The Definitive Shelby Mustang Guide: 1965-1970

This is a print on demand (POD) book with color photos. The paper and photo quality in this book, although good, often does not match the original version but the information remains the same.

All car enthusiasts know about Shelby Mustangs, but what really separates them from their production-line relatives? What really makes a Shelby a Shelby? This new book from Shelby American Auto Club (SAAC) historian and registrar Greg Kolasa details the specifics on the performance and appearance alterations with both descriptive text and superb photographs.

This book gives a detailed look at both the performance and styling characteristics of each year of the 1965-1970 Shelby Mustangs in text, photographs, and charts/graphs and clears up many myths and misconceptions surrounding these legendary pony cars. In addition to his firsthand knowledge, Kolasa relies heavily on factory documentation and interviews with Shelby American designers, engineers, stylists, fabricators, and race drivers to get the true, as-it-happened story of these phenomenal pony cars. Additionally, the cars included in the book were chosen specifically for their historical and technical "correctness."

The Definitive Shelby Mustang Guide: 1965-1970 will serve as the illustrated Shelby Mustang sourcebook for years to come. For Mustang and Shelby enthusiasts especially, but even for general automotive historians, no automotive library would be complete without it.

Foreword by Chuck Cantwell

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One: Total Performance and the Mustang’s Need for Speed

Chapter Two: Building the Ponies That Became Snakes

Chapter Three: The Shelby Mustangs: Revolution, then Evolution

The California Cars

Chapter Four: 1965 GT350: For Street or Track

Chapter Five: 1966 GT350: Softening the Edges and Widening the Appeal

Chapter Six: 1966 GT350H: Hertz and Shelby Put You on the Starting Grid

Chapter Seven: 1967 GT350 and GT500: A Longer Shelby, and a Mustang No Longer

The Michigan Mustangs

Chapter Eight: 1968 GT350, GT500 and GT500KR: Different Directions for Both Car and Builder

Chapter Nine: 1969/1970 GT350 & GT500: Fire, Refinement and the End of the Line

Chapter Ten: Just Because It Looks Like a Duck

Appendix I: Comparative Technical Specifications

Appendix II: Shelby Mustang Color Chips

Appendix III: Decoding the Codes

Index