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Re: New SHELBY Mustang GT 500 , details announced at NY Auto Show

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  1. Mar 23, 2005 #1
    Tom Kubler

    Tom Kubler Guest

    Two things:

    1) Group buy gets special decal GT500 CSe (call it Carrol Shelby Edition, Collector's Special Edition, Cash Shock for the Enthusiast, etc...)

    2) What is the difference between '66s Ivy Green vs. 67's Highland Green? level of metallic? on darker than the other? ???

    Tom Kubler

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Dan Drury <dan_drury@midamcorp.com>
    Sent: Mar 23, 2005 8:07 AM
    To: CARMEMORIES <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>, cmclean@rbhnrc.usda.gov
    Subject: Re: New SHELBY Mustang GT 500 , details announced at NY Auto Show

    Make mine Highland Green with white stripes, black interior....

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Cevon Mclean" <cmclean@rbhnrc.usda.gov>
    To: <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>
    Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 8:55 AM
    Subject: Re: New SHELBY Mustang GT 500 , details announced at NY Auto Show


    > O MY GOD!,
    > Great work bill!.
    >
    > Wheres the pictures!....40K plus a 10K Dealer Markup!...
    > Lets get together and talk to shelby about buying a "Lot" of say 20
    > cars for the orginal Shelby owners and make it into a "PR" thing for
    > FORD!?....We might get them at sticker!...and the first 20 or so
    > cars!.
    > Who would like one?...
    > ME!....
    >
    > Cevon..
    > .**Make myne red with white stripes!...thanks!..**
    >
    > From: "Bill Wells" <wwells249101MI@comcast.net>
    > To: <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>
    > Subject: New SHELBY Mustang GT 500 , details announced at NY Auto
    Show
    > Date sent: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:32:17 -0500
    >
    > from the Detroit News :
    >
    >
    > Clarence Tabb Jr. / The Detroit News;Ford
    >
    > After testing the new supercharged Ford Shelby Cobra GT500, racing legend
    > Carroll Shelby was impressed. "This is a street car that you can go to the
    > race track with," he said.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > DEARBORN -- The smile on Carroll Shelby's face was 35 years in the making.
    >
    > The 82-year-old racing legend had just climbed out from behind the wheel
    of
    > a prototype 2006 Ford Shelby Cobra GT500 -- the first Mustang to bear his
    > name since 1970.
    >
    > With the tires of the GT500 still warm after his five-hour test drive,
    > Shelby gave his approval. The Shelby Mustangs of the past were visceral
    road
    > rockets. But the GT500 combined power with balance and refinement, he
    said.
    >
    > "That's what we wanted back then, but it was impossible with the
    technology
    > that we had," Shelby said after the spin at Ford's Dearborn proving
    grounds.
    > "What we really built in the first place was a race car that you could
    drive
    > on the street. This is a street car that you can go to the race track
    with."
    >
    > If the GT500 show car debuting today at the New York auto show is anywhere
    > near as good as its namesake predicts, it's likely to become an immediate
    > sensation when it goes into production next year.
    >
    > The Ford Shelby Cobra GT500 not only marries two of motoring's most
    revered
    > names -- Mustang and Shelby -- but also boasts a pavement-shredding,
    > supercharged 5.4-liter engine that cranks out more than 450 horsepower.
    >
    > It will be the most powerful factory-built Mustang ever and just the kind
    of
    > attention-grabbing sports car Ford was counting four years ago when it
    > patched up its tattered relationship with Shelby, the icon whose name is
    > synonymous with high-performance cars.
    >
    > A dirt-poor, former chicken farmer from Leesburg, Texas, Shelby enjoyed a
    > superstar career as a race driver in the 1950s. In 1962, he developed the
    > first Cobra with a $25,000 investment stake from Ford.
    >
    > Not long after that, he was challenged by Henry Ford II to help Ford Motor
    > beat Ferrari and win Le Mans, the most prestigious race in Europe. The
    Ford
    > chairman summoned Shelby and two associates to his office and handed each
    a
    > name tag that read: "Ford Wins Le Mans."
    >
    > Shelby didn't let him down. On June 20, 1966, a trio of Ford GT-40 Mark
    IIs
    > crossed the finish line first, second and third at Le Mans.
    >
    > The relationship between Ford and Shelby soured in the ensuing years.
    Shelby
    > joined Lee Iacocca at Chrysler Corp. and filed a $30 million suit against
    > Ford for using the GT350 name. It was settled out of court.
    >
    > In 2001, Edsel B. Ford II, Henry Ford II's son, approached Shelby about
    > returning to Ford to help produce performance vehicles. Since then, Shelby
    > has consulted on the $140,000 Ford GT super sports car and Ford Shelby
    Cobra
    > concept car.
    >
    > Ford says the new Shelby Mustang car will bridge the gap between the Ford
    GT
    > super sports car and the rest of its lineup.
    >
    > "We're taking a multitiered approach," said Hau Thai-Tang, Ford's director
    > of advanced product creation. "We've got the GT that's the
    top-of-the-line,
    > race-inspired performance. Then you'll have high-performance cars like the
    > Shelby GT500 that will be more affordable."
    >
    > Ford is expected to sell the GT500 for just under $40,000 -- about $15,000
    > more than the starting price of a base-level, V-8-powered Mustang. Ford
    > plans to build about 7,000 GT500s a year at its plant in Flat Rock.
    >
    > Following next year's arrival of the Shelby Cobra GT500, SVT will launch
    the
    > Sport Trac Adrenalin -- a sport utility truck based on the next-generation
    > Explorer. The company has also committed to building a Lightning, based on
    > the F-150, while Ford designers and engineers are contemplating an SVT
    > version of the Fusion, Ford's new midsize sedan that will debut this fall.
    >
    > But it's the GT500 that will grace magazine covers and send fan Web sites
    > buzzing.
    >
    > Well aware of the expectations, Shelby wanted to put the prototype through
    > its paces personally. At Ford's Dearborn test track on a recent Monday, he
    > effortlessly guided the car through the banked turns and straight-aways,
    > filling the air with the aroma of burnt rubber.
    >
    > "Very seldom do you ever, right out of the box, get in a vehicle that
    feels
    > as solid as this does and as controllable without a lot of adjustments,"
    > Shelby said. "There's very few things that need to be done to this car."
    >
    > The GT500, he said, will be a worthy successor to scorching GT350
    fastbacks
    > and 427 Cobras of the past.
    >
    > "That was what Shelby vehicles were in the beginning and that's what they
    > were meant to be," Shelby said
    >
    >
    > You can reach Eric Mayne at (313) 222-2443 or emayne@detnews.com.
    >
    >
    >
     
    Tom Kubler, Mar 23, 2005
    Tom Kubler, Mar 23, 2005
    #1
  2. Mar 23, 2005 #2
    Dan Drury

    Dan Drury Guest

    I've heard

    66's as Ivy Green,
    67's as Moss Green
    and
    68's as Highland Green.....



    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Tom Kubler" <kubler_td@gowebway.com>
    To: "CARMEMORIES" <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>
    Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:40 AM
    Subject: Re: New SHELBY Mustang GT 500 , details announced at NY Auto Show


    > Two things:
    >
    > 1) Group buy gets special decal GT500 CSe (call it Carrol Shelby Edition,
    Collector's Special Edition, Cash Shock for the Enthusiast, etc...)
    >
    > 2) What is the difference between '66s Ivy Green vs. 67's Highland Green?
    level of metallic? on darker than the other? ???
    >
    > Tom Kubler
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Dan Drury <dan_drury@midamcorp.com>
    > Sent: Mar 23, 2005 8:07 AM
    > To: CARMEMORIES <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>, cmclean@rbhnrc.usda.gov
    > Subject: Re: New SHELBY Mustang GT 500 , details announced at NY Auto
    Show
    >
    > Make mine Highland Green with white stripes, black interior....
    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Cevon Mclean" <cmclean@rbhnrc.usda.gov>
    > To: <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>
    > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 8:55 AM
    > Subject: Re: New SHELBY Mustang GT 500 , details announced at NY Auto Show
    >
    >
    > > O MY GOD!,
    > > Great work bill!.
    > >
    > > Wheres the pictures!....40K plus a 10K Dealer Markup!...
    > > Lets get together and talk to shelby about buying a "Lot" of say 20
    > > cars for the orginal Shelby owners and make it into a "PR" thing for
    > > FORD!?....We might get them at sticker!...and the first 20 or so
    > > cars!.
    > > Who would like one?...
    > > ME!....
    > >
    > > Cevon..
    > > .**Make myne red with white stripes!...thanks!..**
    > >
    > > From: "Bill Wells" <wwells249101MI@comcast.net>
    > > To: <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>
    > > Subject: New SHELBY Mustang GT 500 , details announced at NY
    Auto
    > Show
    > > Date sent: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:32:17 -0500
    > >
    > > from the Detroit News :
    > >
    > >
    > > Clarence Tabb Jr. / The Detroit News;Ford
    > >
    > > After testing the new supercharged Ford Shelby Cobra GT500, racing
    legend
    > > Carroll Shelby was impressed. "This is a street car that you can go to
    the
    > > race track with," he said.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > DEARBORN -- The smile on Carroll Shelby's face was 35 years in the
    making.
    > >
    > > The 82-year-old racing legend had just climbed out from behind the wheel
    > of
    > > a prototype 2006 Ford Shelby Cobra GT500 -- the first Mustang to bear
    his
    > > name since 1970.
    > >
    > > With the tires of the GT500 still warm after his five-hour test drive,
    > > Shelby gave his approval. The Shelby Mustangs of the past were visceral
    > road
    > > rockets. But the GT500 combined power with balance and refinement, he
    > said.
    > >
    > > "That's what we wanted back then, but it was impossible with the
    > technology
    > > that we had," Shelby said after the spin at Ford's Dearborn proving
    > grounds.
    > > "What we really built in the first place was a race car that you could
    > drive
    > > on the street. This is a street car that you can go to the race track
    > with."
    > >
    > > If the GT500 show car debuting today at the New York auto show is
    anywhere
    > > near as good as its namesake predicts, it's likely to become an
    immediate
    > > sensation when it goes into production next year.
    > >
    > > The Ford Shelby Cobra GT500 not only marries two of motoring's most
    > revered
    > > names -- Mustang and Shelby -- but also boasts a pavement-shredding,
    > > supercharged 5.4-liter engine that cranks out more than 450 horsepower.
    > >
    > > It will be the most powerful factory-built Mustang ever and just the
    kind
    > of
    > > attention-grabbing sports car Ford was counting four years ago when it
    > > patched up its tattered relationship with Shelby, the icon whose name is
    > > synonymous with high-performance cars.
    > >
    > > A dirt-poor, former chicken farmer from Leesburg, Texas, Shelby enjoyed
    a
    > > superstar career as a race driver in the 1950s. In 1962, he developed
    the
    > > first Cobra with a $25,000 investment stake from Ford.
    > >
    > > Not long after that, he was challenged by Henry Ford II to help Ford
    Motor
    > > beat Ferrari and win Le Mans, the most prestigious race in Europe. The
    > Ford
    > > chairman summoned Shelby and two associates to his office and handed
    each
    > a
    > > name tag that read: "Ford Wins Le Mans."
    > >
    > > Shelby didn't let him down. On June 20, 1966, a trio of Ford GT-40 Mark
    > IIs
    > > crossed the finish line first, second and third at Le Mans.
    > >
    > > The relationship between Ford and Shelby soured in the ensuing years.
    > Shelby
    > > joined Lee Iacocca at Chrysler Corp. and filed a $30 million suit
    against
    > > Ford for using the GT350 name. It was settled out of court.
    > >
    > > In 2001, Edsel B. Ford II, Henry Ford II's son, approached Shelby about
    > > returning to Ford to help produce performance vehicles. Since then,
    Shelby
    > > has consulted on the $140,000 Ford GT super sports car and Ford Shelby
    > Cobra
    > > concept car.
    > >
    > > Ford says the new Shelby Mustang car will bridge the gap between the
    Ford
    > GT
    > > super sports car and the rest of its lineup.
    > >
    > > "We're taking a multitiered approach," said Hau Thai-Tang, Ford's
    director
    > > of advanced product creation. "We've got the GT that's the
    > top-of-the-line,
    > > race-inspired performance. Then you'll have high-performance cars like
    the
    > > Shelby GT500 that will be more affordable."
    > >
    > > Ford is expected to sell the GT500 for just under $40,000 -- about
    $15,000
    > > more than the starting price of a base-level, V-8-powered Mustang. Ford
    > > plans to build about 7,000 GT500s a year at its plant in Flat Rock.
    > >
    > > Following next year's arrival of the Shelby Cobra GT500, SVT will launch
    > the
    > > Sport Trac Adrenalin -- a sport utility truck based on the
    next-generation
    > > Explorer. The company has also committed to building a Lightning, based
    on
    > > the F-150, while Ford designers and engineers are contemplating an SVT
    > > version of the Fusion, Ford's new midsize sedan that will debut this
    fall.
    > >
    > > But it's the GT500 that will grace magazine covers and send fan Web
    sites
    > > buzzing.
    > >
    > > Well aware of the expectations, Shelby wanted to put the prototype
    through
    > > its paces personally. At Ford's Dearborn test track on a recent Monday,
    he
    > > effortlessly guided the car through the banked turns and straight-aways,
    > > filling the air with the aroma of burnt rubber.
    > >
    > > "Very seldom do you ever, right out of the box, get in a vehicle that
    > feels
    > > as solid as this does and as controllable without a lot of adjustments,"
    > > Shelby said. "There's very few things that need to be done to this car."
    > >
    > > The GT500, he said, will be a worthy successor to scorching GT350
    > fastbacks
    > > and 427 Cobras of the past.
    > >
    > > "That was what Shelby vehicles were in the beginning and that's what
    they
    > > were meant to be," Shelby said
    > >
    > >
    > > You can reach Eric Mayne at (313) 222-2443 or emayne@detnews.com.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    >
    >
     
    Dan Drury, Mar 23, 2005
    Dan Drury, Mar 23, 2005
    #2
  3. Mar 23, 2005 #3
    Colin Comer

    Colin Comer Guest

    I've heard, and it could be wrong, that they are all slightly different.

    I own 66 1736, Ivy Green, and have owned at the same time both 67 Dark Moss
    and 68 Highland cars - side by side, you can see the difference. All were
    supposedly correct formulations. We had a heck of a time color matching the
    new Ivy Green for my 66 to the original paint that was on the car under the
    deck lid and in the jambs, under sill plates, etc. - wanted to make it
    perfect. I would call the Ivy color a little more "gold" , the others seem
    darker, the Highland has a little more "grey" look to it???

    Just my observations and not based in fact ;)

    Colin
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Dan Drury" <dan_drury@midamcorp.com>
    To: "Tom Kubler" <kubler_td@gowebway.com>; "CARMEMORIES"
    <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>
    Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:45 AM
    Subject: Re: New SHELBY Mustang GT 500 , details announced at NY Auto Show


    > I've heard
    >
    > 66's as Ivy Green,
    > 67's as Moss Green
    > and
    > 68's as Highland Green.....
    >
    >
    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Tom Kubler" <kubler_td@gowebway.com>
    > To: "CARMEMORIES" <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>
    > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:40 AM
    > Subject: Re: New SHELBY Mustang GT 500 , details announced at NY Auto Show
    >
    >
    >> Two things:
    >>
    >> 1) Group buy gets special decal GT500 CSe (call it Carrol Shelby
    >> Edition,
    > Collector's Special Edition, Cash Shock for the Enthusiast, etc...)
    >>
    >> 2) What is the difference between '66s Ivy Green vs. 67's Highland
    >> Green?
    > level of metallic? on darker than the other? ???
    >>
    >> Tom Kubler
    >>
    >> -----Original Message-----
    >> From: Dan Drury <dan_drury@midamcorp.com>
    >> Sent: Mar 23, 2005 8:07 AM
    >> To: CARMEMORIES <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>, cmclean@rbhnrc.usda.gov
    >> Subject: Re: New SHELBY Mustang GT 500 , details announced at NY Auto
    > Show
    >>
    >> Make mine Highland Green with white stripes, black interior....
    >>
    >> ----- Original Message -----
    >> From: "Cevon Mclean" <cmclean@rbhnrc.usda.gov>
    >> To: <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>
    >> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 8:55 AM
    >> Subject: Re: New SHELBY Mustang GT 500 , details announced at NY Auto
    >> Show
    >>
    >>
    >> > O MY GOD!,
    >> > Great work bill!.
    >> >
    >> > Wheres the pictures!....40K plus a 10K Dealer Markup!...
    >> > Lets get together and talk to shelby about buying a "Lot" of say 20
    >> > cars for the orginal Shelby owners and make it into a "PR" thing for
    >> > FORD!?....We might get them at sticker!...and the first 20 or so
    >> > cars!.
    >> > Who would like one?...
    >> > ME!....
    >> >
    >> > Cevon..
    >> > .**Make myne red with white stripes!...thanks!..**
    >> >
    >> > From: "Bill Wells" <wwells249101MI@comcast.net>
    >> > To: <shelbymustang@carmemories.com>
    >> > Subject: New SHELBY Mustang GT 500 , details announced at NY
    > Auto
    >> Show
    >> > Date sent: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:32:17 -0500
    >> >
    >> > from the Detroit News :
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > Clarence Tabb Jr. / The Detroit News;Ford
    >> >
    >> > After testing the new supercharged Ford Shelby Cobra GT500, racing
    > legend
    >> > Carroll Shelby was impressed. "This is a street car that you can go to
    > the
    >> > race track with," he said.
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > DEARBORN -- The smile on Carroll Shelby's face was 35 years in the
    > making.
    >> >
    >> > The 82-year-old racing legend had just climbed out from behind the
    >> > wheel
    >> of
    >> > a prototype 2006 Ford Shelby Cobra GT500 -- the first Mustang to bear
    > his
    >> > name since 1970.
    >> >
    >> > With the tires of the GT500 still warm after his five-hour test drive,
    >> > Shelby gave his approval. The Shelby Mustangs of the past were visceral
    >> road
    >> > rockets. But the GT500 combined power with balance and refinement, he
    >> said.
    >> >
    >> > "That's what we wanted back then, but it was impossible with the
    >> technology
    >> > that we had," Shelby said after the spin at Ford's Dearborn proving
    >> grounds.
    >> > "What we really built in the first place was a race car that you could
    >> drive
    >> > on the street. This is a street car that you can go to the race track
    >> with."
    >> >
    >> > If the GT500 show car debuting today at the New York auto show is
    > anywhere
    >> > near as good as its namesake predicts, it's likely to become an
    > immediate
    >> > sensation when it goes into production next year.
    >> >
    >> > The Ford Shelby Cobra GT500 not only marries two of motoring's most
    >> revered
    >> > names -- Mustang and Shelby -- but also boasts a pavement-shredding,
    >> > supercharged 5.4-liter engine that cranks out more than 450 horsepower.
    >> >
    >> > It will be the most powerful factory-built Mustang ever and just the
    > kind
    >> of
    >> > attention-grabbing sports car Ford was counting four years ago when it
    >> > patched up its tattered relationship with Shelby, the icon whose name
    >> > is
    >> > synonymous with high-performance cars.
    >> >
    >> > A dirt-poor, former chicken farmer from Leesburg, Texas, Shelby enjoyed
    > a
    >> > superstar career as a race driver in the 1950s. In 1962, he developed
    > the
    >> > first Cobra with a $25,000 investment stake from Ford.
    >> >
    >> > Not long after that, he was challenged by Henry Ford II to help Ford
    > Motor
    >> > beat Ferrari and win Le Mans, the most prestigious race in Europe. The
    >> Ford
    >> > chairman summoned Shelby and two associates to his office and handed
    > each
    >> a
    >> > name tag that read: "Ford Wins Le Mans."
    >> >
    >> > Shelby didn't let him down. On June 20, 1966, a trio of Ford GT-40 Mark
    >> IIs
    >> > crossed the finish line first, second and third at Le Mans.
    >> >
    >> > The relationship between Ford and Shelby soured in the ensuing years.
    >> Shelby
    >> > joined Lee Iacocca at Chrysler Corp. and filed a $30 million suit
    > against
    >> > Ford for using the GT350 name. It was settled out of court.
    >> >
    >> > In 2001, Edsel B. Ford II, Henry Ford II's son, approached Shelby about
    >> > returning to Ford to help produce performance vehicles. Since then,
    > Shelby
    >> > has consulted on the $140,000 Ford GT super sports car and Ford Shelby
    >> Cobra
    >> > concept car.
    >> >
    >> > Ford says the new Shelby Mustang car will bridge the gap between the
    > Ford
    >> GT
    >> > super sports car and the rest of its lineup.
    >> >
    >> > "We're taking a multitiered approach," said Hau Thai-Tang, Ford's
    > director
    >> > of advanced product creation. "We've got the GT that's the
    >> top-of-the-line,
    >> > race-inspired performance. Then you'll have high-performance cars like
    > the
    >> > Shelby GT500 that will be more affordable."
    >> >
    >> > Ford is expected to sell the GT500 for just under $40,000 -- about
    > $15,000
    >> > more than the starting price of a base-level, V-8-powered Mustang. Ford
    >> > plans to build about 7,000 GT500s a year at its plant in Flat Rock.
    >> >
    >> > Following next year's arrival of the Shelby Cobra GT500, SVT will
    >> > launch
    >> the
    >> > Sport Trac Adrenalin -- a sport utility truck based on the
    > next-generation
    >> > Explorer. The company has also committed to building a Lightning, based
    > on
    >> > the F-150, while Ford designers and engineers are contemplating an SVT
    >> > version of the Fusion, Ford's new midsize sedan that will debut this
    > fall.
    >> >
    >> > But it's the GT500 that will grace magazine covers and send fan Web
    > sites
    >> > buzzing.
    >> >
    >> > Well aware of the expectations, Shelby wanted to put the prototype
    > through
    >> > its paces personally. At Ford's Dearborn test track on a recent Monday,
    > he
    >> > effortlessly guided the car through the banked turns and
    >> > straight-aways,
    >> > filling the air with the aroma of burnt rubber.
    >> >
    >> > "Very seldom do you ever, right out of the box, get in a vehicle that
    >> feels
    >> > as solid as this does and as controllable without a lot of
    >> > adjustments,"
    >> > Shelby said. "There's very few things that need to be done to this
    >> > car."
    >> >
    >> > The GT500, he said, will be a worthy successor to scorching GT350
    >> fastbacks
    >> > and 427 Cobras of the past.
    >> >
    >> > "That was what Shelby vehicles were in the beginning and that's what
    > they
    >> > were meant to be," Shelby said
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > You can reach Eric Mayne at (313) 222-2443 or emayne@detnews.com.
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >>
    >>
    >
    >
    >
    >
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    Colin Comer, Mar 23, 2005
    Colin Comer, Mar 23, 2005
    #3

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