All Los Angeles Times/The Redondo reflex ads I found for Jim's Ford Mustang Shelby GT500, latest from 13 October 1971! (12 ads total) The earliest ad I found is from 2 Feb 1969, this one includes the Doors office phone number! It was Jim Morrison himself who had the car for sale on 2 feb 1969, but it didn’t sell and he used it to film HWY [ Ссылка ]

All the later ads point to Ray Wolff from Hi-Performance Center/Motors Inc Inglewood (General manager at Shelby), Probably he or the company bought te car from Jim and tried to resell it, Not known is if he actually sold the car. The milage in the ads changes from 14m to 15m, which make it look like the car was stil driving in 1971. The milage from Jim's ad (5,000mi) and the milage from Ray's first ad (14,000mi) show that Jim drove 9,000mi between 2 feb 1969 and 12 nov 1970.

I believe; The car didn’t get totaled by Jim, maybe it got some damage but it certainly didn’t get towed off to a crusher, but instead it was towed off by Carol Shelby's general manager Ray Wolff to Ray's Hi-performance center/motors in Inglewood. Ray was the guy to go to when your Shelby had damage in the 60's, he could fix anything; [ Ссылка ] So he fixed Jim's Blue Lady's "minor" damage and after that he put the car in storage to put it up for sale later(see the ads in the video). Al the stories on totaling the car are stories based on assumptions, Tony Funches had one were he thought it went to the crusher, Jerry Hopkins and Danny Sugerman write in their book; "No one was hurt and a few days later the car was towed to the repair shop in Beverly Hills." etc. Never was there any real evidence on the story, until I found all 12 ads. They show us that Jim's car lived on, in a running condition or 'Show room condition" as stated in one of the ads. Ray Wolff tried to sell it by placing ads, the last time on 13 oct 1971 months after Jim's passing. Did it sell? I don’t know.. I didn’t find any sign of life after 13 oct 1971, it all went silent. Possibilities are that the car sold out of state, out of country, was converted for racing, or was parted out. But taken the fact that the car was in "showroom condition" I think it survived.. Is it still around? Maybe, there are many possibilities, Somebody could have bought the car and it crashed/got stolen/burned down in the years after 1971, Or someone knew the history and stored the car (Not likely, the real interest in the car came after the 1991 movie, before that nobody really was looking for it). There are also some claims/videos on people possessing the car, but they all fail to produce evidence other then stories and assumptions. So for now the whereabouts stay a mystery..

These ads shine a completely different light on Jim's blue lady, not based on stories and assumptions, but real evidence which I'm very proud of. It took a me lot of time to dig all 12 ads up from the past. The most special one is the one posted by Jim Morrison himself, I was flabbergasted that Jim wanted te car gone on 2 Feb 1969, before the filming of HWY.. Does it show the car wasn’t special to Jim? I think so, it was just a fun car for Jim but nothing special..

1967 Dark Blue 4sp. Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 355hp, 428ci, V8 Police Interceptor, Parchment (White) interior colour, License VRD389, VIN 67402F2U00939

Ray Wolff;
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Wiki about the usage of license plates in California; [ Ссылка ]

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