretty potent at the time with 140hp when most the V8 engines were detuned to meet the new (at the time) emissions regulations. Especially for a fairly light car.

@@Cartier_specialist I dated a girl whose father bought a very nice one. Snappy little car.

That's possible but Shelby and Ford were pretty much done at that point. Some of it may have had to do with "Bunkie" Knudsen being named President of Ford in early of 1968 & Lee Iacocca being pushed to the side during that time frame? That's speculation on my part but it didn't take Lee Iacocca long to bring Shelby over to Chrysler when he had the chance.

No sir. They are all 69's with 70 vin #'s and stripes added.

You would have to ask Ford Motor Company from 1969.

I think it had something to do with they way they were sent to shelby if unsold it became alot easier to make the switch to 70! Just a guess

Agreed. My body guy used to have a saying. Only the green survive.