A 1965 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R Fastback is heading to auction in the coming days and if pre-auction estimates prove to be accurate, it could sell for upwards of $1.5 million.
This is one of just 34 examples of the GT350R SCCA B Production race cars that were created by Carroll Shelby, is serial number 5R106 and has a long race history.
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Mecum listing reveals that the car was raced at numerous Midwest SCCA National events by its first owner who ordered it through Jack Loftus Ford in Hinsdale, Illinois. Like other examples of the GT350R SCCA race car, it left the Ford factory as a stripped-back Mustang 2+2 Fastback before arriving at the Shelby facility and undergoing a six-month transformation into a competition-spec model.