Not sure about ya'll, but I'm bored with the lack of interaction with society lately, so I was daydreaming the other day about if I could go back in time to buy one car, what would it be?
So here's the game; tell us a story of where you would go geographically and in time, to procure one car to bring back to the future with you, money being no object. For those of us that don't read so good, please post a picture that relates to your story.
I'll go first, to set the tone ...
I would travel back to January 1, 1965 to Los Angeles, California and head to the International Airport for a visit at Shelby American Inc's LAX hanger, to spend the afternoon touring their facility with Caroll, checking out the Daytona Coupe, ongoing development of the Ford GT40 and watching Ken Miles putting it through it's paces around the airport taxiways. Getting down to business, having Caroll sell me on a new 427 Cobra Mark III S/C, in dark blue with white stripes.
- Ford 427 cu in (7.0 L) FE engine, with single 4-barrel 780 CFM Holley carburetor
- rated at 485 bhp
- top speed of 185 mph
- new chassis using 4 in main chassis tubes, up from 3 in
- coil spring suspension all around, from previously-used transverse leaf spring
- wide fenders
- larger radiator opening
BELOW: An AC Cobra chassis from England being unloaded, with the top down. The GT-40 program had priority for the wheels so the Cobras had to wait for Halibrand to get caught up with their production.
So here's the game; tell us a story of where you would go geographically and in time, to procure one car to bring back to the future with you, money being no object. For those of us that don't read so good, please post a picture that relates to your story.
I'll go first, to set the tone ...
I would travel back to January 1, 1965 to Los Angeles, California and head to the International Airport for a visit at Shelby American Inc's LAX hanger, to spend the afternoon touring their facility with Caroll, checking out the Daytona Coupe, ongoing development of the Ford GT40 and watching Ken Miles putting it through it's paces around the airport taxiways. Getting down to business, having Caroll sell me on a new 427 Cobra Mark III S/C, in dark blue with white stripes.
- Ford 427 cu in (7.0 L) FE engine, with single 4-barrel 780 CFM Holley carburetor
- rated at 485 bhp
- top speed of 185 mph
- new chassis using 4 in main chassis tubes, up from 3 in
- coil spring suspension all around, from previously-used transverse leaf spring
- wide fenders
- larger radiator opening
BELOW: An AC Cobra chassis from England being unloaded, with the top down. The GT-40 program had priority for the wheels so the Cobras had to wait for Halibrand to get caught up with their production.
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