1968 Shelby Hardtop Racer #5
© Phil Jacobs, Steve Francis, Wolfgang Kohrn - 2009, Last updated on September 13th, 2009

 


Phil Jacobs found the acid dipped shell back then in 1987 through Michael Sedlak.
Phil presents his Shelby Hardtop Racer car #5 soon here.
A more detailed story about finding the car was published in a SAAC-newsletter.

 

 



My car was 1 of 5 (number 5 in the SAAC registry and your website) sent to Shelby Racing to be used in the Trans-am series. It went unused for the '68 season and was then sold to independent Trans-am driver Bill Pendleton. 

Bill then got a ride in a Cougar Trans-am car for the next season and never finished my car. It bounced around between a few owners, but was never finished(raced or street driven). It was a bare shell with zero miles on it when I bought it in 1987. 

I spent the next three years doing research and collecting parts. It then took me two and a half years to restore it. After that, I had the pleasure of vintage racing it for 15 years and really enjoyed it. I had to sell it a couple of years ago to a good home. It's being enjoyed by someone else now.


2004 at Tulsa


Details of my car
An underhood shot at Mid-Ohio 1968


...and the engine as of 2004


This is a picture of an original Ford Trans-Am quarter panel with the fender flare stamped in it. Kar Kraft took new Mustang quarters and restamped them with a flare. They put a part number on it and it became a legal part to use.

This is the underside of one of the 68 team cars while being unloaded at the Watkins Glen racetrack. 
 
Thanks for those insights, Phil.

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