Vehicle Description
Celebrating its 40th Anniversary since the original, the Hertz
Rent-a-Racer program returned in 2006 with just a limited number
ofcars built! This is car #77 of 500 and shows only 30,707 original
miles from new! A superbly documented original with all original
delivery paperwork including MSO, books & manuals, all keys, and so
much more! Signed by Carroll Shelbyhimself! A Mustang collectors
dream! Act quickly! In a collaborative effort with Ford Motor
Company, Shelby American, and Hertz Rental LLC, the idea of a 40th
Anniversary Shelby GT Rent-A-Racer was reborn in 2006. It was
decided that only a limited production run of 500 Mustang GT
Premium units would be delivered to Las Vegas for Shelbys team to
upgrade them both cosmetically & mechanically to the GT-H. They
became the lowest production, true Shelby-numbered production
vehicles in modern day era!And according to the Fall 2015 issue of
Shelby magazine, had it not been for the success of this new GT-H
anniversary program, cars produced afterward like the Super Snake,
GT500KR, or GT1000 would not likely have come to fruition.The
GT-Hwould be the car that put Shelby back into the Mustang
business! Having a Shelby GT-H in any collection is worth
celebrating, now and in the future! As the original 1,000 Hertz
Mustangs produced in 1966 soar into the six-figure collector car
price arena, these 2006 40th Anniversary examples are sure to
follow, especially now that Shelby & Hertz recently unveiled the
new 50th Anniversary example for 2016! Although, this time only 140
units will be built, rented to the public as promised, and later
distributed to only a very lucky few. They are only going to get
harder to secure as time goes on, especially with as much original
documentation as this one! We are honored to have this 2006 Ford
Mustang Shelby GT-H, #77/500 on our showroom floor. Having just one
private owner since it serviced the sunny Phoenix, AZ airport
rental office, this example now shows only 30,707 original miles,
of which about 16,000 miles were from the rental service. All 500
GT-H started as Black Mustang GT-Premium optioned cars,then shipped
to the Las Vegas Shelby American facility for a modest make over.
This included new performance suspension & handling package, cold
air intake, free-flowing exhaust with x-pipe, new 3.55 rear axle
ratio, exclusive Shelby hood with locking pins, front bumper, &
grill fascia, body side scoops, over-the top Hertz Gold racing
stripes, exterior & interior badging, steel engine tether to
prohibit engine tampering, and more! Our example remains 100% stock
as it was built in 2006. Nothing changed or modified. More
importantly, this one still possesses the original, factory Pirelli
tires to support these claims. Finding one of the GT-H cars on the
open market is difficult to do. When you find one like this one
that comes with a stack of original, authentic documentation, you
cant be anything but impressed! The original private owner of this
early #77 GT-H was able to secure the original factory invoice sold
to Hertz Corp, copy of Ford Certificate of Origin issued to Hertz
Vehicles LLC, copy of window sticker, Shelby American invoice of
added parts, both Ford & Hertz sign check-in inspection sheets,
traction control off pin to render the traction control on at all
times, both original keys with Hertz key tags still attached,
Shelby engraved & numbered key tags specific to this very car, 40th
Anniversary badge and extra CSM No plate never attached to the
dash! And the passenger side interior A-pillar has been autographed
by Carroll Shelby personally! A host of other memorabilia including
Hertz/Sirius satellite receiver still intact with 2006 Brochure,
city/state maps of Arizona, Shelby factory production images,
magazine articles featuring the GT-H, and more! A very nice
collection of interesting material all by itself. Since its
inception from theprotection of the Hertz Rental team, the second
owner has equally cared for the car with onlyFord dealer servicing,
and otherwise parkedin a climate-controlled garage when not being
shown. If you desire to have one of the nicest ones around for
yourself, please feel free to call us with questions on this one!