Well, Maybe that's just ol Hoishul's way of tipping his hat to history...
According to the recent issue of Vintage Motorsport, there was a bit of a dispute between Shelby and Holman-Moody in '67 when they each ran two Mark IVs. Seems ol Shel wanted them damn rear clips hinged at the front to prevent it ripping loose at speed, but H-M wanted it hinged at the back, and they won the arguement.
Well....McLaren was taking one of Shelby's Mark IVs down the Mulsanne at 225 when that doggone rear clip decided to come unbuckled, and she flew off "like a leaf in a hurricane". McLaren grabbed the body part and drove real slow into the pits, where some good ol racer's tape fastened it down tight. Ferrari complained cuz the rear hinge assembly had now been removed, and argued that it still needed to be "hinged open" per da rules.
Seems ol Shel gave up his leather belt, which they looped around some rear tubes to make a hinge, and off McLaren went into the night.
No report of ol Shel losing his pants.
