| Let's face it, some like their
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| | features, including air conditioning,
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| performance cars raw, some like them with
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| | tilt steering wheel, and tinted
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| a healthy dose of seasonings and side
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| | glass.And, perhaps most importantly, a
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| dishes. And sometimes a machine's recipe
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| | backseat was now standard.But despite the
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| evolves from one style to the other.That
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| | added weight of such amenities, Shelby's
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| was certainly the case with one of
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| | machines hadn't lost their bite. Although
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| ex-racer Carroll Shelby's most famous
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| | the base GT-350's V8 was now somewhat
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| cars. For 1965, he began production of
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| | tamer, that model for '67 was joined by
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| hopped-up Mustangs at his shop in
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| | the new GT- 500, powered by a torquey
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| California. For those first couple years,
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| | 428-cid big-block V8 rated at 360 hp.For
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| his 'Stangs, called GT-350s, were
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| | '68, the GT-500 packed an even bigger
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| barely-disguised competition tools.With a
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| | wallop, with the midyear introduction of
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| road-racing suspension setup, high-strung
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| | the GT-500KR "King of the Road," which
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| small-block V8, and lack of a backseat on
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| | had a 428 that was some 40 hp stouter
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| which to haul buddies, those original
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| | yet. Also that year, the Shelby Mustang's
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| GT-350s weren't a popular pick with the
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| | fastback bodystyle was joined by a
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| burger-joint crowd. And that was fine
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| | convertible, to further appeal to the
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| with Ford, at least at first -- Shelby's
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| | boulevard cruising set.Development and
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| cooperation on the Mustang was initially
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| | production of Shelbys continued along
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| sought to give competition credibility to
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| | similar lines into the next generation of
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| Ford's pioneering ponycar, which GT-350s
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| | Mustangs, ending in 1970.Today,
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| did handily by winning sports-car
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| | muscle-car fans are divided on which of
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| races.But starting with the '67 model
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| | the Shelby Mustangs are the greatest --
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| year, Ford began expecting Shelby's
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| | the almost race-ready early versions, or
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| machines to speak to a more mainstream
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| | the punchier, plusher, more
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| performance crowd -- the typical
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| | street-appropriate later ones.
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| muscle-car buyer. Signaling this shift
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| | Regardless, any flavor of Shelby Mustang
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| toward street appeal over race-track
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| | is counted among the great performance
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| prowess were mandatory power steering and
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| | cars, a fact clearly reflected in the
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| power brakes, along with a number of
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| | hefty prices these cars command nowadays.
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| optional comfort and convenience
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