2015 Shelby GT350 Mustang (50th Anniversary) Confirmed! Only 37 GT350R Mustangs

[1320']

^An older car from the 60's with a nice patina on the worn down paint and bare metal.... just has more nostalgic appeal than any modern day Ponycar. Even 20 years from now...the GT350 will just be a another car. It's not a real real Shelby. It's not a one off and its not going to really have anything gamechanging about it ...since when you think about it... everything being done to it or added to it has been done elsewhere. Its all borrowed technology and nothing for the most part ...unique.

It is however the first time much of this tech has been combined in a Mustang.

Still nothing groundbreaking.

Just saying.

The 65 and 66 GT350 were mostly just parts bin stuff too. The only "unique" thing about them was the control arm location and intake manifold. Otherwise they were just K code 289's with Koni suspension and parts bin HD suspension parts.

Shelby was the same as Roush and Hennessy are now.

that's not taking away from his reputation, his accomplishments or his place and racing and Ford history but let's also be real about what he did.

The 15 and 16 gt350 is a more unique and specially designed car than Shelby ever produced.

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[Mustang1260]

Having worked in and watched the collector car marketplace a long time, I believe history will prove you wrong. I agree it doesn't always make sense, but anything with the Shelby name or a GT350 or GT500 label drives the price up - compared to similar vehicles of the same era.

The 2015 GT350s will be highly collectible in 20-25 years, because they're 50th Anniversary models and represent way less than 1 percent of 2015 Mustang sales............

If I were an investor, I'd be buying '63-72 muscle cars - not anything available from Ford, Chevy or Dodge today.

Bingo and with ONLY 137 built for 2015 MY, they will always stay "collectible". Doesn't mean a big increase in "value" over MSRP (after the initial insanity-doubtful if a single 2015 makes it to a showroom floor with a sane price attached (some dealers will put in on the floor with a huge price, say $250k just for publicity and to attract attention with no intention of actually selling it) but those 2015 GT350s will be extremely hard to get a hold of...doubtful if you will ever stumble across one at CarMax (but who knows).

Look to the early Fox body Cobra Rs (85?)...they built a little over 100 if my memory recalls correctly--people still have those in plastic with very few miles...and they still trade at respectable money...

Same with the 2000 Cobra R. Clearly beaten by a current GT in terms of performance but with an initial run of 300 units...has been and will stay collectible.

 

[R 350 gt Donson]

I saw a 1965 (I think) GT350 today. Supposedly its was "the" original, most winnings GT350 in History. Car will be in Tulsa next month close to fathers day event.

 

[1320']

Yes it's a 65. I want to say it has 16 or 17 wins and hit right around 185 - 190 miles per hour at Daytona. 5R538 was a fast car, it would run 289 powered Cobras and Daytonas down. I want to say they estimated her 289 was pumping out about 450 hp.

 

[R 350 gt Donson]

Yes it's a 65. I want to say it has 16 or 17 wins and hit right around 185 - 190 miles per hour at Daytona. 5R538 was a fast car, it would run 289 powered Cobras and Daytonas down. I want to say they estimated her 289 was pumping out about 450 hp.

COOL, Yes I heard about the speed today. Thanks

 

[ohtobbad]

Now thats a truly rare beast, very cool.

 

[Mustang1260]

Donson--screw the 2016 GT350...BUY that 65!!!

 

[R 350 gt Donson]

Donson--screw the 2016 GT350...BUY that 65!!!

LOL...Not for sale the guy said....and Im pretty sure it over 1 million dollars...if I bought it I would have to live in it..lol

 

[Spa2k]

I'll trade my 2016 GT350 for it, even-up!

 

[Strokerswild]

If I were an investor, I'd be buying '63-72 muscle cars - not anything available from Ford, Chevy or Dodge today.

This.

 

[Cruzinaround]

The 65 and 66 GT350 were mostly just parts bin stuff too. The only "unique" thing about them was the control arm location and intake manifold. Otherwise they were just K code 289's with Koni suspension and parts bin HD suspension parts.

Shelby was the same as Roush and Hennessy are now.

that's not taking away from his reputation, his accomplishments or his place and racing and Ford history but let's also be real about what he did.

The 15 and 16 gt350 is a more unique and specially designed car than Shelby ever produced.

You're correct and also a bit off. At the time the remarkable thing about the cars Shelby built were that they were race ready cars prepped for the consumer. Which in and of itself was innovative for the time. To be able to buy a car that was assembled by a prestigious racing crew and drive it down your block was a very out of the box thing for the 60's. It was something that was typically done tinkering in a garage and probably screwing up a few times before getting it right. In the case of the original Shelby's for mass consumption...they were already prepared for you as an out the box canned solution.

And that was what made them special. They had the personal touch of a proven racer backing them. These cars were anointed by him prior to hitting the public roads.

In the case of the 2016 GT350. Its an homage to him in spirit, but it ain't a Shelby. Its a product using his name to market it. And its still using modern tech borrowed from other innovative specialists. If it were to stand on its own Merit then it would need to have more than simple borrowed ideas thrown in from Ferrari, BMW, Cadillac, Chevy, Etc etc.

Its admittedly a specialty car, its just not a collector car.

The people who think it is will likely be disappointed in one of two ways.

1. They'll allow it to sit and never enjoy it thinking it will flip into double its value in a decade which it won't.
2. They'll drive it around and enjoy it then discover later when something better comes along, they can't get what they imagined for a trade in.

But that 65' Shelby will.

 

[danw_45]

Hi everyone, new guy here. I thought I'd chime in here; didn't ford present this platform to Shelby before his passing? I though in one of the YouTube videos someone from ford stated that Shelby had "some insight" to this production when it was still in the development stage..??? Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Rated R]

Hi everyone, new guy here. I thought I'd chime in here; didn't ford present this platform to Shelby before his passing? I though in one of the YouTube videos someone from ford stated that Shelby had "some insight" to this production when it was still in the development stage..??? Correct me if I'm wrong.

How much is the question. Could not have been more than 'yeah I like it'. I can't see how any contribution to R&D could have been given.

This car could have been called anything and I'd be interested. If I were to be completely honest I wish it had been called something else.

 

[FPCV8YO]

How much is the question. Could not have been more than 'yeah I like it'. I can't see how any contribution to R&D could have been given.

This car could have been called anything and I'd be interested. If I were to be completely honest I wish it had been called something else.

Agreed, and if I get one of these and attended a car show with it, I wouldn't want to be grouped with Shelbys. I'd want to be grouped with S550s.

 

[Cruzinaround]

^Plus one on this.

In fact I would bet that anyone who actually works in the Shelby team would be embarassed or upset to see the car knowing they really had nothing to do with it.

If they left it as the SVT GT 350. It would have made more sense. Or at least might have lopped off about 5% to 10% on the MSRP.

I wonder if Shelby even gets any revenue for the use of their name???

Or...

If I go to Shelby with a problem if they will even help me?

If all this is skewed...then sorry peeps...the car has already been seriously devalued before its even sold.

A collector car...this ain't.

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