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Default 1966 Shelby GT 350-H Backyard Find!

An amazing find!!! To say 40 years of Ohio elements have taken it's toll on this iconic Rent- A Racer, well it's an understatement. It will be interesting to see if the original owners son follows through on this massive restoration.


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Wow. They were worried about moving it and splitting it in two. Its amazing they got it on the trailer.

Heres a pic of where the steering box mounts
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I don’t know how anyone could let their property go like that... let alone a rare car like that?
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I don’t know how anyone could let their property go like that... let alone a rare car like that?

I have my doubts the owner's son will have the original body restored. There's a huge amount of sheetmetal replacement. Certainly can be done, but huge $.


Not sure how sentimental the car was as it disintegrated for 40 years in their backyard.
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Agreed. If you can afford to restore that car you could have afforded a dry shed to keep it in. Not gonna happen. Hopefully somebody who deserves it gets the car and the NOS metal.
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Thanks for posting that Steve,what a great find.
With a Tree trunk growing underneath it lengthwise too.

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That should be a criminal offense.
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Not that it matters now but when I see cars like this I wonder if blocking the car up on cinder blocks on a concrete pad would have lessened the damage or it's a humidity thing that causes this much rust.
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What a shame
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Not that it matters now but when I see cars like this I wonder if blocking the car up on cinder blocks on a concrete pad would have lessened the damage or it's a humidity thing that causes this much rust.
I think its just Ohio. When they salt the roads, I'm convinced they find old cars even off the roads and spread salt on them. Probably a conspiracy with the Big 3 automakers and Morton Salt.
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