Ford Mustang Fan In Germany & His Shelby GT500 Fastback – Video

Ford Mustang Fan In Germany & His Shelby GT500 Fastback. Meet Ralph from Xing Germany, a dedicated mustang fan that loves and restores classic mustangs. His pride and joy is a red 1969 Shelby GT500 Fastback and it looks and sounds remarkable.

The GTs lost their Cobra tag for 1969, and once again were marketed simply as the Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT500. The GT350 and GT500 for the 1969 model year received an extensive face lift, the body alone increasing in length by 4 inches (100 mm) with some reaching 10 inches (250 mm). Ford was involved with design and style decisions, with Shelby having little input. The GT350 was now equipped with a 351 cubic-inch V8. Carroll Shelby terminated his agreement with Ford in the summer of 1969.

No production of 1970 Shelby GT350 and 500 models was undertaken; however, unsold 1969 models were given 1970 vehicle identification numbers under FBI supervision. The 1970 models had two cosmetic changes, a front chin spoiler and two black hood stripes. The rest of the changes had to do with emissions. The GT500 had the carburetor modified and marked “ed” (edited) on tag. The distributor in both the GT 350 and GT500 was changed to a 1970 version.[15] A total of 789 were re-VIN’d.

 

 

The Shelby Mustang is a high performance variant of the Ford Mustang which was built by Shelby American from 1965 to 1968, and from 1969 to 1970 by Ford.

Following the introduction of the fifth generation Ford Mustang in 2005, the Shelby nameplate was revived as a new high-performance model, this time designed and built by Ford.