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Ballpark figures for '65-'66 GT350 clones?

Discussion in '1965-1970 Shelby Mustang GT350 & GT500' started by bitzman, Sep 2, 2007.

  1. Sep 2, 2007 #1
    bitzman

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    I was passing a used "collector car" lot in the San Fernando Valley and saw a dark blue '65 or '66 Mustang 2 plus 2 fastback that looked like a clone of a GT350 with the stripes. Did not stop to see if it had a K engine or manual shift or the tach blister on the instrument panel. Still it beats searching for a stock 2 plus 2 fastback and getting it painted. My question is: What are the ballparkfigures now for buying:

    --stock V8 '65 or '66 Mustang 2 plus 2 fastback
    -stock Hi-Po 289 '65 or '66 Mustang 2 plus 2 fastback with auto
    -stock Hi-Po 289 '65 or '66 Mustang 2 plus 2 fastback with 4-speed man.
    -same as above but with the full-on clone Shelby GT350 treatment, everything there but the correct factory Shelby American i.d. plate

    I am afraid your answers for the last two are going to be prices that real Shelbys sold for only a couple years ago. Yet didn't Ford make over 20,000 2 plus 2 fastbacks so they shouldn't be that rare....on the other hand I remember reading that only under 20,000 289 Hi-Po engines were built so that might be the key to value, if the seller can prove it came with a 289 Hi-Po (K code) engine when it was built. I bet the used car dealer has no such documentation.
     
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    The most expensive part of the cars you are asking about is a True K code body and drivetrain. That makes these cars very rare and very hard to find. A nice K code fastback would be about $40K. Adding the Shelby clone treatment would not add much, if anything to the value of a real K code. It may even drop the value a bit as K code buyers/sellers tend to be purists these days with the prices going up, up, up.

    Without the K code, a fastback could be worth around $20K or so, with real nice rust free southern cars approaching $25-30K. A Shelby clone might add $2-5K to this price depending on how accurate it is and if it has real shelby parts. Again, these prices are for very nice and correctly restored cars. Most I've seen for sale do not fall into this category and can be had all day for about $20K.

    Yes, these are real GT350 prices about 15 years ago.:blink:
     
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    I think cloning a kcode would be a mistake now days. It is obviuos its not a Shelby, but masquerading as a Shelby, therefore is it also masquerading as a kcode? It will hurt a rare car's credibility. A, C and T codes are abundant..
     
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    An amusing post. They ain't just paint. I've seem way too many with just the stripes. Funny, they want a clone but can't even take off that "289" emblem off the front fender. Or the non white but gee, it looks correct 65, oh, but it has the 66 rear quarter window.
    It all depends on the correctness.
     
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    What does that car say on the side where GT350 should be? I can't make it out.
     
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    I can live with white interior stuff.. there is something about the wheel openings that looks funny to me.. Either the wheels are to big.. or they have been radiused.. I don't know it just looks different in a bad way to me.
    jimbo
     
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    "Shelby-Certified" Huh?
     
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