Shelby Mustang GT350

The Shelby Mustang GT350 was the original high performance version of the Ford Mustang fastback, developed by Carroll Shelby and his team at Shelby American and introduced in 1965. Shelby took Ford's K-code Mustang fastback and added suspension upgrades, improved safety equipment and a hotter 289 cubic inch V8, adding roughly 35 horsepower over the standard Hi-Po engine, and Shelby American built 562 of them in the first year. The 1965 car was a stripped two-seat machine aimed at SCCA B Production racing, with 34 race-specification GT350R cars among the run, while the 1966 car gained a rear seat, more colours and an optional automatic. Through 1967 Shelby American built the cars, and from 1968 to 1970 Ford took over the program, so the later GT350s became largely styling packages on a stock Mustang.