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Greg

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Daytona.... Fail
« on: November 11, 2019, 06:51:36 PM »
I bet this was a puckered up moment!
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Re: Daytona.... Fail
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2019, 07:03:45 PM »
Man with the forklift to the rescue.  Funny, I'm well aware this happened but I've never seen this from this angle. Interesting...

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Re: Daytona.... Fail
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2019, 07:31:50 PM »
Seem to remember "Allen Grant" had something to do with this ...
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Re: Daytona.... Fail
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2019, 08:12:19 PM »
Great photo
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Re: Daytona.... Fail
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2019, 08:13:21 PM »
I have a new fellow in my neighborhood that moved here to NC from California that worked at Shelby at that time. He's never seen the picture but he was telling me the story about this car almost falling off the truck. He was there when it happened. His name is Steve Chiles if anyone out there remembers him. He remembered working on the 65s.
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Re: Daytona.... Fail
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2019, 10:51:52 PM »
Ask your neighbor if he remembers how many swear words in a row the Old Man used when he heard about (or saw) that off-trailer excursion.
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Re: Daytona.... Fail
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2019, 01:11:20 AM »
I’ve never seen this angle of shot. Nice!
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Re: Daytona.... Fail
« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2019, 03:02:00 PM »
think that photo is in the daytona coupe book   by brock
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Re: Daytona.... Fail
« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2019, 05:15:37 PM »
Kinda reminds me of when I load my cars onto the U-Haul trailer. :o
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