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LOT #1381 - 1965 SHELBY GT350 - NO RESERVE
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ORIGINALLY BUILT TO DOMINATE A RACETRACK, THIS 1965 SHELBY GT350 “NO. 257” NOW
DOMINATES THE SHOW FIELD AS WELL

More than half a century after Carroll Shelby see these cars make a smooth transition from
unleashed the GT350 Mustang on the world, the street to the track, especially in the SCCA’s
Shelby Mustangs have become a highly B-Production class.
visible part of our automotive culture. While That performance heritage is on full display
always attention-grabbing, it’s not unusual to with this 1965 Shelby GT350 Mustang that will
encounter a late-model Shelby on the daily be offered with No Reserve at Barrett-Jackson’s
commute. That’s why it’s easy to forget that, 2022 Scottsdale Auction at WestWorld, January
originally, the GT350 Mustang was a pretty 22-30. But equally noteworthy is that this car
rough-and-tumble street companion. The travels in the upper echelon of show vehicles,
first GT350s out of the gate in 1965 were sent having won some of the most prestigious
out into the world without back seats, with awards a Shelby can win. SFM5S257, known
trunk-mounted batteries, noisy Detroit Locker affectionately in Shelby circles as “No. 257,”
rear ends, metallic brake pads and side-exit has been restored to SAAC Division 1 Class
exhausts. They were barely street legal in some standards, the most difficult type of concours
locales, as Shelby’s intention was always to
restoration to perform.

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