3082 at a recent autocross.

I think this picture came out great!!!!!

 

FWIW, we have owned 3082 since 1974. We autocrossed it the first weekend we owned it and pretty much have done the same with it since then. It was the first car I painted 27 years ago while I was a broke college student. I would challenge any other Shelby with the number of miles on an autocross course. It also runs regularly at SAAC open track events on the east coast. It is a member of the family and we would no more likely sell it than we would my daughter (who is also named Shelby).

That picture is my (68 year old) mother driving the car.

The rims and tires are 15x8.5" American 200S in the front and 15x10" 200S in the rear. The tires are Hoosier racing slicks 23.0x9.5x15 in the front and 24.0x11x15 in the rear.

The mods are fairly simple. There are no major chassis stiffeners on the car. The springs are 600 lb/in in the front and cut a little too short (I am going to have to get new springs) and the rear springs are the stock ones. It is a late GT350 so it has the 31 spline axles, with a 4.11 rear, and a NASCAR style spool (no differential). It has a somewhat healthy 289 HiPo with an aluminum T-pan, and a Holley 715, Ford Motorsports headers, but otherwise stockish '68 Shelby appearance.

We are looking for sponsors to help with our tire bill. 150-200 cars will run the autocrosses we run, and there will be big crowds of spectators. When we run it gets more attention than the new Corvettes, Vipers, and pretty much anything else at the event.

Otherwise the car is fairly stock. We enjoy our Shelby in many different ways, you should try this one, you will be glad you did.