| 1965-70 SHELBY MUSTANG ULTIMATE PORTFOLIO THIS IS MUST HAVE BOOK FOR ANY SHELBY FAN. THIS IS A NEW BOOK WITH 216 PAGES & OVER 250 PICTURES INCLUDING 20 IN COLOR. YOU CAN'T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN. WHEN CARROLL SHELBY WAS INSTRUCTED BY HIS DOCTORS TO GIVE UP MOTOR RACING IN 1960, HE WAS DAMNED IF HE WAS GOING TO KEEP AWAY FROM THE SPORT. IF HE COULDN'T DRIVE COMPETITIVELY HE COULD AT LEAST BUILD CARS FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO DRIVE. SO IT WAS THAT HE ESTABLISHED SHELBY AMERICAN INC IN LOS ANGELES FOR EXACTLY THAT PURPOSE. IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE CARROLL SHELBY WAS MAKING HIS NAME ALL OVER AGAIN. IN 1962, SHELBY AMERICAN TOOK A BRITISH AC ACE ROADSTER, CRAMMED A FORD V8 UNDER ITS SHAPELY BONNET, AND PRODUCED THE FIRST OF THE AC COBRAS--A LINE OF MAGNIFICANT CARS. WHICH WOULD DOMINATE SCCA A-PRODUCTION RACING FOR MOST OF THE 1960S. NATURALLY, SHELBY ESTABLISHED CLOSE LINKS WITH FORD MANAGEMENT AT DEARBORN DURING THIS EXCERCISE, AND IT WAS ONLY NATURAL FOR FORD TO TURN TO SHELBY WHEN IT WANTED TO DEVELOP A HOT VERSION OF ITS NEW MUSTANG. SHELBY CERTAINLY CAME UP WITH THE GOODS. FOR 1965, HE DEVELOPED THE LEGENDARY GT350 AND ITS LIGHTWEIGHT RACING DERIVATIVE, THE GT350R. FOR 1966, THE CARS WERE LITTLE CHANGED, WITH JUST THE ADDITION OF AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OPTION AND A REAR SEAT FOR THOSE WHO WANTED IT. FOR 1967, THE GT350 WAS SUPPLEMENTED BY THE GT500 WITH ITS 428CI V8; FOR 1968 FORD WAS BOWING TO CUSTOMER DEMAND AND MAKING SHELBY'S ROADBURNERS MORE COMFORTABLE AND HEAVIER. ALSO NEW SAFETY AND EXHAUST EMISSIONS REQUIRMENTS FOR 1968 REDUCED THE POWER & PERFORMANCE THIS BOOK HELPS BRING BACK THE HISTORY & THE MEMORIES FROM THAT ERA & IS MUST HAVE BOOK FOR ALL SHELBY FANS. THIS BOOK CONTAINS FORMER MAGAZINE ARTICLES FROM THE RESPECTIVE MODEL YEAR FROM 1965 THRU 1970 COVERING ROAD & COMPARISON TESTS, PERFORMANCE AND TECH DATA, NEW MODEL INTRODUCTIONS, HANDLING TESTS, & DRIVING IMPRESSIONS. THERE ARE ROAD TESTS/ARTICLES THAT COVER MOST MODEL YEARS WHICH PROBABLY INCLUDE YOUR FAVORITE. INCLUDED ARE ROAD TESTS ON THE 1965 GT350, 1965 GT350 10000 MILE ROAD TEST, GT350H (HERTZ), 1966 GT350/GT350H, SHELBY GT350R, 1967 GT500, 1968 GT350, 1969 GT350/500, 1968 GT500-KR & THE 1969 GT500 SPORTSROOF & CONVERTIBLE. THERE IS ALSO A COMPARISON TEST ON THE 1968 CORVETTE VS THE 1968 SHELBY GT350/GT500 THIS SHELBY PORTFOLIO INCLUDES A COLLECTION OF 52 INTERNATIONAL ARTICLES OF THIS PERIOD THAT COVER ALL THE GT350 & GT500 VERSIONS. BOOK MEASURES 8" X 10 1/2" WITH MORE THAN 250 PHOTOS & ILLUSTRATIONS . <></>
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