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Old Mar 27, 2003 | 01:05 AM
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Cool My 1967 Shelby GT 500!!

I put pics up of my self-restored 1967 Shelby GT 500 up on my homepage, if anyone wants to see it. Info about the car is on the homepage.
They don't make em' like this anymore.
Let me know what you guys think!!
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http://hometown.aol.com/goaway669/my.../personal.html
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Old Mar 27, 2003 | 01:20 AM
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Wow! Any more pics? How long have you had the car? what kind of shape was it in when you got it? WOW! Awesome car man, one of the coolest muscle cars ever made IMHO.
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Old Mar 27, 2003 | 05:55 AM
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Absolutely beautiful! This is the kind of car that I could just stare at for hours on end.

Thank you for sharing with us.
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Old Mar 27, 2003 | 06:49 AM
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That is a pretty ride
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Old Mar 27, 2003 | 09:52 AM
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It was originally my father's, who bought it directly from Carroll Shelby's Factory in California in the latter half of 1967. He built and put the rare 427 Tunnelport High-Rise (according to my father and SAAC [Shelby American Automobile Club], that engine alone is worth over $38,000 because it's a Tunnelport High-Rise) that's in there back in the early 70s. The engine was rebuilt at the same classic car restoration garage in Conneticut that I got the paint job.
When I started working on it several years ago, it had been sitting in my father's garage for over 20 years - hence the very low mileage on the car.
If you want other pics, email me and I'll see what I can do.
Performance-wise, my father and I tested the car at Pocono Raceway. 200+ MPH down the frontstretch, and can run high 9s in the quarter mile, with the proper gearing, of course.
Thanks for all the compliments, guys!
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Old Mar 27, 2003 | 01:27 PM
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Performance-wise, my father and I tested the car at Pocono Raceway. 200+ MPH down the frontstretch, and can run high 9s in the quarter mile, with the proper gearing, of course.
Yep, it's a very nice ride and I must give props to anything put out by Carroll Shelby.

However, you and your dad must have been a little light-headed that day at Pocono. Real 427 Cobra SCs can't pull those kind of numbers and they pack more punch with less weight. Not to mention the '67 Mustang body (even with Shelby body fairings) would be none too stable over 200 mph.

Go back to the track and bring the real timeslips. I'm sure I'll be very impressed, but those numbers above are just not believable.
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Old Mar 27, 2003 | 02:08 PM
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Cool car! I want one like Eleanor from Gone in Sixty Seconds!
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Old Mar 28, 2003 | 03:06 AM
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LMFAO 200 MPH HAHAHAHAHA
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Old Mar 28, 2003 | 09:16 AM
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nice car your lucky to have one looks to be mint
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Old Mar 29, 2003 | 04:24 AM
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Originally posted by XBS
LMFAO 200 MPH HAHAHAHAHA
Not to mention you need about 3 factors to be sub 10 seconds. Lightweight, good traction, and assuming super lightweight around 500hp at least I'd say. With just traction and not that lightweight, I'd say more like 700-800hp.

Anyhow, cool car, kind of crazy performance stats though...
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Old Mar 30, 2003 | 11:07 AM
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Yep, the Shelby 500 was a top contender street machine in it's day. Neat to see one in such great condition still around. It kinda made me reminisce to my last run with a blue one (Cobra 500) early in the morning on I-75 in mid-Florida -- last I saw of the Shelby was a big cloud of blue smoke in my rearview when he blew his engine... We were running well over 140 based on how long my speedo had been pegged... LOL.... Those were the days...

Below is an idea of the match-up for the run -- mine was a bored and stroked triple-deuce with Hurst 4-speed close-ratio... Fun days... sigh...
Attached Thumbnails My 1967 Shelby GT 500!!-65gto.jpg  
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Old Mar 31, 2003 | 04:18 AM
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Sounds like a good match up!
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