RIP Caroll Shelby...

this was my first post ever on Thrift Score and More...

Sunday, October 2, 2011

best "THRIFT SCORE" ever?...

this post is for the pickers, prospectors and Treasure Hunters who, in a slump, think that all the "GOOD SHIT" has already been found...

this is the 1950s "Cadillac Special" built by Caroll Shelby and it hasn't seen the sunshine since the 1960s...it was originally built for a 1959 "All Racers" contest at the world famous Langhorne, Pa Speedway...this custom coupe was shipped East from California, qualified for the Pole and never took the Green Flag to start the race (over-heating) and was locked-up in a nearby New Jersey barn hoping to race another day, which never came ..here she is in 2010 rolling out of the darkness from where she had been stored (except for a few select joy-rides back in the 60s) for the last 50 Years...

1959 Photo...Langhorne PA..."All Racers"