Shelby Mustang

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, with the Shelby name revived by Ford in 2005 for a fifth generation model. The GT350 made its debut in 1965 on the fastback body, using a modified 289 cubic inch Windsor V8 rated at 306 horsepower, and a run of race-spec GT350R cars took the B-Production class title for three straight years. Ford persuaded Hertz to buy 1,003 fastbacks as rental cars. The GT500 joined the line for 1967 with a 428 cubic inch Interceptor V8. The returning GT500 of 2007 used a supercharged 5.4 litre V8 rated at 500 horsepower, and Shelby also offered the Super Snake conversions.