How Many Shelby Mustangs?

65 - 1 street prototype, 521 street production; 2 "R" prototypes, 34 "R" production; 4 drag cars = 562

66 - 2 prototypes, 1 Paxton prototype, 2 Hertz prototypes 1365 street (non-Hertz), 999 Hertz; 4 Drag; 4 "original" convertibles =2378

67 - 1175 GT350, 2048 GT500, 1 Notch & 1 Convertible = 3225

68 - 4451 cars, 1 of which was a prototype 500 notch. Hertz car fastback 350's between 227 and 250 out of 1027 350 FB total. 404 350 converts, 1046 500 FB, 402 500 converts, 1053 KR FB, 518 KR converts.

69 & 70 - 3153 total, 1087 350 FB, 194 350 converts, 1534 500 FB & 335 500 Converts; 3 Test & prototypes.

How many left? How many real ones are left?
the 97 Registry has a list of cars accounted for, by percent.

65- 93%
66- 81%
67- 55%
68- 48%
69&70- 80%

Mike

 

Did I not hear sometime back that only 561 1965 cars were actually built? Something to do with the "R" cars not being as many or something to do with confirmation of cars invoiced from Ford to Shelby. Can't put my finger on it!! Was talked about somewhere though.

 

I think that's a good start around 14,000 total. No one can say for sure how many survive today. I think the Registry is a good start, but some years (68 comes to mind) are obviously under reported. I think the average of around 75% is a good guess. So, maybe something like 10-11,000 cars out there. The problem is people aren't willing to report cars that are gone, because of the financial aspect.



What's interesting is compare that to what they pump in one model year nowdays...