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Ford Mustang Shelby GT Convertible 2008
In this post we are talking about Ford Mustang Shelby GT Convertible 2008
Ford Mustang Shelby GT Convertible 2008
Stop the servers! Batten down the hatches! Cover grandma’s ears—we’ve got breaking news so big, we wouldn’t be surprised if this event is the fulcrum on which the apocalypse will finally turn! To be honest, we’re as shocked as you are. In the wake of the several thousand new and unique Mustang trims Ford has released in the past few weeks, who would have expected another? Yet here it is: the 2008 Ford Shelby GT convertible. That’s right, the Shelby GT coupe—which is based on the Shelby GT-H Hertz rental car, which is based on the regular Mustang GT, which is based on the regular Mustang—is losing its lid. Ford says it will aim to limit production of the new droptop to just 2300 units, although that number surely can be revised upward if demand warrants. Like the coupe on which it’s based, the Shelby GT convertible is hopped up from a more pedestrian Mustang GT convertible through the use of a number of Ford Racing bolt-ons. Read more: Ford Mustang Shelby GT Convertible 2008
Ford Mustang Shelby GT-H Convertible 2008
In this post we are talking about Ford Mustang Shelby GT-H Convertible 2008
Ford Mustang Shelby GT-H Convertible 2008
Ford chose the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach auction as the venue at which to reveal the Shelby GT-H Convertible to the public. The car was driven onstage while draped in a blue, Ford-emblazoned cover and surrounded by a team of Ford and/or Shelby employees (including Shelby Automobiles president, Amy Boylan) dressed in matching bowling shirts. Ford’s Mark Fields, a Barrett-Jackson fixture the last couple of years, orchestrated the formal unveiling from the auctioneer’s stand, which culminated with Carroll Shelby popping out of the car’s passenger door and ambling up to the stand to join Fields and the other B-J dignitaries for the auction of the car. As for the car itself, it’s basically the mechanical twin of the GT-H coupe, with 319 willing horses ready to go under its bulging, pinned-down hood. Changes for the convertible, aside from the obvious folding top, include a rollbar and black-painted "Bullitt"-style wheels, as first seen on the black Shelby GT customer cars. Other features are carried over from the GT-H coupe, such as the the black-and-gold paint/stripe scheme, Hertz badging on the front fenders, horizontally-slatted aluminum grille, and an automatic transmission. As was the case with the closed-roof GT-H, only 500 will be built. The 499 rental units will be auctioned away after their stints at Hertz outlets come to an end. Read more: Ford Mustang Shelby GT-H Convertible 2008