Quote:
|
Originally Posted by cobra de capell
"$44,000 - Look, Look - These are Shelby Mustangs"
|
So says the dealer....who couldn't be more correct
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by cobra de capell
......so, whatever Shelby does to them costs $13K and makes a basic Mustang a Shelby GT.
|
Exactly right.
Sal and I share the same opinion... the GT500 is a nice car, with loads of go-fast goodies...but, it is a production Mustang...built by Ford..with some licensed stickers from Shelby....much like an Eddie Bauer Edition SUV.
Touched only by anything-Shelby in just the Board Room, not the garage.
Not real rare....they built 10791 GT 500's (8115 coupes and 2676 convertibles.)
It really is another SVT product from Ford....no more. Nice car, but no Shelby.
Now...the GT is another story.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by cobra de capell
Interesting.......so, whatever Shelby does to them costs $13K and makes a basic Mustang a Shelby GT.
|
Just like the old days.
Quote:
|
"Shelby GT models begin life as a specially-equipped Mustang GT assembled at the AutoAlliance International assembly plant in Flat Rock, Mich. The cars are then shipped to the Shelby Automobiles facility in Las Vegas for transformation before delivery to Ford dealerships nationwide."
|
Really just like the original GT-350s, OEM cars are sent to a Shelby facility and re-worked with an integrated package of bolt-on speed, handling and appearance goodies...then put back into the dealer channel as Shelby GTs.
There is the DNA that the new GT500 totally lacks.
Let the SVTOC handle the Registry for the GT500s if they like...there is nothin' special there... SAAC should have the interest in the GTs, since they are akin to the originals and close to the CSX4000, et al, Cobras, that are replicas of cars-past...the GT, though, is a new car from the Shelby garage.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by cobra de capell
It's all just selling the name at this point - nothing special that will add or maintain value after you drive it off the lot.
|
For the market to decide. The GT500 is true 'selling the name'...like a Michael Jordon sneaker. The Shelby GT is the special one, though. They only built between 5600 and 5800 GTs and GT-Hs, and they were touched, not licensed, by the Shelby-owned company.