Here's the whole story of the logo, quite funny:
The press release, found in Shelby American Issue #44 of the SAAC news magazine, explains the significance of the crest, "The rabbit thrives in the Big Bend and being fast of foot was picked to dominate the design. He's holding up his right front foot to say "Hold the chili peppers in the chili." The sun is there 'cause it always is in the Big Bend Country. The feathers represent the three Indian tribes, Commanches, Apaches and Kiowa, that lived in the area and were responsible for the Terlingua name. 1860 was the year of the first known race. It was a horse-drawn wagon race over what is now referred to as the wetback expressway." From
http://www.carmemories.com/cgi-bin/v...perience_id=94
I got the 1966 date from an old black and white photo I found on one extremely deep Google search. Now I can't find that photo or link. Sam Adams and I were just bopping around the net late one night and I stumbled upon it.
I saw it on the die-cast model car and the Johnny Lightning car too, but that only helped to (kinda) confirm it for me.
From all I find, Mustangs are the only car described with the Terlingua Team on them.
So how did the model makers and die-cast makers come up with the same car, #71, which is different than the 5 Bill Neale tribute cars? (different car parts decals, different racing numbers, etc.)
I'm thinking this #71 car existed somewhere, sometime.