Full production breakdown of the GT350R including rarest specs (2015 - 2020)

[rush0024]

Outstanding job young fellow and thanks for spending a great deal of hours putting these numbers all together.

Just a couple of comments/thoughts for you to consider and maybe just simple typo errors.

* Velocity Blue had 19 examples with White OTT stripes

* Ruby Red had 82 examples produced for the 3-year run

* Ford Performance Blue and Avalanche Gray positions should be reversed

* When weighing my 2018 Base R back-to-back with my 2020 R HE, the Base R was exactly 80# lighter but my 2020 R did not come with the Technology Package.

* Of the 135 Base R models built, 122 examples stayed in the U.S. and 13 went to Canada

* Last built Base R model was JR394 which was a Shadow Black unit and came with no OTT stripes and sold for well under MSRP

* It was interesting to note that of the 21 colors available for the 4-seat GT350 model only 20 colors were available for the 2-seat model as Ford refused to build a Competition Orange R for the 2015/2016 MY's even though a 4-seat model could be ordered in Competition Orange

* Rarest Base R model exterior color was Kona Blue with not one enthusiast ordering an Orange Fury Base R for the final production year even though it was available

With respect to various comments regarding the most valuable R model year, without question the 2015 50th Anniversary GT350/R model year will always be the top dog in terms of value and collectability.

Based on the extremely low production numbers of the 2015 R models, the list of who got allocated them such as Bill Ford (F0001), Jim Farley (F0004), Jay Leno (F0036) and John Atzbach who was allocated the very last unit (F0037), the launch model year, only year that the chassis number and VIN were the same, no R model in chassis designation, had to sign a 3-year no sale agreement from directly from Mark Fields, etc., the value will not even be close especially as time goes on.

You mentioned the last 2015 R to cross an auction block, I was fortunate to locate that vehicle (F0016) in the Fall of 2020 and it was sitting at a Ford dealership in Texas (Sam Pack) and had many conversations with Mr. Pack's personal assistant over a 3-week period.

If I recall correctly, F0016 was still in the wrapper and had 70 miles on the odometer and was still on the MSO with the GT350R Owners Kit gone missing.

Long story short, I was finally advised that F0016 was not for sale but was going to auction at Mecum in Kissimmee in January 2021, I immediately called a very close friend of mine in Georgia and told him this opportunity will never come up again and to not miss this car.

My good friend ended up being the high bidder with the hammer price being $105,000 and could not believe how everyone at Kissimmee was asleep for this wrapper 2015 GT350R that was still on the MSO.

Lastly, I ordered JR157 (Base R) back in August 2017 and had all kinds of issues to get that car built but finally Ford of Canada agreed to build a second Base R for the final production year and ended up being the only SB Base R with Lightning Blue OTT stripes. Sold it to a friend a while back and he just recently offered to sell it back to me and will see if that all works out.

Again, outstanding job of putting this all together and hope that some of the above information may be helpful to you going forward.

Excellent eye sir. Appreciate the help and the kind words!

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[rush0024]

2017 Shelby GT350/350R production number sheet from Ford Performance

Thank you for posting this. I think this is the first time I've seen the official 2017 document from Ford Performance.

 

[rush0024]

You can Google them, put the year and look at images

The first sheet posted has incorrect information and is not from Ford Performance. The one below is but is from 2016. You can clearly see the difference in format. I got fooled but the top sheet once before too.

 

[rush0024]

I just got a certificate of authenticity from Ford Show Parts and they include a sheet with the 2017 numbers. The numbers in the sheet I got don’t match what is posted here.

Here is the official sheet.

If yours doesn't match with this then you got an incorrect sheet.

 

[GB17shelbyGT350R]

Thank you for posting this. I think this is the first time I've seen the official 2017 document from Ford Performance.

I was hoping this was legit as it was sent to me from Ford Performance haha. I was in close contact with a Ford Performance Information center manager earlier this year trying to gather 2020 GT350 production numbers. They were slow to roll out those final numbers, almost 3 years later they made the 2020 numbers official. I was going to reach out to him again to confirm if my 2017 Production number sheet was either correct or not.
Either way thanks for gathering up information to help others gain knowledge on these special cars.

 

[Finally21]

Here is the official sheet.

If yours doesn't match with this then you got an incorrect sheet.

I just got it this week but if you say so.

 

[rush0024]

I just got it this week but if you say so.

Can you post the entire sheet so we can look into this further? The one you posted is cut off.

 

[PP0001]

Here is the official sheet.

If yours doesn't match with this then you got an incorrect sheet.

I always found it interesting to see how many pre-production GT350/R models were built for each of the 6 model years with the 2016 model year having by far the most pre-production 2-seat and 4-seat GT350's for the 6-year run.

Here are the pre-production numbers for each model year.

2015 - 0

2016 - 95

2017 - 21

2018 - 21

2019 - 29

2020 - 15

Total - 181

As a side note, the very first Pilot Production GT350R example was assigned chassis "PP001" and was a 2016 GT350R model.

That example was had an exterior paint code of G1 which as we know is Shadow Black but when PP001 was assembled on April 28th, 2015, the exterior paint color code of G1 was originally named Absolute Black and came w/Black OTT stripes but was then changed to the Shadow Black exterior paint name at a later date.

It was also interesting that this 2016 GT350R Pilot Production example was built 2 1/2 months prior to the launch of the "F0001" which was the first 2015 GT350R and allocated to Bill Ford.

 

[TonyNJ]

Mm

I always found it interesting to see how many pre-production GT350/R models were built for each of the 6 model years with the 2016 model year having by far the most pre-production 2-seat and 4-seat GT350's for the 6-year run.

Here are the pre-production numbers for each model year.

2015 - 0

2016 - 95

2017 - 21

2018 - 21

2019 - 29

2020 - 15

Total - 181

As a side note, the very first Pilot Production GT350R example was assigned chassis "PP001" and was a 2016 GT350R model.

That example was had an exterior paint code of G1 which as we know is Shadow Black but when PP001 was assembled on April 28th, 2015, the exterior paint color code of G1 was originally named Absolute Black and came w/Black OTT stripes but was then changed to the Shadow Black exterior paint name at a later date.

It was also interesting that this 2016 GT350R Pilot Production example was built 2 1/2 months prior to the launch of the "F0001" which was the first 2015 GT350R and allocated to Bill Ford.

Harry, are those 181 cars included in the Ford Performance totals on the official sheets from Show Parts?

 

[Finally21]

Can you post the entire sheet so we can look into this further? The one you posted is cut off.

 

[MAGS1]

I always found it interesting to see how many pre-production GT350/R models were built for each of the 6 model years with the 2016 model year having by far the most pre-production 2-seat and 4-seat GT350's for the 6-year run.

Here are the pre-production numbers for each model year.

2015 - 0

2016 - 95

2017 - 21

2018 - 21

2019 - 29

2020 - 15

Total - 181

As a side note, the very first Pilot Production GT350R example was assigned chassis "PP001" and was a 2016 GT350R model.

That example was had an exterior paint code of G1 which as we know is Shadow Black but when PP001 was assembled on April 28th, 2015, the exterior paint color code of G1 was originally named Absolute Black and came w/Black OTT stripes but was then changed to the Shadow Black exterior paint name at a later date.

It was also interesting that this 2016 GT350R Pilot Production example was built 2 1/2 months prior to the launch of the "F0001" which was the first 2015 GT350R and allocated to Bill Ford.

Forgive me if the question is stupid, but why are there almost 5x as many PP cars in 2016 compared to any other production year? I can see more in a first year production run but that seems like a lot

 

[PP0001]

Mm


Harry, are those 181 cars included in the Ford Performance totals on the official sheets from Show Parts?

Yes, the 181 pre-production (TT, PP and MP) vehicles are included in the 3,647 units for the 6-year run as listed by @rush0024.

Also, keep in mind that all of the 181 pre-production GT350/R examples had a unique VIN series which easily helps differentiate a regular production GT350 from a pre-production GT350 just by looking at the VIN.

 

[PP0001]

Forgive me if the question is stupid, but why are there almost 5x as many PP cars in 2016 compared to any other production year? I can see more in a first year production run but that seems like a lot

Agreed that 95 PP units is a lot for one model year but as you mentioned the 2016 model year was the official launch of the regular production GT350/R model therefore Flat Rock built a lot of PP units with many of them being built prior to the launch of the 137 examples for the 2015 model year.

Going back when I started purchasing some 2012/2013 Pilot Production Boss 302/LS vehicles, I was fortunate to obtain window stickers for all of the TT, PP and MP 2012 Boss 302/LS examples.

For the launch 2012 Boss 302/LS model year, Flat Rock produced a total of 68 pre-production units, (12 TT, 12 PP and 44 MP) so I agree with you that 95 PP examples was a big number for the 2016 GT350 model year.

 

[rush0024]

That is the official sheet. Everything matches.

 

[Onetuford]

Anybody have a link that highlights the differences between an R and a non-R?

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