A surprisingly small display area, filled with priceless original Shelby creations.

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This is another of the really cool spots we stopped off at on our recent road trip (the previous thread was the Pomona Swap Meet). We ended the trip for the weekend in Las Vegas, and on the last day we stopped off at Shelby headquarters to check it out. It's actually a surprisingly small display area but filled with priceless original Shelby creations. The really large area behind the display area and store is the work bay. Very neat place to check out! The other place we stopped off at was Counts Kustoms (from the show Counting Cars if you've watched it). This place was even tinier, but neat since it's actually his workshop area with a small display of their cars.

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This finally puts an end to the long-standing legal concern of owners with a Shelby GT500 and others.

The iconic 1967 Mustang GT500, named 'Eleanor' from the movie 'Gone in 60 Seconds', has long been in the midst of a copyright lawsuit. Now, latest reports state that Shelby Trust has won the case, allowing them to license all Eleanor-style GT500 builds.

Denise Shakarian Halicki, the widow of HB Halicki - creator of Gone in 60 Seconds, had filed multiple lawsuits against any Eleanor replicas and had even gone as far as shutting down individual project builds. She also filed a lawsuit against Caroll Shelby, whose company, Shelby American, created the GT500 on which the custom Mustang was built around. She claimed that "Eleanor" was a character in its own right, and any build inspired by the car would be a commercial copy of the character.

However, the courts ruled against her, stating that the characterization of the car was "an invention of overzealous advocacy".

With the Shelby Trust now getting the freedom to license the Eleanor-inspired GT500 builds, the company released a statement confirming that Mrs Halicki now has no right to complain or file a lawsuit upon the looks of any car licensed by the company. This finally puts an end to the long-standing legal concern of owners with a Shelby GT500 and others.

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Hertz claims that the Shelby Mustang GT500-H is the "most powerful rental car ever built by Shelby".

Car rental platform Hertz has announced a three-year partnership with Shelby American to rent out tuned Mustangs to customers across 11 cities in the USA. The partnership pays tribute to the "Rent-a-Racer" program from 1966, which offered customers a Ford Mustang GT350H.

As part of the new partnership, Hertz will be offering customers a chance to rent a Shelby Mustang GT500-H fastback. The Shelby-tuned muscle car packs a 5.2-litre supercharged V8 engine producing 900 BHP. It comes with forged aluminium monoblock wheels, performance-spec tyres, tinted windows, a Borla exhaust and a carbon fibre bonnet which cuts out 14 kg of weight compared to the standard model.

There will be a total of 25 Shelby Mustang GT500-H models available for rent. Of the 25, 19 will be offered in Shadow Black with Gold stripes, while the remaining 6 cars will be painted in Oxford White with Gold stripes - in honour of Shelby American's 60th anniversary. The 900 BHP rental will be offered in Miami, Orlando, Fort Myers, Tampa Bay, Las Vegas and Phoenix.

Apart from the 900 BHP Mustang GT500-H, Hertz will also offer a more toned-down version in the form of the Shelby GT-H. This model will be powered by a 5.0-litre V8 producing 451 BHP. The Shelby GT-H will be offered in various colour options. The Shelby Mustang GT-H will be available in Atlanta, Dallas, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Tampa Bay, Miami, Orlando, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Fransico & Pheonix.

As per reports, Hertz will offer the Shelby Mustang GT500-H and GT-H on rent from June for US$399 / day and US$99 / day, respectively.

Hertz claims that the Shelby Mustang GT500-H is the "most powerful rental car ever built by Shelby".

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Owners of the 2020 and 2021 GT500 will be eligible to transform their cars into KR from February 1, 2022.

Shelby American has unveiled the new Ford Shelby Mustang GT500KR, to honour the brand's 60th anniversary next year.

The new Ford Shelby Mustang GT500KR 'King of the Roads' model will be limited to just 180 units worldwide, all of which will be based on the MY2020-2022 Shelby GT500. This is only the third time in the brand's history that a Shelby GT500 has carried the 'King of the Roads' name, with the first being in 1968 and the second in 2008.

The third-generation 'King of the Roads' model will be powered by a 5.2-litre supercharged V8 which produces 900 BHP, this is 140+ BHP more than the standard Shelby GT500.

Apart from the updated engine, the GT500KR also features a number of other changes and upgrades. This includes a carbon-fibre bonnet with cooling vents, along with a carbon fibre front splitter, rear diffuser and a rear spoiler. The supercar also features 20-inch forged aluminium wheels with performance-spec tyres. It also comes with rocker stripes and badges marking the 60th anniversary of the brand.

Shelby also offers the GT500KR with a widebody kit, a polished supercharger painted stripes and a rear seat delete with harness bar, all as optional extras.

The production of the Ford Shelby Mustang GT500KR will begin in the first quarter of the year, with the first production model being auctioned at Barrett-Jacksons on January 29. Further, owners of the 2020 and 2021 GT500 will be eligible to transform their cars into KR from February 1, 2022.

According to a media report, Pune-based AJP Group is planning to bring Shelby to India. The cars are expected to be assembled at AJ Performance Studio in partnership with Shelby India. The first model is expected to roll out in the second half of 2019.

Shelby offers high-performance cars based on the Mustang. Some of the cars in its line up include the Shelby GT, Shelby Super Snake and Shelby 1000. The cars come with sporty body kits with a redesigned grille among other modifications. The Shelby GT is powered by 473 BHP V8 engine that can be tuned to produce over 690 BHP. The Super Snake is powered by 5.0-litre, supercharged V8 that makes 789 BHP, while the Shelby 1000 is available with a 5.2-litre V8 equipped with a 4.5-litre Whipple supercharger.

Reports suggest that India is likely to get at least one of the Shelby cars. However, the exact model is not yet known.

Source: Times of India

In March 2018, Ford had released a teaser image of the Shelby GT500. Now, an undisguised image of the car has been leaked online.

The image shows the car being showcased on the stage in blue and white. It is reported that the American company is conducting a national dealer meeting in Las Vegas, where the car could have been showcased.

The Mustang Shelby GT500 gets a snake logo in the centre of the grille, larger air inlets, slim fog light and the low air dam that resemble the earlier teaser image. The display behind the car has a large cobra logo as well. The car also gets a black air splitter at the front, multi spoke alloy wheels and a large rear wing.

Ford has not yet released the exact engine details of the GT500. The car is scheduled to go into production in 2019.

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Ford has released a teaser video of the third-generation Mustang Shelby GT500.

From the outside, the overall shape of the Mustang is retained while changes include 10-spoke blackened alloy wheels with red brake calipers, black quad-exhaust tips, black hood vents, new rear wing and a new front splitter. In the teaser video, the first Shelby GT500 is shown to transform into the new car.

A supercharged V8 engine will power the new Shelby GT500. Compared to the original 1967 Shelby GT500, the 2019 version is claimed to twice as powerful. The car is claimed to be the most powerful street-legal production car built by Ford.

The Mustang Shelby GT500 is expected to go on sale in 2019 and will compete against the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon and the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.

Ford has officially revealed the "most race-ready road-legal Mustang ever". Christened the Shelby GT350R, the limited edition pony car is aimed at outright performance and features design changes to make it lighter, more agile and more powerful.

Beginning with the weight savings, Ford has removed the air conditioning, infotainment system, rear seats, trunk floorboard and carpet, backup camera and emergency tire sealer and inflator. An optional Electronics Package is available to add such creature comforts. The exhaust resonators have also been removed to make it easier on the scales, while providing a sharper exhaust tone. The GT350R also gets carbon fibre wheels as standard, wrapped around by Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tyres. Ford says changes such as these ones, have made the GT350R nearly 59 kgs lighter than the Shelby GT350 Track Pack model.

Aerodynamics have been improved with a revised hood vent, aggressive diffuser, carbon fibre rear spoiler, vented wheel wells, turbulence-reducing fender vents, wheel air curtains and side skirts.

The GT350R is powered by a 5.2-litre DOHC V8 engine and is the first-ever production V8 from Ford with a flat-plane crankshaft. This is the most powerful naturally aspirated motor Ford has ever made, with output figures coming in at over 500 bhp and 542 Nm of torque. Transmission duties are carried out by a 6-speed manual gearbox.

Exterior styling cues include red brake calipers, red pin striping at the edges of the optional over-the-top racing stripes and Shelby GT350R badging. On the inside, the car gets high-contrast red stitching, Shelby GT350R badging and the D-shaped steering wheel fitted with a red center mark at the top.

The market launch of the Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R will take place later in 2015.