Vehicle Description
2011 Ford Shelby 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 Martins 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
having a factory rated 550 horses. This blue cloaked silver striped
low mileage ground pounder, with the electronics package, tuned
exhaust, Brembo front brakes and a mere 25,518 actual miles is a
serious snake to be reckoned with. Retaining its Shelby
Authenticity Certificate and also being in the Shelby Registry,
this 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. Kona Blue cloaking drapes this entire car, and adds to
the menacing aspect, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Panels
are laser straight, and paint is pristine. Silver decals in racing
stripe form are running from the front grille just above the chin
spoiler, over the hood, over the roof and to the back trunk lid and
up and over the spoiler then dips downward to the bottom rear
fairing. Also, a silver rocker stripe is just above the black
fairings at the bottom of the car on either side. The rear fairing
has some ground effects ribs and an exhaust tip peeking out of
either side. Triangular B pillar scoop venting harkens back to the
early fastbacks of yore. Factory 19-inch Shelby wheels wrapped in
staggered width 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 black leather buckets in front and some dual
buckets forming a bench integrated into the back. Within their tuck
and roll inserts, more silver racing stripes emulate the exterior.
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 the
Shaker stereo system with AM/FM/CD changer with a sync and
navigation upgrade. The instruments also harken back to the early
models and are in deep set round form, all backlit in violet for
day and night viewing. Clean black carpeting floods the floors and
above is a tight black felt headliner. Just a fine example of a
comfortable yet safe, and sporty beautiful interior that grabs you
visually and figuratively.
Drivetrain
The mild mannered original (ONLY) 550hp 5.4 liter DOHC V8 achieves
those numbers with the help of EFI and a supercharger. On the back
is a TR6060 6 speed manual transmission and making the rear tires
spin is a Ford 8.8 inch 3.55 TracLoc rear axle. Not only is it all
stock making a huge horsey count, it's all street legal in all 50
states! But I digress, let's peek underneath.
Undercarriage
As black and sparkling clean as the top, no problems under here.
Power discs all around featuring Brembo 14" discs in front. The
factory dual exhaust system works its way to the rear and ends with
Borla stainless steel mufflers. Independent front suspension and a
3 link with a panhard rear suspension is on. All rust free save for
surface rust on the factory 2 piece driveshaft.
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, (25,518 actual 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. In this case Kona Blue and
silver stripes means GO!!
VIN DECODE
1ZVBP8JS3B5145779
1ZV-Auto Alliance International Ford Passenger Car
B-Air Bags & Manual Belts
P8J- Shelby GT500 Coupe
S-5.4L V8 550HP
3-Check Digit
B-2011
5-AAI: Flat Rock MI Assy Plant
145779-Sequential Unit Number
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 650 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
vehicle in person.
