Posted on 11/08/2018 10:59:13 AM PST by ETL
Old rental cars often make the least appealing used vehicles, but there’s one very big exception to that rule: The 1966 Shelby GT350H.
The “Rent-a-Racer” was a run of special edition cars built for Hertz by Carrol Shelby that were based on his high-performance Shelby GT350 version of the Ford Mustang.
Only about 1,000 were made, and the vast majority of them were finished in Hertz’s signature black and gold color scheme, but a few were painted other colors.
Some were literally driven by renters from the agency to race tracks. They were eventually retired and resold for around two grand each, but took months to liquidate, because even a car like this one couldn’t shed that rental car stigma.
But as with all GT350s, the survivors are among the most highly sought-after Mustangs today and sell for prices ranging from $100,000 to $250,000, depending on their condition.
One that’s probably not worth that much right now, but could be, was recently found in a “little old lady’s garage,” where it was sitting for 30 years.
According to BarnFinds.com, the coupe appears to have been undergoing a restoration that was never completed. It has a red driver’s side door, and the taillights and rear bumper are removed. But most of its important components, including the 289 V8 engine, are still with it. It also looks like it has a four-speed manual transmission, which makes it one of the rarest of the rare if it’s original equipment. Only a handful of the GT350Hs came with one, the rest getting three-speed automatics.
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Was she from Pasadena?
I found my 1966 GT350 sitting under a peach tree back in 1981!
Oh, I see it just needed a good buffing. LOL!
Good looking Car!
That was a ‘68 fastback with the big block 390 motor. The 289’s were pretty weak compared to the 390. The most desirable Mustangs came with the 428 and 429 motors with the 429 SOHC NASCAR clone version the apex predator that will bring the real big bucks. I remember Hertz renting these at LAX when my father and I flew in summer of 1966. They also had XKE’s which I really wanted but the few they had were out as were the Shelby Mustangs. I recall we settled for a Chrysler Crown Imperial loaded with leather and everything and it was a much more comfortable way to fly the Freeways.
That’s the Pitts.
They found 2 of the original Bullitt cars within the last 5 years. One of them believe it or not, was found buried in sand at the California desert..
Even the babes had clean lines back then...
If it has the head of Lincoln on one side then it’s probably mine.............But, since you found it, you can keep it
Damn...
One of my all-time “Dream Machines”...
Walter Slezak had this line in “Cornered”:
There are still one or two good things left in this sordid world if one knows where to look for them. I’m afraid, however, that the quality of the liquor is holding up better than the quality of the women.
You can say that again!
Raquel Welch, One Million Years BC (1966)
Linda Harrison, Planet of the Apes (1968)
As a teenager I once found an 1898 Indian head cent. I forget what happened to it.
I have a black 2001 Saab 9-3 5 speed manual turbo hatchback with less than 73k miles that runs like new looking for a new home.
You’re living up to your FR handle. :)
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