1965 Ford Mustang 289 Sport Coupe (Notchback) Race Car

Make:

Ford

Mileage:

Unknown

Location:

Warwickshire, UK

Seller:

Silverstone Auctions

Sold Price:

£50,625

Sold Date:

27th March, 2021

Description:

It started when Carroll Shelby, ever the salesman, convinced Hertz Car Rental to order 1,001 Ford Mustangs modified by his workshop for a “Rent-A-Racer” program in 1966. The Shelby G.T 350H was born (H for Hertz), and the legend grew almost as soon as the cars began hitting the track and drag strip. Built with the K-code 289 V-8, tuned in Shelby’s Venice, California shop to 306 horsepower, these cars were nearly identical to the standard G.T. 350 and the majority were finished in Hertz’s corporate colours of Raven Black and Sunlit Gold, as is this superb example.
This 1965, left-hand drive, 289 Sport Coupé road car was imported from Canada in 1999. Within the large history file are a number of invoices from C J Pony Parts of Pensylvania for components used during the car’s complete restoration and preparation as an FIA Competition Car during 2015.
The majority of the build was carried out by Heritage AutoWerks of Berkshire and their spec-sheet indicates that the Mustang was fully stripped and media-blasted back to a bare shell, new metal let-in where required, and the body and chassis were lightened, strengthened and fitted with a multi-point cage with door bars before being prepared for paint. The door furniture was removed and the side window glass replaced with plastic. The car was then painted to a very high, road car, standard and looks...

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