I won all the ones on eBay and worked a deal with the seller to buy the balance of GT/CS ones as one lot - almost 40 original 1968 documents/blueprints (BP) - some BPs are 70 inches long!! They have all just arrived last week. I have been emailing with Scott (CJCougar) about what we will do with the one Cougar BP I won. For obvious reasons, I bid on it since it specs out the Lucas lights we use on GT/CS (it even shows the exact glass markings!). I have spoken with Paul and we are working out how to get all this information summarized into the book. I too empathize that we keep this historical find together and why I spent a great deal of $ to buy it all. Scott and I will definitely figure something out on the one Cougar Lucas light BP.
For the GT/CS family here - this is an awesome find if you like history (Thanks Doug for pointing me to it!!!). The detail is enormous for solving many puzzle pieces we have searched for (part numbers, developers, paint codes, paint markings, angles, drill sizes, primer colors, material types, etc).
A couple of observations from just a scan:
Fred Goodell signed off on every GT/CS BP (called the "California Mustang" then). As you may know Fred Goodell was Shelby's chief engineer. It is very clear that this is a prototyped and developed car by Shelby's chief guy - there is no doubt from this paper work - NO DOUBT - that this was designed with the Shelby. The brake scoop BP alone shows both the Shelby and California Mustang on the same BP with different suffix.
This brings me to my second observation from the paper work. The XR7-G, California Mustang and Shelby were all designed by the same people. A.O. Smith and ASCO were the main people designing and building the actual parts and FORD was calling ALL the shots. These cars were being designed and signed off by the same FORD team, including an extra sign-off always done by Fred Goodell. History has made Shelby and his cars famous - but in 1968 all three of these cars were equal. Shelby was not some power house and the CS and XR7-G were NOT "second fiddle" - they were considered in the same designs. (think about it - if Shelby was so great back then, then everyone would have rushed out to buy one - only time has made the name so 'holy').
More to come.......Casey