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That is what I was thinking.

 

That looks more like a Palmetto than a Palm. But you do have a point, they could be getting delivered to Shelby. Although, Shelby's operations at that time were at the airport in Venice, weren't they? You wouldn't expect them to be on the other side of a fence from residential housing.

 

Notice the lower car on left trailer. Possibly none of this shipment had bumpers, rear windows, or maybe drivetrains. I've seen palm trees in N.C. and obviously mud nearby this lot.

I can't zoom in very close.

 

I was thinking they may have been Body in White cars, but the later GM Body in White cars I saw did not have interiors of exterior Lights on them. But that does not mean that was how Ford did it, or the build up may have changed in the 30 years that passed between those Mustangs and the GM cars I would see.
Also may be specific to Shelby as a great deal of their production would be road cars, and they would probably come with interiors and Lights as they would not be stripped off. I did not think of Shelby! DUH!!!!!

 

I found this Picture that is of 1929 Auburns being Delivered to a Dealership in Cleveland Ohio

 

I don't think I'm wrong..... to my understanding the Mustangs were delivered basically as shells to Shelby, (cars on the left just arriving, cars on the right just leaving..?) I've also understood that although just shells, the cars headed to Shelby were all on 15" steel rims/tires where as any other Mustang would have only had 14" rims in 65.... 5 bolt for V8 and 4 Bold for inline 6.

Mustangs arriving at Shelby.......



Then again...... cars minus glass/bumpers could have been delivered as shells to converted to race models....????

 

See, that's part of what I was attempting to get across, but letting the forum know that Shelby was not the only concern building race cars.

 

This photo looks to have been taken the same day. Look at the parking striping in both photos.

 

Same clumps of dirt too.

 

Must be in one of those furrin countries. That's a long rig and a lot of little cars.

 

Shelby American was based in Venice, CA. from 1962 to 1967, very close to where I grew up. This is most probably the location pictured below. We do have palm trees in the area. The address was 1042 Princeton Dr., Venice, CA. This particular part of Venice is now known as Marina Del Rey, and it did have a residential component to it, mixed in with light industrial.






The former Shelby-American building is still there. Here's what it looks like from the outside:


They were gone by 1967, but in the summer of 1972, I worked at a Chevy dealer only about 200 yards from here.

 

That has the same number of cars as an 89' triple-deck Autorack rail car carried of those Hondas. At about 2100# apiece on average, the load itself is around 38-40,000#, excluding the trailers and racking on the rig, so since most over-the-road tractors can handle 80,000#, I'm sure this one was not a slug.