Heritage Edition Shelby Mustangs revealed
55 years since the first GT350, marked by Wimbledon White on the new one
Picture a Shelby Mustang, and what do you see? Is it off white, with blue stripes all the way over and down the side? It should be, as that was the colour scheme of the first GT350, built by Carroll Shelby and piloted by Ken Miles to victory on Valentines Day 1965 at Green Valley Raceway. To mark 55 years since the Shelby GT350 arrived on the world's roads and racetracks, Ford is introducing a Heritage Edition to the 2020 Mustang line up.
Available for the GT350 and GT350R, the Heritage Edition Package features a Wimbledon White paint job with Guardsman Blue stripes. The cars will also be distinguished by a badges inside and out, with GT350Rs getting new seats with red stitching. All of them are of course based on the revised GT350 and R, which brings steering revisions, retuned dampers and aero work.
Jim Owens, Ford Mustang marketing manager, said: "With their authentic exterior livery, unique appointments and performance Ken could have only dreamed of, the Mustang Shelby GT350 and GT350R Heritage Edition Package vehicles are a meaningful tribute to the legacy of the Shelby brand." Those in the US wishing to pay meaningful tribute to a muscle car icon can order a Heritage Edition Package now, costing $1,965 on both the GT350 ($60,440) and GT350R ($73,435), with builds beginning in the new year. Driving your Shelby Heritage Mustang like Ken Miles isn't compulsory, though...
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So, for me, the article is far from pointless as it has brought to my attention something of which I was not previously aware. And as someone else has said, both old and new look equally fabulous.
If I had one or two other cars in the stable, of course I'd be happy to drive a Mustang with stripes.
If this would be my only car, however, or one that, for whatever reason, I must use quite often, I'd feel a right prawn driving about with high-contrast stripes.
But I love seeing these out and about, on the street!
The GT350 and its Voodoo engine are probably one of the best sport GT bargains going, whether new or used. Just a stunning car, both in terms of engineering and the body panels / fascia that are unique to this variant.
es who like being hollered at by kids but I leave that to others. I have been tempted by more subtle side stripes like Saleens.
However, some people like shouty and we all like different things.
Visiting a potential client and making a new business pitch? Not really my style.
Instead, I'll take the same car in that green-grey Mustang colour known as Magnetic. This is a classical example of horses for courses.
For the same reason, it's not uncommon for a single bloke in motor-mad Los Angeles to have two or three cars.
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