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1967 Shelby GT 350 and GT 500 Cars

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  3,225 Cars became '67 Shelby GTs.

3,224 were requisitioned via Domestic Special Orders (DSOs).

One car, 67211F7A00176 (#0176), was not ordered by DSO. This car was a Ford promotional unit in Los Angeles that was sent to Shelby to be transformed into the Lime Gold advertising car. Originally a heavility optioned 289-2V (C-code) painted Clearwater Aqua with a Deluxe aqual vinyl interior.

All '65-'67 Shelby GTs were initially built at Ford's San Jose (Milipitas) assembly plant.

Shelby units were a modified build of the Ford Mustang and were delivered to Shelby American with specific features added and deleted.

1967 Shelby GT Cars at Shelby American LAX Airport with Jack Khoury

Jack Khoury, Road Cars Production Manager, at Shelby American's facility at the Los Angeles Airport, with rows of cars waiting to be upgraded with '67 Shelby GT 350 and GT 500 livery.

 

Reviewing The Data

Shelby American Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)

The Shelby VIN column represents the stamped (or, engraved, in the case of some very early cars) serial number (VIN) plate. From what we've discovered, there are four known variations to the Shelby VIN nomenclature. In addition, some Shelby VINs were misstamped, and misstamped characters are not reflected in this table.

Components

Value Description
Base Neither air-conditioning nor California Emissions
AC Air-conditioning ("Select-Aire")
EECS Exhaust Emissions Control System / California compliant emissions ("Thermactor")
Paxton Supercharger (added by Shelby American @ LAX)
Paxton(E) Believed to be a supercharged engineering car (undocumented)
427-4V 427-4V Lightweight engine swapped by Shelby American @ LAX

Radio

Not all '67 Shelby G.T. cars were factory-equipped with an AM pushbutton radio.

Value Description
(none) The car did not receive a radio and left LAX with a block-off plate
AM The car received an AM radio at Ford's San Jose plant, or one was added by Shelby at LAX prior to shipping to the dealer
AM8 8-Track added by Shelby at LAX.
FM AM/FM (mono) radio added by Shelby at LAX
? We don't know if the car left LAX with a radio or not (becasue we haven't audited the car's factory paperwork)

Note: The only authoritative way to know whether a car had a radio or not, would be to obtain the car's Shelby factory paperwork (Production Order and/or Dealer Invoice) from Dave Mathews.

 

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