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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Learned to drive stick in a 67 fastback.
Fun car!
Now a collector's item as well, since the Clinton-era aerial bombing of the Yugo factory [and VTZ weapons factory] at Kragujevac.
And people say Clinton never did anything good...............
In the Mustang, yes. In a Sunbeam Alpine [renamed the Sunbeam Tiger with the engine upgrade? Oh, no, not at all. Yes, that's Jay Leno in his.
Summer of ‘42 (1971 film)
Call Counting Cars.
In 1967 before I went on active duty I was out driving and stopped at a Brit car dealership and test drive a new Tiger. I was familiar with the motor in Mustangs since my best friend had bought a new convertible with the 225 horse 4 barrel engine with four speed. It was a fun car but most of the bigger cars like my GTO could smoke it pretty easily. The Mustang was, in reality, a secretary’s car. The Tiger was fun but I remember reading that you had to put a floor jack under the motor and loosen the rear mounts and raise it a couple of inches to replace the plugs in the two rear cylinders. Later on when I got back home after active duty, one of the guys from high school who had done an Army tour and seen a lot of shit had gotten a Tiger in baby blue with a hot-rodded 302 with side pipes, big real wheels, and traction bars. It was a 13 second car and pretty hairy.
About ten years ago, I knew a guy who won a couple million in the lottery. He knew a car dealer who had an extensive mustang collection. I think it was one for every year of production.
This guy said he went in with $50K and asked which Mustang he was driving away.
None were for sale.
There are a few hundred thousand Japanese fanboys who agree with you. kakkoii!
Here's a 10-sec gif I made from it.
Re: the 429 motor. There was a lot of high tech innovation going on for NASCAR, and some of it trickled down to street cars. The only negative I’ve heard about the 429 relates to air flow and the need for high RPMs for it to breathe properly.
As a teen some of us were on a Ford dealer’s lot at night after they were closed walking around, kicking tires and dreaming of muscle cars (and in full view of the street, nothing underhanded going on). There was a brand new bright red Ford Torino 429 Cobra Jet sitting in the parking lot with the keys in it. We never even cranked it, afraid if we were found sitting in it with the engine running we would be accused of trying to steal it.
The Chevy dealer was a few hundred yards away with a bunch of Chevelle SS396s lined up by the street, and the Plymouth dealer was a stone’s throw away with all the Road Runners and Barracudas lined up. Those were the days.
Smile when you say that, Pardner! That Yugo factory also turned out my M53 SARAC.
Also excellent! You picked the perfect high points from the original edited clip. Well done, now go down and collect your new Mustang from your local Ford dealer. Tell him Carrol Shelby sent ya!
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The 350H had a c4 automatic and tall rearend gears, so it was a slouch out of the gate, but it could do 150 MPH at the other end.
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