Good question about the J7Hello
Often presented as the picture of the car with which Ken Miles had his fatal accident, this image raises several questions:
-Why J7 on the side View attachment 102512?
-It's the only picture of a J with an air intake of this shape on the roof.
-The cutout of the door is special.
-the three people do not seem to be known, they are not a priori people from Shelby.
So who can identify this car and put a good legend to this photo?
Hello
Often presented as the picture of the car with which Ken Miles had his fatal accident, this image raises several questions:
-Why J7 on the side View attachment 102512?
-It's the only picture of a J with an air intake of this shape on the roof.
-The cutout of the door is special.
-the three people do not seem to be known, they are not a priori people from Shelby.
So who can identify this car and put a good legend to this photo?
Ive asked the same question about the J7 & one that I have yet to be given an answer with some substance. I think the guy with his back to camera & has taken his shoes off to stand on sponson might be Steele Therkelson ( spl?. This pic is in the 'Shelby GT40 book by Dave Friedman' and there is a comment alongside this pic from Bill Eaton, he had been sent back to LA to pick up a 'new' Tail/Rear Clip?' but it was not fitted. In the photo you see what I presume to be a rear clip- was /is it the old or new item, was it not fitted correctly or if the new one did it have an issue and depart the car at speed_ too many what if's, but would not be first time that rear bodywork having been a factor in a high speed crash, McLarens fatal accident being one. To add further mystery the pic of J2 in Ronnie Spains book shows oblong openings above cyl head position, were these to allow individual exh stacks or to get air into IDA webers.