{"id":493852,"date":"2014-06-01T00:10:49","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T00:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=10281"},"modified":"2023-12-31T19:44:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T19:44:42","slug":"1963-sabel-mki-chassis-001","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1963-sabel-mki-chassis-001\/","title":{"rendered":"1963 Sabel MKI (Chassis #001)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">1963 Sabel MKI<\/h2>\n<p>Just when you\u2019re certain you know a lot about post-war American racing cars, someone steps up to educate you about the depth of your ignorance. Such is the case with the Sabel sports racers, a series of competition cars I knew nothing about until recently.<\/p>\n<p>John Sabel grew up in Ross, California, not far from the Golden Gate Bridge. In the early 1950s he and his high school buddies were simply wacky about the automobile. Sabel said, \u201cMany of my friends had old Fords and Caddies and the returning GIs were bringing back MGs and Fiats from Europe. It was a fun time and it seemed like everyone in California was thoroughly into cars. I bought my first car, a \u201931 Model A Ford Roadster, before I had a driver\u2019s license with the money I made cutting lawns while in the eighth grade. I followed all the early car magazines and being a constant doodler, I spent many hours sketching ideas for new cars. My high school drafting instructor thought my drawings were pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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Sabel said, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":650414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17177],"tags":[17178,15014],"class_list":["post-493852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chassis-histories","tag-chassis-histories","tag-sabel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1963 Sabel MKI (Chassis #001)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"1963 Sabel MKI (Chassis #001)\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1963-sabel-mki-chassis-001\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" 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