Vehicle Description
2012 Ford Mustang 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
having a factory rated 550 horses, this black cloaked red striped
low mileage, (17,243 actual miles to be exact), ground pounder
equipped with the SVT Performance Package. For you number crunchers
out there, my crack decoder has done the work for you...this snake
is 1 of 1,669 coupes built for the model year in black, 1 of 543
with the Race Red and Ingot accent striping and 1 of 409 equipped
with Recaro seating with red accenting. This snake is the
definition of the doppler effect from the whine of the blower to
the song of the exhaust when this car streaks by!
Exterior
Described as immaculate, and when seen in person, it fits
perfectly. A menacing black cloaking drapes this entire car, and
adds to the sinister aspect, this is only the tip of the iceberg.
Panels are laser straight, and paint is pristine. Race Red 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 red rocker stripe is just above the
black rocker panels at the bottom of the car on either side. The
rear fairing has some diffuser ribs and an exhaust tip peeking out
of either side. Triangular quarter panel glass harkens back to the
early fastbacks of yore. Charcoal snowflake style 19-inch front and
20 inch rear Shelby wheels are 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 black Recaro leather buckets in front and some
dual buckets forming a bench integrated into the back. Within their
tuck and roll inserts and more red racing stripes to 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 out wandering eyes upward, we see climate
controls, and a Shaker AM/FM/Sirius/CD player 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 indigo for
day and night viewing. Clean black carpeting provides the backdrop
for this racy interior and hanging above is a black felted
headliner. Just a fine example of a comfortable yet safe, and
sporty beautiful interior that grabs you visually and
figuratively.
Drivetrain
Are 550 horses enough for you? It is all buttoned up under the hood
in a very clean engine bay, and it presents itself as a 5.4 Liter
V8 that just so happens to be supercharged and fed by EFI. A TR6060
6-speed manual transmission with a Ford 8.8-inch 3.73 TracLoc rear
axle moves you forward. We note the factory SVT cold air intake to
help keep those ponies running in the fresh air.
Undercarriage
Nearly as sparkling clean as the top, no problems under here with
the neutral finished steel flooring and black bolt ons. The only
rust noted is of the surface variety that has developed on a few of
the untreated components. Power discs all around featuring Brembo
14" discs in front provide the whoah factor and the original high
flow dual exhaust system is on for the extremely healthy exhale.
Independent front suspension and a 3 link with a Panhard rear
suspension is on to keep those big sticky high-performance tires
planted to the pavement.
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, (17,243 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 black and red
stripes means GO!
VIN DECODE
1ZVBP8JSXC5209527
1ZV-Auto Alliance International Ford Passenger Car
B-Air Bags & Manual Belts
P8J- Shelby GT500 Coupe
S-5.4L V8 550HP
X-Check Digit
C-2012
5-AAI: Flat Rock MI Assy Plant
209527-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.