Creating Shelby’s original GT350R: Addition through subtraction adds up to a legend.
Less than two years after it was introduced in April 1964, Ford had sold over one million Mustangs. Of those, only 36 were Shelby GT350R models built to race. Those three dozen cars rode horribly, rattled in terrifying ways, had obnoxious and load exhaust systems, their fuel economy sucked and each cost about twice what a regular Mustang did. All the things that made the Mustang a useful daily driver was missing. What was left was awesome.
So even before there was a Mustang or a GT350 or the R, Shelby was already racing the engine used in all of them. The GT350 wasn’t quite a racer, but it was ready to race. The R-model wasn’t a radical upgrade from the street machine, it was more like a nudge. In place of the production Mustang roof side vent, an aluminum panel was riveted on. Plexiglass windows were fitted to the sides and tail and both the front and rear bumpers were omitted. A new fiberglass valance replaced the front bumper and directed air for engine and brake cooling. And the fiberglass hood’s scoop was in fact functional.
And that’s about it. Whatever seats were lying around Shelby were bolted in and the cars shipped to racers around the country willing to pony up the $5995 necessary to buy one from a Ford dealer.
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