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LONG BEFORE ANYBODY EVER THOUGHT ABOUT A SHELBY
MUSTANG AS A SHOWPIECE, HOWEVER, THE 1965 GT350 WAS
EARNING A REPUTATION AS A TRACK WARRIOR, AND SFM5S257
ILLUSTRATES WHY.
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Long before anybody ever thought about a engine. Shelby American rated the engine at
Shelby Mustang as a showpiece, however, 306 horsepower.
the 1965 GT350 was earning a reputation Carroll Shelby was not shy in expressing
as a track warrior, and SFM5S257 illustrates his pride in his new creation. In his 1965
why. Performance hardware that stiffened the autobiography “The Cobra Story,” he wrote,
suspension includes Shelby American-installed “The minute you get in, turn the key and get
KONI shocks, override traction bars, a beefier into gear, you know you’re in a living, fire-
anti-roll bar, relocated A-arms, and a “Monte breathing machine, and it’s beyond doubt one
Carlo Bar” installed to tie the inner fenders of the most exciting and easiest driving cars I
together and reduce flexing. have ever handled.”
Shelby’s special twists on the Ford Hi-Po 289 This GT350, in particular, gives an all-business
V8 included headers, glass pack mufflers, an impression with its plain steel wheels, lack
aluminum hi-rise intake manifold and Holley of Le Mans racing stripes and trunk-mounted
carburetor. Special COBRA Powered by Ford battery as used in early cars. The fiberglass hood
valve covers and a Cobra oil pan dressed up the

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