Wanted 67GT350 for new Member in N.Y....

Mark, I can relate to your feelings about wishing prices were lower when shopping for a Shelby. But I am willing to bet the 14 times you sold a Shelby it was at a profit not a loss. maybe it is your fault that the prices started going up! all kidding aside, I had a 67 GT350 and sold it 3.5 years ago and regret it to this day. it seems like every year or two a different model becomes the highest sought after car. I believe the 67 cars are riding that wave high and mighty right now!! good luck to you in your search and welcome to the forum.

 

I can releate more than you can imagine. If we were to ever sell our car, I am not sure what I would do. But my daughter will some day be the keeper of the family heirloom and that is that. Her name is Shelby and she was at the convention in this picture:



I guess I don't play the "values" game, we just have our car and don't plan to sell. The values going up just make our car more of a theft target, make our insurance more expensive, and make us enjoy it less often as we are somewhat afraid to take it places.

 

Welcome to reality! Unfortunately, the interest in 1967 Shelbys has literally
"exploded". Thanks to "Gone In 60 Seconds" ( where we made heros out of
car theives?? ) with the psuedo ( fake ) Shelby. That made people aware of1967 Shelbys for the first time in years. Then add in the Barret-Jackson smoke & mirrors extravaganza's and now the prices of REAL '67 Shelbys are in the stratasphere. Make no mistake: the price you pay today for a Real Shelby
will be the cheapest price you will pay for one! If Mark can find a suitable
basket case in the $70,000 range, perhaps it would be prudent to purchase
it; knowing it will take another $50,000+ to restore it. Obviously, this will
take his investment well into six figures. Then again, it will take that amount
or more to buy a 1967 GT350 in todays market.
shlby66

1967 GT350 #1688

 

You know, before the Gone in 60 Seconds movie, the '67's were typically the bargains. You could usually find one for less than all of the other years in a similiar condition. Since the production numbers were larger than '65-66 there were more cars available.

It is funny how things have changed. But then again I am from the old school where the Hertz '66's were the UN-desirable ones that nobody wanted. Go figure.

 

actually the 67 GT350 was only 1350 units or less I believe. less than the 66 GT350 cars. this fact has long been overlooked and has suddenly been realized by some thus pumping up their desiribility.......

 

There were 1175 1967 GT 350's. Think they are the best of all things Shelby. They have the look , the handling, the K code 289, and were still made in California. Another thing that adds to the mystique of the 67's is all of the different production changes that occured that year. I was born in 1967 and had wanted one since I was about 7 years old (once I knew what they were) and finally got one 25 years later. My brother was into 65-66's, but I wanted a 67 GT 350. I could have easilky found a 67 GT 500 at the time, but held out for a GT 350. Even with what has happened with the prices on the GT 500's, I still do not regret my decision to buy the GT 350 over the GT 500.
Jon
#2325

 

1967 GT350's for some strange reason have never been accorded much
interest in the past. From my perspective, they have been underated.
With styling that is argueably the best looking of all the Shelbys; last year
of the K code 289, only 1175 being built vs 2050 GT500's, an almost 2 to 1
ratio, last cars to have been built at Shelby American in Los Angeles makes
a very attractive package. They are great drivers, quite nimble and quick,
well balanced without the liability of an extra 250 lbs of cast iron over the front wheels like the 500. Interestingly, while the 500 cost $200 more in base price over the 350, for some reason, the 500's demand thousands more
when they are sold. Go figure. Anyway, a 1967 Shelby GT350 is fairly high on
my list to have.
shlby66