1967 Shelby GT 500
The factory price was $4,195.� The two center head lights were an option, which most people opted for--it was the look.
���� The deck lid and hood were fiberglass.� The lock pins on the hood were standard, as well as the air scoops.� There were also air scoops located ahead of the rear wheels and on the roof quarter panels.� On the Mustang fastback (which the GT 500 is based on) the air scoops were louvered.� The rear taillights on the GT 500 are rectangular, and very long and slim.
���� But the engine is the whole idea behind the car.� That engine is a 428 cid V-8 (7 liters) that Ford rated conservatively at 335 horsepower.� A more accurate rating would be somewhere around 550.� This is what most people in the preformance car feilds agree on:� this car is awesome.� It scorches the quarter mile in 13.5 seconds at 106 miles an hour, har a top speed well over 150, and yet purrs like a kitten at a traffic light.� That is, untill it turns green.
���� Shelby-the name comes from Carroll Shelby, a Texan and a race car driver.� In 1959 Carroll won at LeMans for Aston Martin.� From 1962 until 1965 Shelby was slipping Ford's V-8s into British made A.C. Ace bodies.� These cars were known as A.C. Cobras.� This car coined the word "awsome"!� The 1965 version with its 427 V-8 could go from 0-100 and back to zero in ten seconds!� Just a simple little 427 V-8 with dual quad Holly carbs.
���� When Ford found out what Shelby was doing, they asked him to help them design a preformance car.� The result was the Shelby Mustang biult from 1965 untill 1970.� in 1968 -1970 the car was offered as a convertibe, with a roll bar.
���� The Shelby Mustang was everything the A.C. Cobra was not.� The GT 500 had roll-up side windows, power steering, a decent heater/defroster, AM/FM stereo radio� with a tape deck--creature comforts.� The A.C. was avalible only as a roadster, which ment that there were no side widows, plastic curtins were used insted, there were no locking doors, a very small trunk, and the wind in your face.� A great image car, but not too pratical for what most people wanted in a car.
���� Ford wanted a vehicle that had more comfort--heat, dryness, no rain in the face, ect.� Carroll Shelby beefed up the Mustang suspention, put 15-inch high-preformance tires on the car, re-defined the fastback design, added a monster engine, used some pearlescent paint--and gave Ford the GT 500.
Factory price: $4,200
Overall Length:� 186.6"
Wheelbase:� 108"
Width:� 70.9"
Hight:� 51.6"
Weight:� 3,290 lbs.
Engine:� OHV V-8 428 cid/7.0 liter
������������ OHV V-8 289cid/4.7 liter GT 350
Carb:���� 4 barrel
������������ dual quads (optional, only on the GT 500)
Horsepower:� 335@5,400 rpm
������������������� 306@6,000 rpm
Bore x Stroke:� 4.13" x 3.89" 428 V-8
���������������������� 4.00" x 2.87" 289 V-8
Commpression:� 10.5:1
Transmission:� 4-speed manual all-synchronized
�������������������� Cruise-o-matic sport shift/automatic (optional)