12-05-2007, 07:50 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Northport,
NY
Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham, KMP178 / '66 GT350H, 4-speed
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Originally Posted by Wayne Maybury
By the way, can someone tell me what the difference is between a 2008 Mustang GT and a 2008 Shelby Mustang? Is this just cosmetic (stripes & stickers), or are there significant mechanical differences? Do they all come out of a Ford plant or do they go to Shelby for the upgrades like back in the 60s?
Wayne
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The newgen GT500 is a Ford-produced vehicle, sold to the dealer from Ford as a new model.
The Shelby GT (called SGT) is a vehicle OEM'd to Shelby Autos, where it is completed and finished with performance, handling and trim customizations.
...this is the one that is most like the old days.
That is the same way they did it with the newgen GT-H for Hertz.
A third permutation is now on the scene...where the customer buys the GT500 from the dealer himself...then send it to SA or an authorized local "mod shop" and has it converted into a GT500SS (SuperSnake) or a GT500KR edition. That is a hybrid of the two above examples.
As an aside, perhaps the funniest bit of irony is that what permeates the new Team Shelby forum is an on-going conflict between the GT500 owners and the SGT owners as to who has the "more real" car.
...some things will never change. 
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