Tag: Shelby

Car of the Day 6/13/18

Today’s car of the day is this ’66 Shelby GT350H that was at the 2018 Barrett-Jackson Auction in Palm Beach. It’s from the first phase of the first generation of the Mustang, which was made between 1964 and 1966. The GT350H was made as a deal with the Hertz Corporation to offer 1,000 GT350’s for rental, and 1,000 were built. The engine is a 4.7 liter V8 that produces 310 horsepower and 319 pound-feet of torque. The transmission is a 3-speed automatic. This car does 0-60 mph in 5.9 seconds and has a top speed of 129 mph. This Shelby was auctioned off for $104,500.

Car of the Day 5/27/18

Today’s car of the day is this 2016 Shelby Terlingua that was at the 2018 Barrett-Jackson Auction in Palm Beach. The Shelby Terlingua is a high performance variant of the Mustang. The engine is a 5 liter supercharged Coyote V8 that produces 750 horsepower. The transmission is a 6-speed manual. This car does 0-60 mph in 3.5 seconds. I’m not what the top speed is, but I think it’s at least 200 mph.

Car of the Day 5/24/18

Today’s car of the day is this Shelby Cobra 427 that was at the 2018 Barrett-Jackson Auction in Palm Beach. This is Mark III, which was made between 1965 and 1967. The engine of this one is a 7 liter V8 that produces 410 horsepower and 462 pound-feet of torque. The transmission is a 4-speed manual. This car does 0-60 mph in 3.8 seconds and has a top speed of 140 mph. This car weighs 2,359 pounds since the body is made of aluminum.

Car of the Day 5/23/18

Today’s car of the day is this recreation of a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe that was at the 2018 Barrett-Jackson Auction in Palm Beach. The Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe is a GT race car that was made to take the Ferrari 250 GTO. Only six were produced, and one of them was a prototype. The engine is a 4.7 liter V8 that produces 390 horsepower and 341 pound-feet of torque. The transmission is a 4-speed manual. This car does 0-60 mph in 4.4 seconds and has a top speed of 191 mph. This car weighs 2,299 pounds since the body panels are aluminum, and the chassis is a steel tubular frame.

Car of the Day 5/13/18

Today’s car of the day is this 2018 Shelby GT350 that was at the 2018 Barrett-Jackson Auction in Palm Beach. The engine is a 5.2 liter V8 that produces 526 horsepower and 429 pound-feet of torque. The transmission is a 6-speed manual. This car can do 0-60 mph in about 4 seconds and tops out at about 180 mph, so it’s not as fast or as powerful as the 2013/2014 Shelby GT500. The starting price of the new Shelby GT350 is $55,940.

Car of the Day 4/30/18

Today’s car (or should I say truck) of the day is this 2018 Shelby F-150 Super Snake that was at the 2018 Barrett-Jackson Auction in Palm Beach. This is from the thirteenth generation of the Ford F-Series, which has been in production since 2013 (the first model year was 2014). The engine is a 5 liter supercharged V8 that produces 750 horsepower. The transmission is a 10-speed automatic. This truck does 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds and has a top speed of 135 mph.