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The Shelby Mustang is a high-performance variant of the Ford Mustang built by Shelby American from 1965 to 1967 and by the Ford Motor Company from 1968 to 1970.. In 2005, Ford revived the Shelby nameplate for a high-performance model of the fifth-generation Ford Mustang.
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Lee Grey attended the Ford Preview event for the new 1968 Fords at the Los Angeles Coliseum in August 1967, where he saw a Shelby GT-500 prototype coupe nicknamed "Little Red". This was a supercharged 428 , C-6 automatic coupe that was dressed up in bright red paint, and a vinyl roof , as a formal, yet high-performance vehicle.
Both 1971 Mustang Sportsroofs used in the film (neither car has been proven to be a Mach 1, as often assumed) were bought in 1971, but—as it was three years before the film's director H. B. Halicki could raise sufficient funds to start filming—each car was modified with grilles taken from a 1973 model for the film (though each retain the original front bumpers, lower valances, and fenders).
Shelby American was the first automobile manufacturer in the state of Nevada. Shelby American manufactures component automobiles, including replicas of the small-block and large-block AC Cobras, the Shelby GT350 and the GT500 Super Snake. Since 2005, Shelby American has released new models each year.
Shelby GT500 Shelby GT500. The 2010 Shelby GT500 was revealed by Ford through a press release on January 1, 2009, prior to a public unveiling at the 2009 North American International Auto Show. Many of the basic design characteristics of the new GT500 are shared with that of the Mustang and Mustang GT.
GT500 may refer to: GT500 , the top class of Super GT, the top-level sports car racing series in Japan GT500 model of the Shelby Mustang , a variant of the Ford Mustang
In 1967, Shelby marketed "Carroll Shelby's Pit-Stop ... a Real Man's Deodorant" that was promoted in car magazines. [44] Shelby was the initial partner of Dan Gurney in Gurney's All American Racers. [45] Donzi Marine developed the Donzi Shelby 22 GT, a 22-foot (7 m) speedboat based on their Classic line of boats in collaboration with Shelby. [46]