1967 Shelby GT500 Find

[Bill Pritchard]

Originally Posted by Mr70

Agree,everyone seemed to be on the up & up.
And not a staged find either.

Very refreshing to see in this day and age

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by mockingbird812

My limited knowledge of these cool cars is that they are worlds apart in desirability and market value between the two model years. I believe it has to do with the level of involvement by Shelby on the ‘67 models vs. the ‘68s.

The GT500 for 67 had the 428 PI with dual quads while the 68 had a single quad. The biggest different in engines was for the GT350. For 67 it still had the 306 HP 289. For 68 it was a 250 HP big car 302 (with an aluminum intake.)

Shelby proved to Ford he was OK making limited production cars but he sucked at making high production cars. All kinds of issues with the 1967 so Ford bought him out and only kept his name.

[MJV1953]

Midway in 1968 Ford launched the Cobra Jet 428 in 1968 Shelbys and changed the side stripe from GT500 to KR500 which stood for King of the Road.