Colors: Wimbledon White with blue GT350 stripes
Interior Add-Ons: Aftermarket steering wheel
Interior: Standard Black with racing seats
What They WereThe standard models are listed below. In this section you will find none of the one-offs or the competition models. This list represents the "average" Shelby for each year of production as well as total production for that year.
65 Shelby GT350Price Then: $4,547If New Now: $24,049Value Now: Between $44,200 and $66,300 (CPI Value Guide)Engine: 289 High PerformancePower Adders: Shelby high-rise intake and 715-cfm Holley carburetor, Tri-Y headersDress-Up: Cobra open-letter valve coversTransmission: Borg-Warner T-10Differential: 3.89:1 Detroit LockerBrakes: Front disc with rear drum Suspension Mods: Upper control arms lowered 1 inch, new pitman and idler arms, Koni shocks at all four corners, 1-inch front sway bar, rear override traction bars (mounted over the axle), axle-limiting cables, export brace, and Monte Carlo barWheels: Steel 15x511/42 (early), 15x6 (late) painted argent (silver). Optional were the 15x6 Cragar/Shelby steel-rim, aluminum-center wheelsOther: Fiberglass hood and deck area that held spare tire to allow for trunk-mounted batteryBody Styles: FastbackColors: Wimbledon White with blue GT350 stripesInterior Add-Ons: Standard black with tach mounted on the dash, aftermarket steering wheelInterior: Standard black Seating Capacity: TwoOptions: Guardsman Blue LeMans stripes, Cragar/Shelby wheels
Quarter-Mile E.T.: 14.70 at 90 mphTop Speed: 124 mph at 6,100 rpmTotal Street Production: 521
'66 Shelby GT350Price Then: $4,428If New Now: $ 23,419.69Value Now: Between $31,800 and $47,700 (CPI Value Guide)Engine: 289 High PerformancePower Adders: Shelby high-rise intake and 715-cfm Holley carburetor on manual-shift cars, Autolite 4100 on automatics, Tri-Y headersDress-Up: Cobra open-letter valve coversTransmission: Borg-Warner four-speed on early cars before number 252, later Ford Top Loader four-speed or C4 automaticDifferential: 3.89:1, 3.50:1 on the automaticBrakes: Front disc with rear drum, functional rear cooling vents added Suspension Mods: Upper control arms lowered 1 inch on many of the cars; some after car number 800 did not receive this mod. New pitman and idler arms, Koni shocks at all four corners, 1-inch front sway bar, rear override traction bars (mounted over the axle on early cars; later cars had underride), axle-limiting cables, export brace, and Monte Carlo barWheels: Mostly Magnum 500 steel 14x5 Argent wheels (though the early cars had the '65 base wheel). Optional wheels (early) were the 15x6 Cragar/Shelby steel-rim, aluminum-center wheels. Could later be ordered with the 14x611/42 or 631/44 aluminum 10-spoke wheelsBody Styles: Fastback with Plexiglass quarter-windows and fiberglass rear scoops behind the doorColors: Wimbledon White with blue GT350 stripes (all others had white GT350 stripes), Candyapple Red, Sapphire Blue, Ivy Green, Raven Black Interior Add-Ons: Standard black with tach mounted on the dash, aftermarket steering wheelSeating Capacity: Two or four (most all '66 Shelbys left Shelby American with their rear seats intact. Only 95 were built as two-seaters).
Options: LeMans Stripes, Cragar/Shelby wheels (early), 10-spoke aluminum wheels, automatic trans, fold-down seat, Detroit Locker, Paxton supercharger
Quarter-Mile E.T.: 15.60 at 94 mphTop Speed: 124 mph at 6,100 rpmTotal Street Production: 1,365