[snakehunter]

Thanks everybody, I feel welcome already. It was a real gut check to bid on the car. I got lucky and found it with enough time to spare, so I tracked down Kirby and a friend of the owner before him and got some firm info. I nearly pulled an all nighter road trip to inspect it, but in the end decided to just take the chance. What I really need to know won't be readily visible anyway.

It ended up a little more pricey than the prebid that's visible on the site, but still a good deal considering what the individual parts cost.

I'm going down Monday to get it, and plan on doing all the work myself. I should state up front that I represent a private collection but am the conservator and head lackey, so its my baby for the time being and fortunately we can afford to take a hit and do it right if necessary. We like to buy cars with interesting histories...

My main areas of concern will be the block and engine internals, especially considering that GA has had several hard freezes in the last month or so and new Shelby blocks are on a long waiting list. I've been told there are 4 or 5 cars at SAI now waiting on motors.

Upholstery, etc will all be replaced, and everything else disassembled and addressed as needed. I've never done a flood car before but there's always a first time.

I'll post pics as I get the car and will be happy to maintain a thread about progress once we get into it. It may be a couple months before work really begins, because I've got another project on the burner already.

PS - I do not plan on 'washing' the title, but I find it an interesting topic for discussion. If this was a '65 built car vs a 2002 built one, I think the issue would be different. Then again, title legalities were much less strict for the previous generation...