Posts Tagged: Shelby Gt500
A collector spent years tracking down a genuine Shelby Cobra, a rare AC Ace, and a numbers-matching 1968 Shelby GT500 — three of the most coveted names to come out of Carroll Shelby’s era. He never got to finish restoring any of them. Now his daughter and her husband are working through the list, one barn-worn classic at a time.
A tuned Shelby GT500 chased down Ford’s own speed limiter on an unrestricted stretch of German Autobahn, and the digital speedo kept climbing right past the number Ford insists the car can’t reach. Here’s what a 760-horsepower Predator V8 actually does once nothing is holding it back — and why Ford built that ceiling in the first place.
You’ve found it — a stunning 1967 Shelby GT500, paint gleaming, engine bay detailed to concours standard, everything you dreamed about since you were staring at a Bullitt poster as a kid. But how much of what you’re looking at is genuinely original, and how much of what’s holding that car together was actually done right? A German restoration shop called V8-Werk has built a reputation making cars from this era better than the original — and watching how they work reveals just how much invisible engineering separates a properly sorted GT500 from one that only looks the part. Reproduction parts, real-world recalls, and decades-old brake and fuel systems can all hide behind a fresh coat of paint. Before you sign anything on a 1967 Shelby GT500, here’s what a genuine restoration reveals — and what NHTSA’s own recall and complaint files say buyers should double-check.
A heavily built Shelby GT500 pushing an estimated 1,500 horsepower squares off with a 1,200-horsepower Camaro ZL1 in a straight-line showdown. Both cars started as factory monsters before their owners pushed them into a different league entirely, and the pairing revives a rivalry that dates back to 1967.
Ford squeezed 662 horsepower from a supercharged V8 into the last Mustang built with a solid rear axle, a combination that made the 2013 Shelby GT500 both wildly fast and genuinely difficult to drive. A decade later, owners are still talking about the sound, the manual gearbox, and just how much respect this car demands. Here’s why the 2013-2014 GT500 remains one of the most talked-about modern Shelbys.
A crew called B is for Build stripped a 2019 Mustang GT down to its chassis and wrapped it in reproduction 1967 Fastback panels, racing a two-week deadline to debut it at SEMA as a Shelby GT500 tribute. The real 1967 GT500 was already rare — Ford built only 2,048. This one borrows its look, not its lineage, and viewers can’t stop asking how the crew pulled it off in time.
