February 20th - Shelby Club meeting at Panavia

PANAVIA · #1 (**permalink**) 12-10-2015, 06:53 PM

Greetings ; Panavia is Having a ** Very** special event -= in the form of a Shelby meeting on 2.20.16 ( Saturday )

Our special guest(s) will be Shelby Legends ; Allen Grant , Jim Marietta and Ted Sutton!!!

– Jim and Ted are Bringing the” Independent Rear Suspension” 1965 GT350R Project Mustang !!! ---which was recently completed with their former colleague Peter Brock !

It has many features that SHOULD have made it to the original GT350R Cars – ! ( I can here Peter Brock saying ; “you see -- It was supposed to be like this…” )

Come meet and greet three of the Shelby American Legends who were principally involved in making automotive history with Carroll Shelby over 50 years ago.

Allen Grant ; A Young man who came looking for a job with Carroll as a race car driver, Shelby had plenty of drivers-- so instead Carroll hired Allen as a welder back in 1963. Allen moved to production control and convinced Walnut Creek’s Coventry Motors to buy the successful race prepared Cobra CSX2128 *and* let him drive the Cobra at the races! Allen’s first races were at Santa Barbara and SF’s own Candlestick Park when Allen had two first place finishes under his belt and set his eyes on the 1963 Riverside GT race against Carroll’s factory drivers; Dan Gurney, Lew Spencer and rival Bob Bondurant.

--After a touch & tap by Bondurant, Allen battled to finish in second place with a most impressive campaign from the back. Allen had a brief break from Shelby in 1964 and returned to drive none other than the iconic Cobra Daytona Coupes as a Team Driver. Allen and Bondurant went to Europe with the Coupes in 1965 and due to Allen’s and Bob’s efforts, Shelby American won the FIA GT Manufacturers World Championship in an American built car. Allen and Bob also had an overall class victory at the hallowed Monza circuit in Italy.

Ted Sutton: Ted was first hired to work on the Cobras. Ken Miles had the idea to install a 427 FE NASCAR engine into the tiny 289 Cobra chassis so they turned to Ted to figure out how to stuff that big block into the small block space and have the Cobra ready for the 1964 Sebring 12 Hour Race for Ken Miles. Subsequently John Morton co-drove with Miles but not before Miles wrapped the first big block Cobra around a tree during an off-course excursion. The Cobra was bent up pretty good and Ted and the crew got the Cobra back together overnight for the race. Ted also worked on the first Cobra Daytona Coupe CSX2287, the first Tiger race car and the first R-Model GT350 that went on to win its first race driven by Ken Miles.

Jim Marietta : most likely the youngest employee at the Princeton Shop to ever turn a wrench. Jim started following the Cobras at race tracks all over the States when Race Team Manager Al Dowd noticed him showing up and hanging around the pits. Dowd started allowing Jim to help out in the pits with the Cobras and eventually offered Jim a job at the Princeton Drive shop. At 17 years old Jim showed up with his tool box and was immediately assigned to the brand new GT350 Mustang program. Jim was involved in developing the Ford Motor Company’s secretary Mustang into a fire breathing fierce track competitor worthy of accolades all across the country. Jim worked with Jerry Schwarz, Chuck Cantwell, Peter Brock, Peter Bryant, Ken Miles, Dick Lins and Ted Sutton. Jim was also part of the Shelby Team that worked on the development of the IRS proposal in the GT350.

Panavia is proud to bring this event to you, as our goal is to bring the 1960s feeling of motorsport to you – and modernize it a tick so it can be enjoyed !

Additionally – PANAVIA will have the Following on Display ;

• Shelby / Brock SPF Daytona Coupe #70 – Getting the FULL Panavia Treatment like the #54 Daytona Coupe -
• Building the Perfect Beast ; Our Modernized GT40 projects ( Designed to beat a McLaren F1 in every single spec.,)
• Original Larry Dobbs 1967 GT500 Mustang with a 427 Side Oiler FE and Dual Quads
• Shelby 50th Anniversary 289 FIA Cobra builds underway
• Many interesting projects !

In the AM ; Mimosas and Coffee will be served -in the PM we may switch it up a bit.

-Snacks from the Nor-Cal Shelby Club who will be holding a meeting at our party -- !

Feb 20th – 9am until when the cows come home…

PANAVIA
1436 White Oaks Road Suite 14
Campbell CA 95008

Hope to see you there !
With Best Regards -
--_Steve Wood

Steve Wood
steve(at)panavia.com
650.222.7282
PANAVIA LLC
Intelligently Built Classic Cars for yesterday and today.
PANAVIA.COM

4pipes · #2 (**permalink**) 12-10-2015, 07:01 PM

Put it on my calendar.

Friscoed · #3 (**permalink**) 12-11-2015, 05:34 PM

Look forward to it.

Ed.

PANAVIA · #4 (**permalink**) 02-09-2016, 10:59 PM

Just Updated the Event - all are welcome !

xb-60 · #5 (**permalink**) 02-09-2016, 11:34 PM

Please accept my apologies

Maybe one day I'll get there....

Steve, please post pictures

Cheers,
Glen

PANAVIA · #6 (**permalink**) 02-10-2016, 11:53 AM

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RodKnock · #7 (**permalink**) 02-10-2016, 01:47 PM

I'll attempt to make it.

rodneym · #8 (**permalink**) 02-10-2016, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by RodKnock

I'll attempt to make it.

Daily driver?

BTW, sounds like a great time!

RodKnock · #9 (**permalink**) 02-10-2016, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by rodneym

Daily driver?

Bahahaha.

Ya just never know. But first, I have to actually carve the time out to make the run down there. In fact, it might actually be easier to just run there.