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’66 Shelby® GT 350 R ’66 Shelby® GT 350 R
In 1964, at the New York World Fair, Ford presented an attractive sporty Coupé designed for the “Baby Boomer” generation, born in the years following the Second World War. The car appealed to a wide public and was available at an affordable price. This Ford Mustang that came on the market in the April and was to become the predecessor of a whole generation of sports cars called “Pony Cars” after its emblem, took off like a rocket. In only six months Ford had sold an unbelievable 680,000. This made the Mustang one of the most successful cars of all time in the history of the American motor industry. In their efforts to produce a high performance special limited edition version of the Mustang for promo­tional purposes, Ford turned to Carroll Shelby. Shelby Cobras were already equipped with Ford engines so it made sense to approach the former racing driver. Shelby created the legendary GT 350 on the basis of the new fastback body and the Ford V8 high performance engine, with a bit of fine tuning by him. In 1965 over 560 of this 306 bhp car were made. Ford even wished to run races with it. However, the SCCA (Sports Car Club of America) did not consider the car suitable to be licensed for racing in the B production class, so that Ford Shelby were asked to make further modifications. The SCCA B production class permitted alterations to be made to either the engine or the wheel suspension of an existing car, but not to both. Shelby concentrated on the engine; he revised the cylinder head, improved the balance of the internal parts and installed another camshaft. Considering the rigours of a race a larger oil sump and a larger oil cooler were used. The capacity of the Ford engine jumped up by a whole 30% from 271 to 350 bhp. In addition Shelby reduced the weight of the car by about 225 kg, by eliminating the steel bonnet, rear seats, heating and cooling system. Carpets and other items of sound insulation were removed. The heavy safety glass in the doors was replaced by lighter Plexiglas. In place of the ventilation louvers there was now a closed aluminium cover riveted to the C pillar. The front and rear bumpers both disappeared. Parts of the front were now made of fibreglass. 36 of the Shelby GT 350s were converted to this spectacular racing version and received the extra R in the designation.
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