Multi-Award Winning 1965 Shelby GT350 PR Car Shows Up in Shining Armor 12 Jan 2021, 10:02 UTC ·
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It is going to be a hot month in March for Mustang fans, as Barrett-Jackson’s massive auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, will have on the block a large number of such machines, including Shelby-prepped ones. Among them, the very one Shelby American used as a PR car back in the day. 13 photos
Like others of its kind, this particular Shelby, a GT350 by birth, has been part of the private collection of the auction house’s very own CEO, Craig Jackson. It was discovered in 2016 after spending a number of years hidden away somewhere in Southern Texas and entered a comprehensive restoration program that took some 2,000 hours to complete.
autoevolution 8 Mar 2021, 21:55 UTC ·
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No, it s not a replica of the original GT500, but a so-called “Continuation series.” As some of you know, in 2001 Carroll Shelby gave his blessing to a company called Unique Performance to build no less and no more than 75 GT500 Continuation Super Snakes, but not long after that, it all went horribly wrong.
The company in question was called Unique Performance, and it filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in late 2007, following a number of shady complaints from customers that put a deposit down and never got their car.
The Raven Black vehicle in this story is number 23 of only 43 completed cars and it has an interesting history of its own.
autoevolution 8 Jan 2021, 16:42 UTC ·
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The Audrain Museum in Newport, Rhode Island, was founded in 2014 with a mission of Preserving, Celebrating and Sharing Automotive History. With recent times making it difficult for people to actually go over and see the more than 350 cars and motorcycles on display, the people at the museum have decided to go down the YouTube road and share some of their machines with us. 10 photos
And their most recent review showcases the very first Shelby Mustang GT350, a car that was made available to the public back in 1965, about one year after the first Mustang was released by Ford. Bringing Carroll Shelby onboard marked Ford s intent of increasing the appeal of the Mustang, which was still associated with the Ford Falcon, leaving gearheads somewhat unimpressed.
For those of us who grew up watching Hoff slay as Michael Knight in the oh-so-eighties NBC series
Knight Rider, we don t need to explain what (who?) KITT is. But for you newbies who seek enlightenment, KITT, or Knight Industries Two Thousand, is the name of Michael Knight s futuristically modded 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am (we shall not speak of the Shelby Mustang imposter in the not nearly-eighties-enough 2008 reboot attempt), complete with sentient AI, indestructibility, and a handy turbo boost that literally shot it into the air.
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In short, it was the car that pretty much every Gen Xer with a keen sense of automotive refinery desired. And now those Gen Xers who actually amassed some money since The Neon Decade can own it, thanks to The Hoff Auction from LiveAuctioneers, which is currently underway. While there are a slew of Hoff-tastic items up for grabs, Lot 0010, David s Personal KITT Knight Rider Car, is obviously peak Hoffness: a fully functiona
autoevolution 23 Dec 2020, 17:16 UTC ·
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That is particularly true for the Ford Mustang which, for $26,670, can be had with a four-cylinder 2.3-liter engine developing 310 raggedy horses. The only silver lining here is the six-speed manual transmission that won t do it any favors in a drag race (not that you should really enter one) but will at least make the car a lot more involving on a twisty stretch of the road.
The only way from there is up, and if money is not a problem, Ford will gladly sell you a Shelby GT500 that gets 760 hp out of its 5.2-liter supercharged V8. That sounds like way more power than anyone will ever need - and it is, but only until you come across a Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye and its 797 hp.