Needless to say, the appearance of the fifth generation Ford Mustang immediately attracted the attention of many modification companies including Shelby America. However, Shelby USA is not only a performance car refit factory, it is designed by the great designer carroll shelby? Hall? Shelby) was founded in 1962.
Let's start with the story of this Mr. Shelby. Shelby was born in June 1923 in Texas, USA. His postman father often takes him to watch car races. In high school, Shelby became interested in cars and planes. I learned to drive with Willis in high school.
Then the war broke out. Shelby joined the United States Air Force and became a pilot. During this period, he worked as a trainer. After leaving the army, he worked as an oil unloader, an oil field worker and a chicken farm worker. After that, Shelby gradually became a professional racing driver through continuous training, and won various awards for F 1, Le Mans, France and other teams.
1960 shelby realized that this was an "opportunity" after hearing the news that BristolCar company in Britain would no longer provide engines for AC Motor company. Shelby wrote to British AC company: "Give me a car body, and I'll fit it with Ford's engine", and wrote to American Ford: "Give me an engine, and I can press on the AC car body", so he assembled the world's first cobra.
Cobra is carrying a Ford 4.3L? V8 engine, in 1962 May new york Auto Show. 1965, Cobra won the FIA? GT champion.
1965 design and development of racing legend-Ford? GT40. And won the top three in Le Mans with 1966.
1965, Shelby GT350 operated by Shelby also came to the public. Shelby GT? The biggest difference between 350 and other wild horses is the appearance of sliding back and the elimination of two seats in the back row, making it a two-seater sports car. With a machine called cobra? hi-riser”4.7L？ V8 engine. And build a more "violent" GT? 500。
Shelby has not only made some performance parts in the past decades, but also made some of the best cars ever. Some classic cars include AC Shelby Cobra and Mustang Shelby GT? 350 and GT? 500。 In recent years, he has turned his attention to the latest wild horses, including the fifth generation of wild horses.
Today we are going to introduce Shelby, which is modified from the fifth generation Ford Mustang. GT500 .20 12, limited edition shelby gt? 500? Super? Snake made its debut at the new york Auto Show that year. Compared with the ordinary Shelby model, it has numerous upgrades. Unique rear glass cover with many Shelby logos, Borla exhaust system, 20-inch wheels and more interior upgrades.
The dynamic parameters are still good now. This car uses a 5.4-liter V8 supercharged engine with a maximum output of 800 HP. This power is manually transmitted to the rear wheels of the vehicle through the sixth gear.
This car is in memory of Shelby GT? 50th anniversary of production, 500 edition. There is no other choice for the limited edition body appearance. These cars are all painted black and gold. At that time, a limited number of 50 cars were produced worldwide.
However, if the sample owner in the photo is produced for declaration, it will be on the stage of Mecum auction next month.
According to the current owner of this car, this Shelby GT? 500? Super? Snake prototype has completely legal driving procedures. Only 3800 miles have been traveled so far. This car even has carroll shelby's autograph. At present, the starting price of this car is $654.38+078 million. How much do you think this car will sell for next month?
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