Shelby Mustang GT350 Fastback

Shelby Mustang 350GT Fastback, Rallye du Médoc 2015

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Shelby, Los Angeles, USA. Shelby made high-performance versions of the sixties icon, the Ford Mustang from 1965 until the very early seventies.  The car pictured is the fastback version of the Shelby Mustang GT350 and is the version produced from 1967 to 1968.  The engine was a high performance 300hp 4.7 litre V8 Ford.    They had a top speed of just under 130mph and a 0-60mph time of just over 7 seconds.  In the USA in 1967 one would have set you back about $4,000.  The Shelby version had more aggressive styling than the standard Mustangs and from 1967 onwards were known just as Shelby GTs rather than Mustangs.  Ford produced the basic car and then deliveredcit to Shelby for upgrading.

1967 MGC GT Sebring

Darren Brock, MGC GT Sebring, Course de Cote d'Etretat-Bénouville 2016.

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MG, Abingdon, England.  The MGC was a more powerful 2.9 litre 6 cylinder version of the MGB and was produced from 1967 to 1969.  To promote the model the BMC competition department developed an endurance racing version.  They reduced the weight by replacing the steel body panels with those made of aluminium.  The engine had an aluminium head and triple weber carburettors.  About 6 of these cars were made plus additional spares.  The first outing for the competition version of the 6 cylinder car was the 1968 Sebring 12 hours.  Amazingly the car finished 10th overall and first in its class driven by Paddy Hopkirk and Andrew Hedges.  The car also finished 6th overall in the 84 hour Marothon de la Route at the Nurburgring driven by Hedges, Tony Fall and Julien Vernaeve.  The last major race for the car was the 1969 Sebring 12 hours where Hopkirk and Hedges finished in 15th place overall. 

1967 Pontiac GTO

1967 Pontiac GTO, Petersen Auto Museum Breakfast Club Cruise-In, January 2016

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