1968 GT500 Notch Back, 1 of 1 experimental cars (this article says 1 of 2 but most info about the car lists it as 1 of 1)
It was a Shelby experimental car that included fuel injection, an independant rear suspension, and rear disc brakes. Most experimental cars from that era ended up in the crusher, but a Ford Exec saved this one. It goes up for auction this January at Barret Jackson's Scottsdale auction. Not the prettiest Shelby ever made, but I still like it.
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1968 Coupe - Original Sprint B, J-Code Car
"For Amature Restorers the line between 'fixing it' and 'breaking it' can be very blurry " - My Brain
It was a feature car in Mustang Monthly a few years back.
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To view pictures of my 1968 unrestored original (survivor) coupe, 11,845 miles (from Menlo Park CA): go to --http://www.allfordmustangs.com/photopost/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/105333[/url] -- click on a picture to enlarge it, then click on the enlarged picture to super-size it.
very interesting car. I wonder what the fuel injection system looks like. I wonder why it never made production? probably too expensive to build and keep cheap.
__________________ 1967 Ford Mustang 289/c4
Mods:
Hooker Headers, 2.5" Magnaflow X pipe, Spintech 6000 Pro streets 2.5" Exhaust, Monte Carlo Bar, 600 CFM edelbrock Carb w/ Electronic Choke, Edelbrock RPM Air-gap Intake, early model 302 heads, MSD Super Conductor Custom Wires, MSD Pro-Billet Ready to Run Distributor.
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. It was on display to gauge market response as a possible Shelby lineup Mustang. Lee saw this as an opportunity to use the elements of this prototype to market his "California-Only Mustang". He met with Lee Iaccoca in L.A., and the decision was made to bring the car to Dearborn to develop into a limited edition Mustang. First, it was known as the "GT/SC", as a nationally available Sport Coupe, then, after some discussion, developed as the GT/CS.
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1968 Coupe - Original Sprint B, J-Code Car
"For Amature Restorers the line between 'fixing it' and 'breaking it' can be very blurry " - My Brain
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64 9/10 Convertible- 370,000 miles & counting (2nd owner)
65 GT Convertible
65 K GT Fastback- 59,000 original miles
69 GT Convertible- 72,000 miles
08 Coupe
200 F-250 Lariat, 2010 F-250 King Ranch
The Conelec fuel injection was not used as it proved not too reliable, and a big cost, $250-ish back-in-the-day... not much sense on a car selling pretty well... similar story for the IRS....
My tribute/replica/fake/bastardizarion (depending on your view) is well on its way, and while that ain't cheap to do right, nowhere near the coin the original is going to go for...
I can live with "close"...! For a fraction of the price!
(but if I hit the Lotto soon that may change!)
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"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."
Kurt Vonnegut
8R03S : 76A I 2A 15M 72 5 U
8R01S : 65A B 2A 28M 72 7 5 - Factory GT
8R01C : 65A M 2A 01E 72 2 W - CS/GT
8F01X : 65A I 2G 20E 24 1 U - EXP500 to-be
Check over at www.SAACforum.com for updates on this car. Seems it's owned by the "J" in Barrett-Jackson. The Conolec FI is not on the car, and, to make the IRS work, the restorer used the early 90's T-bird rear suspension.
Seems the car got sold out through Fords executive car lot back in the day and was used for a while on the road.
Oh, and lt's see that gavel fall in about 60 seconds.....right!!
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Roddster
67 GT 350 (#0036)("Miss July" 2004) owned since 1971. And I still drive it...SAAC 29 Concours GOLD, Div II, MCA Concours Trailered Gold 2X,
Also: 67 GTA S code COUPE (under construction)
General Shelby and Mustang enthusiast, MCA certified Concours judge
Thanks for the info, been "researching" the car for years... and am on the site... there is a lot of healthy "debate" about many aspects of the car... and the "correctness" of the current build.
One of my pet questions is... if its the "original" and an early prototype GT/CS sent to shelby 9as verifeid by VI, which is doumented) why did "someone" replace early '68 rear 1/4's with late, and even if a PO did it ... why not fix it on a true "one-of" when it was restored... but that's a can-of-worms that has been going on for a long time....
I just think it looks fantastic. And want someting very "similar" and fairly period correct, to the extent of finding OEM Ivy Gold comfort weave inserts and getting TMI to make me an interior.
But will not go to the level of fabricating a similar IRS (or using a Jag or the $7k one developed in the US as a bolt-in, even though it looks really nice... $10k+ by the time it gets here) as it adds little benefit, to me...
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"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."
Kurt Vonnegut
8R03S : 76A I 2A 15M 72 5 U
8R01S : 65A B 2A 28M 72 7 5 - Factory GT
8R01C : 65A M 2A 01E 72 2 W - CS/GT
8F01X : 65A I 2G 20E 24 1 U - EXP500 to-be
I find it interesting that, according to the article, this is Jackson's only Ford in his private collection...everything else is GM & Mopar. Granted, to each their own. But if I had that level of disposable income, I'd have a little bit of everything.
I mean, only having GM & Mopar in your collection is akin to a diet of liver & onions. No Fords? No steak!
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Green Hornet up for auction this January
Green Hornet
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