For the July 4 weekend I have been invited by the local Cobra guys to come with them to the SOVREN Pacific Northwest Historics at Pacific Raceways at Kent, WA. I remember this track form the magazine coverage of the Trans-Am series back in the 60's. I've never been there and am excited to drive the 65 in the group and put it in the show corral. Also going to drive the track for some parade laps. I've got to get the 65 cleaned up for the trip!
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Not a Clone
Here's the thing. When I bought my 65 K-code Mustang it had some Shelby GT-350-like modifications. First off, it's Wimbledon White and it has a blue rally stripe along the rocker panel. More subtle, it has Koni shocks, a Monte Carlo bar, and Shelby OTC underrider traction bars. Also, it is a special order DSO, like the Shelby cars. It has a Holley 1850-4 600 CFM carb (Shelby GIMD-9510-D) on a stock cast iron intake manifold. My 65 mustang's build date was Nov 1964 at the San Jose plant in California. This is the same plant that delivered all the K-code Mustangs to Shelby American to become GT-350s. The first three prototype GT-350s were built in San Jose in Oct 1964; the initial production run of K-code Mustangs were delivered to Shelby American in Jan 1965. That means my car was built between the three prototypes and the first production GT-350s. Since I have owned my 65 Mustang I've added a new SS Tubes fuel line that is bent for the GT-350 fuel feed. That means that...
Update
So much has happened in the past two years that I'm not surprised that I have not updated this blog in all that time. Here's a quick recap. Aug 2023 Participated in the Sequim Prarie Nights show in downtown Sequim. It was a sunny day and was actually hot in the afternoon. After the show Jim and I stopped for a beer at the Pacific Tap Room and the girls joined us there. I met a fellow Mustang owners, Scott Anderson and Chuck Livingston. Scott has a beautiful 65 2+2 that he has meticulously restored. He invited me to join the North Olympic Mustangs club, which I did in September. Later in Sept I joined Scott, his wife Cheryl and other NOM club members Dwight and Roxy Weathers to drive down Hwy 101 along the Hood Canal and to the Ponies in the Park show at Lacey. I was a little concerned that my Mustang would make the trip OK but we were fine! It was good that we were driving in a group, just in case. John and Mariah Slack visited later in the day and it rained. I w...