John Canfield Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Scroll to about the 3:45 make in this episode of Bill Cosbys early TV show. Very cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Z6OVe8E7A&feature=player_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali_KR Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Nice find eagle eye...cool car, but whats up with that blouse he is wearing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Canfield Posted January 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 If you were around back then...it wasn't that much of a stretch! Two videos I'd love to find are the episode of the Monkees TV show that had a Cobra Daytona in it, with the tire coming off the car and the white Halibrand and tire rolling down the hill, chasing on of the shows stars. The other is a clip from Adam 12 where they bust a chop shop and there's a '69 or '70 Grabber Blue Shelby in the shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Hamilton Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 Nice find eagle eye...cool car, but whats up with that blouse he is wearing Most definitely had to be there back then to understand and appreciate the times and styles. Those late 60’s/early 70’s were a time of discovery. Black people were discovering their African roots and tribal clothing and colors while white boys like me were into bell bottom pants, big bloused long sleeve shirts, Beatle haircuts, Rock and Roll music, and dodging the draft. While I thought the 1969 Shelby GT-350/500 was the coolest looking car ever to put rubber to the road with those gigantic those F60x15 Goodyear Polyglass tires, I also knew I could never afford one as they were around $5000 brand new in 1969/70. Most of us considered them more of a high performance Thunderbird than a Mustang. While the looks were cool, the extra weight of that cool looking luxury and price was not enough to offset the $1500 dollar cheaper price and lighter weight of a standard Mustang or Mach 1 with the optional 428 Cobra Jet motor . While it may be said that youth is wasted on the young; the knowledge gained through experience and age is truly priceless. Now if I could just figure out how to turn these Diecast 1:24 scale vehicles into 1:1 life size cars, I'd truly be happy. Right, John? Nice find by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Canfield Posted January 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Bill, if my 1:24, and 1:18 cars all turned into full sized cars right now, I'd need a garage the size of the entire state...seriously...it's bad...really, bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-man Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 .....ask and yee shall receive. I'd love to hear the back story on that Daytona Coupe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Canfield Posted January 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 You rock...plain and simple...you rock!!!! Imagine Daytona showing up at a race with that meatball! I still recall one of their muscial pieces with Mike being chased by a Halibrand with a race tire on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richstang Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 .....ask and yee shall receive. I'd love to hear the back story on that Daytona Coupe. I believe that is the CSX2287 previously owned by Phil Specter (the once "missing" Daytona). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Canfield Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 The only Daytona to race in competition with the #13 was CSX2299, but that was in Daytona at the beginnign of 1965. This episode was much later than that. I've heard the Daytona had a lot of different names...but I'd never heard 'the Klutzmobile'...here's a link to that episode information... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0650685/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cali_KR Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Man, Davy Jones sure had to shift the automatic a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 WOW, simply too cool. Fantastic finds guys............thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbymotorsports Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 If you were around back then...it wasn't that much of a stretch! Two videos I'd love to find are the episode of the Monkees TV show that had a Cobra Daytona in it, with the tire coming off the car and the white Halibrand and tire rolling down the hill, chasing on of the shows stars. The other is a clip from Adam 12 where they bust a chop shop and there's a '69 or '70 Grabber Blue Shelby in the shop. I just erased that episode off the DVR about a week ago. I thought about importing the epsiode into the PC but figured someone else must have already done so. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richstang Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I asked over on the SAAC Forum for confirmation on the car. Vern replied that it was indeed the csx2287 with the distinctive US built body. I watched the video and paused it but it was just to difficult for me to see the details to verify. I'm sure he is correct and would take his word. Besides Phil Spector was a music mogul and the time frame for the TV series airing and his purchase of the car work well together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-man Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 I asked over on the SAAC Forum for confirmation on the car. Vern replied that it was indeed the csx2287 with the distinctive US built body. I watched the video and paused it but it was just to difficult for me to see the details to verify. I'm sure he is correct and would take his word. Besides Phil Spector was a music mogul and the time frame for the TV series airing and his purchase of the car work well together. Question of the day: Does anyone know where that car is located at the present time??? I'll tell you if you don't already know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Canfield Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 The Simone Museum in Pennsylvania. This one car that could easily be the basis of a movie all on its own, or even the basis of a movie about the FIA championship effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-man Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 The Simone Museum in Pennsylvania. This one car that could easily be the basis of a movie all on its own, or even the basis of a movie about the FIA championship effort. We have a winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSSNAKE Posted January 26, 2012 Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 Man, Davy Jones sure had to shift the automatic a lot! Yeah really, His hand wasn't even touching the shifter, lol. Funny, I don't recal the Monkey's programs being qiute so corny back then. But thank's for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2010KonaBlueGT Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Scroll to about the 3:45 make in this episode of Bill Cosbys early TV show. Very cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1Z6OVe8E7A&feature=player_embedded Wasn't there only like, FOUR of those cars made? I just read that somewhere. I think it was a '69 GT500 'Vert.... Maybe it was a "S" with a Paxton, or something like that. Phill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Canfield Posted January 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Phil, you might be confusing this car with Cosbys own twin-supercharger Shelby Cobra Super Snake. That car returned to Shelby and was the source of material for Cosby's comedy album 200 MPH. Carroll owned the only other one, and it recently was auctioned off for beaucoup bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richstang Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Wasn't there only like, FOUR of those cars made? I just read that somewhere. I think it was a '69 GT500 'Vert.... Maybe it was a "S" with a Paxton, or something like that. Phill There were four '66 GT350 convertibles made (green, red, yellow, and blue) There was one '66 GT350S made (there were other paxton cars built but never with the "S" designation) There were many '68, '69, and '70 convertible built. hope that helps, Phil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY500SS Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Phil, you might be confusing this car with Cosbys own twin-supercharger Shelby Cobra Super Snake. That car returned to Shelby and was the source of material for Cosby's comedy album 200 MPH. Carroll owned the only other one, and it recently was auctioned off for beaucoup bucks. 5.5 mil if I'm not mistaken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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