Nu har du chansen att köpa en helt nybyggd 1965 Ford Shelby GT350R

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Gänget som var med och byggde originalet på 60-talet har nu bestämt sig för att bygga ytterligare 36st, den största skillnaden blir att bilen nu får en fullt justerbar delad bakaxel som kan ta hand om kraften på ett bättre sätt.
Karosserna är från 1965 och har blivit genomgådda för att man ska vara säkra på att dem är felfria.

Artikeln av Michael Åhman är från Auto Motor & Sport, följ länken för mer bilder och information. LÄNK

Original-Shelby GT350 tillbaka i produktion!

Ford Shelby GT350R i (nästan) original- men definitivt nyskick testas för fullt. FOTO: OVC

När Carroll Shelby fick lägga vantarna på Ford Mustang skapade han en muskelbil/gatracer som blev legendarisk. Nu ska den byggas igen. Med två viktiga modifieringar.

Shelby-gänget är tillbaka!

De kallar sig själva för "The Original Venice Crew" (OVC) och arbetade alla hos Carroll Shelby på Princeton Drive i Venice.

Nu ska de bygga en helt ny och försiktigt uppdaterad version av 1965 års Shelby GT350R.

Caroll Shelby, som gick bort 2012, lyckades skapa en riktig gatvärsting när han fick lägga vantarna på en Ford Mustang 1965. Han förvandlade något som han själv kallade en "sekreterarbil" till en riktig, gatlegal racer. Den fick namnet (Ford) Shelby GT350R och hade Fords K-Code-motor, vässad till 310 hk.

Den hade också trumbromsar, stel bakaxel och fyrväxlad låda. Om du skulle vilja äga en sådan en dag lär du få komma med en rejäl bunt kontanter och hitta någon som vill skiljas från sin bil.

Eller också kan du köpa en sprillans ny från gänget som byggde originalet!

Originalgänget från Venice. Fr.v. Peter Brock, Randy Richardson, Duane Carling, Ted Sutton och Jim Marietta.

Men det gäller att passa på. Blott 36 exemplar ska byggas och precis som originalet baseras de på 1965 års Ford Mustang, även om karossen modifierats för att klara moderna krav. Precis som i originalet sitter en 289 kubiktums V8-motor under huven och kraften går via en fyrväxlad, manuell Borg Warner-låda.

Peter Brock och hans kompisar i OVC har dock gjort några uppgraderingar, modifieringar som han önskade redan på 1960-talet. Nu får bilen plexiglas-fönster, en ny front och individuell bakre hjulupphängning. OVC lovar att bilen blir så mycket bättre med en annan bakre fjädring.

Vi vet ännu inte hur mycket dessa pånyttfödda GT350R kommer att kosta. De lär inte bli billiga, men chansen att köpa en officiellt tillverkad 350GTR dyker inte upp varje dag.

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The OVC Shelby Mustang GT350: A new (and improved) racer from the guys who built the original

The 'Original Venice Crew Shelby Mustang GT350 -- Competition Model' has an ungainly name, but it's as real as it gets

If you could go back in time to the days of your youth, back to when you had nothing but creativity and the ability to get by on three hours of sleep a night, would you do anything differently?

The guys who worked at Shelby American circa 1965 would. Back then, they were all young and full of enthusiasm and yearning for horsepower. Among them was Jim Marietta, a fan of all things Shelby who worked as a mechanic in the Venice shop, and Pete Brock, a 21-year-old design genius who created everything from the Corvette Stingray to the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe. Marietta and Brock were part of the "Original Venice Crew" at Shelby American in the early ’60s that helped create the Shelby GT350, the world’s greatest Mustang (as of then, anyway).

Ford sent its Mustang Fastback to Shelby American and told them to “make it into a race car.” At the time, Shelby American was headquartered in the former Lance Reventlow race shop in Venice, California. Hence, the guys who worked there became known as “The Venice Crew.” The crew came through, and the resulting Shelby GT350 dominated B Production racing in America for the next three years.

Those cars were powerful things: Their 289 V8s had ported and polished heads, Holley four-barrels on top of Cobra high-rise aluminum intake manifolds, making a then-impressive 306 hp. The race car was a sound machine. But when the Venice Crew was turning Ford Mustang Fastbacks into GT350s, there were a few things The Crew had on the drawing board that, one way or another, never made it into any of the original race cars.

Fast-forward 50 years. At the annual SEMA party at Brock’s house, some of the original Venice Crew—including Brock, Ted Sutton and Jim Marietta—got to talking: Why can’t we make Mustangs again and finish them the way we wanted to back in 1965? Sure, why not?

Better brake cooling ducts are an example of an engineering upgrade that didn't quite make it to the original production GT350s.

The result is what you see here: “The Original Venice Crew Shelby Mustang GT350—Competition Model.”

They OVC guys start with original 1965 K-Code Mustang Fastbacks and build them into the same spec as the original Shelby GT350s. One of the biggest upgrades is incorporating Brock’s original design for the front fascia. It offers better cooling of the engine compartment and brakes, but it didn’t make the cut the first time around. The rear quarter glass is also Brock’s design; it offers improved airflow through the cabin. The rear brakes get their own cooling ducts. And the rear Plexiglas is now as Brock envisioned it, too.

Other things stay the same. The 289 V8 engines are built by Carroll Shelby Engine Co., using as many of the original suppliers as possible. The flared fenders are handmade, as are the plenums and gas tank splash guards. You get a choice of independent suspension or solid rear axle and four-speed manual or three-speed automatic transmissions, like you did in 1965.

How does it all feel behind the wheel? I got to try it out, with Original Venice Crew member Jim Marietta riding along. The experience isn’t quite like 1965—it’s better. The throttle response is immediate. The engine jumps to attention, and the car follows right behind. The throttle cable leaves no room for lag. The Goodyear Blue Streak Sports Car Special tires on those cool mag wheels keep the lightweight Mustang on its toes. Slot the four-speed into first, let out the clutch and all that torque falls into line immediately—and off we leap.

This is a muscle car with sports car pretensions. We aren’t at a racetrack, so I can’t tell you how it handled in a corner except to say that on the city street corners we drive it around, the Venice Crew car exhibits sharp turn-in with minimal body roll. In a straight line, you’re unlikely to be beat—the engine roars to life, the clutch engages the mighty 289 and the tires give a satisfying chirp. So much power and torque.

It’s not a car you’d want to drive every day, of course. It’s loud, and it demands that you remain fully involved in every shift and every turn of the steering wheel. That’s its appeal. It’s a beast, but it’s in your control.

What else has changed in 50 years? Consider that the original Shelby GT350 sold for just under $6,000. What do they want for this one? $250,000. Yes, ouch. It’s a profit deal. I wonder how much that notion entered into the conversation at the Brock SEMA party the night this car was first discussed. “Hey, we could charge a lot more than six grand for these! Whaddaya think, a quarter-mil?”

But it’s more than a performance car, the Crew will say. You are getting an original Shelby, built by the original Venice Crew. They’ll even sign it for you. Only 36 OVC Shelby GT350 cars will be built, but they’re limited in more ways than one. None of us is getting any younger; these guys won’t be around forever. As Crew member Duane Carling said, “When we’re all gone in a few years, there’s no way this will ever be done again.”

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