Malte Huth and his 1965 Shelby in Hillclimb and airport races
Photo copyright Wolfgang Kohrn/Malte Huth
Lucky Cassner was a well-known race society member at that time. Acc. to Malte his father Wilhelm E.Huth ordered an original R-Shelby GT 350 via Lucky, but when the airplane arrived with the Shelby, he received a "normal" Street-Shelby, they thought. However the car was already modified and rumour has it, by Holman-Moody, when son Malte took the wheel in his hands. Note the radiused fender lips.
The car came with US licence plates (WD-8563) probably from Larsen Ford or Gotham Ford, but any other outlet in NY that issued NY World Fair licence plates is possible.
When being in Germany it may have been initally licenced for a Berlin army guy (higher rank), though it could be as well that it came via John Simone, who was a friend of Lloyd Cassner. Another pic shows the car in 66 with a 9H6-849 white license plate, which may have been a temporary US army license plate.
Later it was driven with german licence plates such as the pictured STA-M620 for Starnberg. So it was still street approved.
Malte won many races with this car. We have had an interview with him in one of our club magazines, where he mentioned some of his experiences and thrilling challenges with the Porsches of that era, plus we have a video of his car at a 65 hillclimbing race. Good times unfortunately went by.
We have been contacted by sb. that has raced with Wilhelm as well in a rallye to Hungary.
The car was later in 1966 sold to the Ford Schwabengarage.
As of July 2017 we received some information that Klaus Fritzinger may have bought it and sold it again to H. Riedinger (HeDiRi Racing) before May 1967.
Heinz Dietmar Riedinger raced it until 1970. We are in touch with him already to clarify the later history. Malte Huth had contacted him following up my information to him.
Unfortunately there was no further information made available due to some issues with the car bought by Mr. Riedinger. He did not want to have things in public or support the chasing.
Malte intended to get reunited for a Rossberg hillclimb racing to get back into his Shelby, but despite many attempts that did not turn into reality.
(Picture courtesy Autodiva/JPM photo)
Klaus Fritzinger passed away in 2015.
The Checkered Flag:
Unfortunately Malte Huth passed away in October 2023
due to serious illness. My condolences to his family, one of those old school racers, who tried to help many others while having that spirit of stretching his spirit for ultimate competition. With 17 1st places in the Shelby and overall 28 in his racing career of 82 hillclimb and airport races from 1963 to 1969, he was an extreme successfull racer on the narrow and winding roads as well as on airport circuits. We will miss him for sure.
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