1967 Shelby

White Black interior. Group II Notchback.

1967 Shelby Mustang Group II Notchback VIN: 7RC1K188183 One of only 12 that are known to exist today #20 of 25 made by Shelby for the 1967 season Only car to ever be fitted with Weber twin-choke carburetors Only car shipped to Australia FIA Historic Vehicle Complete mechanical and cosmetic restoration Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) Logbook Fully sorted and ready to race One of the 25 Group II notchback race cars built by Shelby in 1967, and one of only 12 that are known to exist today. This particular car is one of the most unique of all of the Mustang competition cars Shelby built for the 1967 season because it is the only car to be fitted with Weber twin-choke carburetors, and the only car that was shipped to Australia. Ford of Australia special ordered the Shelby through Gregory Ford with Weber carburetors and six sets of wheels. It was destine for use by leading Australian driver Greg Cusack in the 1967 Touring Car season. Originally they were assigned car number seven but competing orders forced Shelby to switch their order to this car, number 20 of the run. Official Shelby documentation indicates that this car was shipped to Gregory Ford in Australia on April 11, 1967. The Mustang became part of the Castrol team driven by Cusack and Niel Allen, and competed in Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, and New South Wales with great success. Cusack drove the car for the 1967 season including an appearance at the 1967 Australian Touring Car Championship. Allen would acquire the car in late 1967 and go on to score the car's most notable victory at Warwick Farm beating reigning national champion Ian Pete Geoghegan in February of 1968. The team raced the car continuously for three years before it was sold to Gordon Stephenson in 1970. For the next 22 years Stephenson used the car for club racing until being purchased by Paul Burchall in 1992. Burchall began the process of bringing the car back to its 1967 specification and competed in local Australian historic events. Burchall sold the car to Warwick Miller of New South Wales in 2000. Miller applied for, and received, FIA historic vehicle identity papers in August of 2000. In July of 2003 Miller sold the Mustang to a well-known California collector and vintage racer. Once the car was brought back to the United States a complete mechanical and cosmetic restoration was undertaken. The car was stripped down and completely repainted. All components were refinished to new condition. The suspension was crack checked and completely rebuilt. The V8 Ford engine was rebuilt by Ryan Falconer to the tune of about 500hp. The transmission, and rear end were rebuilt back to period correct specification. Once restored, the car was track tested and fully sorted by Canepa. The car currently is in perfect period correct specification and comes with a Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) Logbook. Fully sorted and ready to race, it has competed at the Monterey Pre-Historic, Reno Historic, and Coronado Speed Festival. Engine: 302 cubic inch V8, R model? ? Transmission: 1967 Borg Warner T-10 four-speed? Rear End: 3.89 About the 1967 Mustang notchback Group II sedan: The 1967 Mustang notchback Group II sedan was Shelby American's competition model for 1967. The same rule that allowed the 1965 Shelby GT 350 to compete in the SCCA B Production class - no rear seats - effectively kept them out of the Trans-Am series. While Ford had left it to Shelby to win the 1966 Trans-Am series, they wanted more a direct role for 1967. Unlike the previous GT 350s, the notchback Mustangs retained their original Ford VINs so that Ford would directly accumulate the points for the 1967 Trans-Am series. 1967 would be the final year the Shelby would build Ford Mustangs under contract. The very first thing Shelby American had to do was homologate the 1967 Mustang. A review of the FIA's Group II rules for sedans showed that most of the mechanical modifications Shelby had come up with for the GT 350 R would be allowed on the Group II car. In addition, since the R-Models had been raced for two years, their components and modifications had been thoroughly evaluated and refined. By the time Shelby American began converting 1967 Mustang notchbacks into racecars, they knew what would work best for the car. Group II rules specified that cars had to maintain their basic stock appearance, including all window glass. The job of coming up with specifications for the 1967 Group II cars landed on the desk of Shelby American GT 350 Project Engineer Chuck Cantwell. His experience with the GT 350 competition model and 1966 Group II cars made him the obvious choice. Fabricator Jerry Schwarz, who also had participated in the prior projects, did most of the hands-on work. The 1967 Mustang notchback Group II sedan would go on to win the 1967 Trans-Am series. Shelby American built a total of 25 1967 Mustang Group II racers. Four were actual team cars and the remaining 20 cars were sold to independent racers who used them in Trans-Am and/or SCCA A/Sedan competition. These cars came heavily equipped. Among the many features are a race-prepped Hi-Po 289-cid engine mated to a Top-Loader four-speed transmission, relocated upper A-arm mounts, bigger disc brakes on the front, driveshaft retainer strap to keep it from falling if a U-joint should fail, nine-inch rear axle housing with the customer's choice of gear ratios, racing oversize wheel studs and nuts, an SCCA-approved rollbar, Over-Rider traction bars from the top of the axle into the interior, stripped interior with a single fiberglass racing bucket seat and competition harness, special racing gas tank with dual electric fuel pumps with the battery in the trunk, rear firewall, no heater or fan, American Racing magnesium Torque Thrust D Wheels, Goodyear racing tires, racing headers and straight dump pipes ending in front of the rear tires, front license plate recess cut out for an oil cooler, window retainer straps, hood pins, brake cooling ducts, racing springs, Koni double-adjustable racing shocks, fire extinguisher, aluminum plates where the headlights go, racing wire harness, tachometer and oil pressure gauges set in an aluminum dash insert, no speedometer, aluminum switch box on the center tunnel behind the shifter and more. The cars left Shelby's Culver City, California factory truly ready to race except for numbers and fuel. -

Transmission: 4-Speed Manual

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