1966 Shelby GT350 - $150,000 - Stratford, CT - 1966 Shelby GT 350
The car offered is a SHELBY GT 350 which has been professionally cloned into an “R” model. This car was built without regard to cost and was purpose designed to compete in the 1997 London to Sydney Rally, but never actually competed.
The car was built with strength in mind and all of the body spots welds were changed to full seam welds, greatly increasing the overall rigidity.
The roll cage was extended to stiffen the entire body structure. The full race instrument panel was deigned to be easily removable There is not room here to detail everything done to create this highly competitive rally car, some of the main vehicle specifications are listed below.
Period correct American Racing alloy wheels
Full set of gauges including Brantz Rally instrumentation
Cobra Imola S seats
Richmond T-10, 4 speed transmission
Willwood brakes on all four wheels
Koni adjustable shocks
Aluminum radiator and oil cooler
Removable dash for instrument access
Safety hubs, fuel cell and aircraft quality insulation
289 cu.in. Ford Motorsports block (E2ZM84-4K20)
Holley 650 cfm. 4-barrel carb.
4 bolt mains and Carrillo rods
Steel crank and roller cam
Forged rods and pistons, aluminum cylinder heads
Internally balanced, 450 HP at the crankshaft
Modified 9” with Detroit locker.
This car was built to be bullet proof in the world’s harshest rallies.
Over $250K invested to get to this level.The car is maintained in race ready condition by the team that built the vehicle.This is a unique opportunity to acquire a highly optioned competition car at a fraction of the cost to build one from scratch.