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In 2014, this Group II Mustang KONI shocks, 11.3-inch front disc was also featured on the cover and
was sent to Legendary Motorcar brakes and 10x2.5-inch wide rear inside Sports Car Graphic December
in Halton Hills, Ontario, for a drum brakes. The car sits on the 1966 magazine which was signed by
thorough concours restoration. correct 15x7-inch American Racing John McComb. This magazine along
It was disassembled and stripped magnesium wheels that show with extensive documentation is
to bare metal, restored to correct some patina, with wheels wrapped included with the sale.
Shelby specifications and refinished with correct-style Firestone Indy Come January in Scottsdale, there
in its original factory Wimbledon 9.20x15-inch tires. will be two types of Shelby fans
White paint with blue Le Mans This Group II Shelby Mustang in the audience — those who bid,
stripes. It has the number 41 is a rolling history lesson and a and those who wonder what might
painted on the hood, trunk lid and significant part of both Shelby have been. Register to bid to see
doors, a number that McComb and Ford Motor Company’s racing this storied car cross the block at
used to indicate the SCCA’s Region legacies. As such, it has been signed the Barrett-Jackson 2023 Scottsdale
4, and his First Place finish therein.
by Carroll Shelby, John McComb, Auction, January 21-29.
The car is powered by an era-correct Shelby GT350 Project Engineer – Steve Statham
Shelby American racing 289 Hi-Po Chuck Cantwell and Shelby For up-to-date information on this vehicle,
V8 engine. It has been outfitted mechanic Terry Doty. This Shelby visit Barrett-Jackson.com
with the correct Hi-Po heads, Tri-Y
headers, aluminum hi-rise intake
manifold #S2MS-9424-A, Holley
715 cfm carburetor #S2MS-3510-A,
steel valve covers with specially
fabricated breathers and 7.5-quart
Cobra finned aluminum oil pan. The
engine is teamed with an era-correct
BorgWarner T10 close-ratio 4-speed
manual transmission with a build
date of July 27, 1965. The power is
transferred to a Ford 9-inch Detroit
Locker rear end with 3.89 gears.
The interior is outfitted with a
Shelby-correct 4-point roll bar,
3-inch competition lap belts,
16-inch 3-spoke steering wheel
and six Carroll Shelby gauges. The
suspension and brakes are true
period Shelby hardware, with a
19.1 quick steering box, 1-inch
sway bar, override traction bars,

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