What is a Shelby Mustang?
A: The Shelby Mustang is a high-performance variant of the
Ford Mustang.
Who was it built by?
A: Shelby American from 1965 to 1967 and by the Ford Motor Company from 1968
to 1970.
In 2005, Ford revived the Shelby nameplate for what?
A: A high-performance model of the fifth-generation Ford Mustang.
The 1965–1966 cars were the smallest and lightest of
what?
A: The GT 350 models.
These cars are often called "Cobras", which was the
what?
A: The Ford-powered AC-based two-seat sports car also produced by Shelby
American during the same period.
All 1965–66 cars had what engine?
A: Windsor 289 cu in (4.7 L) HiPo K-Code 271 hp (202 kW; 275 PS) V8 engine.
It was modified with a large 4-barrel Holley 715 CFM
carburetor to produce how much horsepower?
A: 306 bhp (310 PS; 228 kW) at 6,000 rpm and 329 lb.ft
(446 Nm) of torque
at 4,200 rpm.
Marketing literature referred to this engine as what?
A: The "Cobra hi-riser" due to its high-riser intake manifold.
The cars began as a what?
A: As a stock Mustang with a 4-speed manual transmission and 9" live rear
axle.
The cars were shipped to Shelby American, where they
received what?
A: The high-riser manifolds, Tri-Y headers, and were given larger Ford
Galaxie rear drum brakes with metallic-linings and Kelsey-Hayes front disc
brakes.
The 1965 GT350 was not built for what?
A: Comfort or ease of driving.
There were 34 "GT350R" race-spec cars built
specifically for competition use under SCCA rules, and the model was the
B-Production champion for what?
A: Three straight years.
The 1966 GT350 was more comfortable for casual drivers,
including what?
A: Rear seats, optional
colors, and an optional automatic transmission.
This trend for more options and luxuries continued in
the following years, with the cars becoming progressively what?
A: Larger, heavier, and more comfortable, while losing much of their
competitiveness in the process.
The 1969 GT350s and GT500s were largely styling
modifications to a what?
A: A stock Mustang.
By 1969 Carroll Shelby was no longer involved in the
Shelby GT program, and the design was done how?
A: In-house by Ford.
All 1965 GT350s were painted how?
A: In Wimbledon White with Guardsman Blue rocker stripes.
Very few GT350s were delivered to the dealer with what?
A: The optional "Le Mans" (or "LeMans") top stripes, which run the length of
the entire car.
Dealers often added what?
A: The stripes, probably at the customer's request.
Many ERT 1965 cars had the battery relocated to the
trunk, which was changed mid-year from complaints of what?
A: Fumes.
There was only one transmission available, a what?
A: A 4-speed Borg-Warner T10 manual.
The exhaust system in the 1965 GT350 was a side-exit
dual exhaust with what?
A: Glasspack mufflers.