Vehicle Description
2012 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500
Born in Leesburg, Texas, Carroll Shelby seemed to be a man obsessed
with speed his whole life. He was a flight instructor in World War
II before he moved on to piloting land-based vehicles. It wasn't
long before he started racing cars. For his first driving
competition, a quarter mile drag race, he drove a flathead Ford V8
powered hot rod. He proved talented enough to upgrade to racing
Aston Martin's in Europe, breaking land speed records at the
Bonneville Flats and being named Sports Illustrated's Sports Car
Driver of the Year twice. Shelby's crowning race achievement came
in 1959 when he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In 1960, heart
problems forced Shelby to leave racing behind, despite his
objections. That was only the start of Shelby's contributions to
motor history. In 1962, Shelby started having dreams centered
around one word: Cobra. It's a word that has since entered the
dreams of many a Mustang-enthusiast, synonymous with outrageous
performance.
For consignment an outrageous performer, with a supercharger, and
now having 750 horses. This black cloaked ground pounder, with a
performance handling package, a racing 3" exhaust, and an
intercooler. Is the definition of the doppler effect on the exhaust
when this car streaks by!
Exterior
Described as immaculate, and when seen in person, it fits
perfectly. Black cloaking drapes this entire car, and as to
menacing aspect, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Panels are
razor straight, and paint is pristine. Black 19" Shelby wheels
wrapped in low profile rubber, and we are ready to do some
damage.
Interior
Driving a rocket ship requires seats that can hold on to you as you
speed along. This car is up to that task interior wise, with
excellent condition gray leather buckets in front and some dual
buckets forming a bench integrated into the back. The center
console races up the middle of the front buckets and has the
6-speed white knobbed gearshift lever within its confines. Moving
our wandering eyes upward, we see climate controls, and an
AM/FM/Sirius/DVD player with a sync and navigation upgrade. Just a
fine example of a comfortable yet safe and sporty beautiful
interior.
Drivetrain
The mild mannered original (ONLY) 500 HP 5.4 liter DOHC V8 has now
had a bit of an upgrade with the addition of a 2.9 Liter Whipple
Twin screw supercharger, with a "Crusher" inlet, a Whipple 123 MM
MAF housing and zip tube, as well as a Ford racing 65MM dual bore
throttle body. This has been calibrated with a Ford Racing ProCal
tool giving it significantly improved throttle response. Best of
all street legal in all 50 states! But I digress as we need to
shout out to the TR-6060 6 Speed manual transmission and Ford 8.8"
3.73 geared rear.
Undercarriage
As black and sparkling clean as the top, no problems under here.
Power discs all around featuring Brembo 14" discs in front. A dual
Ford racing 3" exhaust system works its way to the rear.
Drive-Ability
Over this writer's head, but our crack muscle car enthusiast and
decoder was drooling over taking this one for a spin. In our
massive parking lot, we are very limited to even try to push a car
like this, but he noted all is fine on the starting front, shifting
was smooth, clutch was tight, and there was plenty of acceleration
to go around even at 1/4 throttle. In fact, one would never just
nail this throttle or you would find yourself with the rear of the
car passing you, which is not good!
A low mileage (15,230 original mile car), never raced or
manhandled, garage kept and respected by our responsible adult
consigner. A street legal race car essentially, all beautiful, and
a boatload of available power assets.
VIN Decode
1ZVBP8JS5C5253919
1ZV-Auto Alliance International Ford Passenger Car
B-Air Bags & Manual Belts
P8J- Shelby GT500 Coupe
S-5.4L V8 550HP
5-Check Digit
C-2012
5-AAI: Flat Rock MI Assy Plant
253919-Sequential Unit Number
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 450 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display.
This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia
on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is
www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914.
Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the
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