Wednesday, January 27, 1965: Shelby GT350 Mustang

Car designer Carroll Shelby introduces his version of the Ford Mustang -- the high-performance GT350 -- at California's Riverside Raceway. Base prices: $4,547 (street) and $5,995 (racing).

     -- Photo from 1965gt350mustang.com

* May 1965 review from Car and Driver: @

* "The Ford Mustang GT350: Carroll Shelby & the American Pony War" (from selvedgeyard.com): @

* "1965 Shelby GT350 Mustang: The Car That Defined Mustang Performance" (from mustangs.about.com): @

* "Mustang: A Short Story of Two Special Shelby Mustangs" (from LeMay -- America's Car Museum): @

* Road test (from justmustangs.com.au): @

* "The difference between the Shelby G.T. 350 and the Mustang ... plenty!" (from Old Car Manuals Project): @

* CarrollShelby.com: @

* ShelbyAmerican.com: @ 

* Earlier post on Ford Mustang (April 17, 1964): @ 

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