Call 440-914-0000 or email
[email protected] 1968 Shelby
GT500 Super Snake Wow! Looking for a hot 68 GT500 Eleanor tribute
powered by a Shelby licensed supercharged aluminum 427CI big block?
Weve got it with a Tremec TKO transmission in the tunnel, a
competition suspension front and rear, a killer interior, real
knockoff wheels and a just-so exhaust note makes this car a blast
to drive and one of the ultimate head-turning rides of all time!
Description Aluminum, supercharged 427FE! Five speed manual Over
$200,000 invested! Complete Total Control suspension A/C, rack and
pinion steering, disc brakes Power windows TRUE Compomotive knock
offs! Multiple show winner Lets start under the hood: Thats a
Gessford Machine (Hastings, NE) built, all aluminum FE 427 with a
Paxton NOVI 1200 blower hanging off the side. Gessford not only
builds huge horsepower motors theyre licensed by Shelby and their
motors receive CSX numbers upon completion. The foundation is a
Shelby aluminum block, stuffed with a Shelby billet crank, H beam
connecting rods and low compression (for the boost) forged pistons.
The heads are Shelby pieces as well, styled after the medium riser
Ford pieces but with larger 2.25/1.75 valves and more efficient
ports. Up front, youll find a Shelby cast aluminum timing cover and
water pump while a single plane Shelby intake resides on top. While
that would be enough power for most, this isnt a car for the
masses, so Gessford added a Paxton NOVI 1200 supercharger hanging
from custom billet engine brackets for even more go power.
Supporting pieces include the MSD 6BTM ignition box and billet
distributor, a set of ceramic coated headers, a mega dollar AVIAID
dual kickout fabricated aluminum oil pan and Florida Central
Machine spark plug wires. Theres an SFI damper up front and an SFI
aluminum flywheel inside the scattershield in back. The polished
blower, discharge piping and the fabricated and Shelby-logod valve
covers handle the show duties. The headers dump into 2.5 pipes with
Magnaflow mufflers before exiting through the rockers-you have to
hear this car to believe it. This is a serious sounding and running
engine with few equals on the street. The rest of the drivetrain is
up to the task, with an aluminum crossflow radiator and dual fans
handling the cooling, a hydraulically operated heavy duty clutch
sending power to the TREMEC TKO500 transmission and a custom
driveshaft leading back to a FAB9 3.70:1 9 rear axle with Strange
axles and a Detroit Locker. Exotic Concepts in Longwood, Florida,
did the work. Stay underneath and see the chassis is all there,
too. An ABS master cylinder with electrically operated Hydroboost
powers Wilwood four piston calipers with two piece drilled rotors.
Theres an adjustable proportioning valve for fine tuning and
aluminum rotor hats for less unsprung weight. Total Controls front
suspension setup with coilover shocks, fabricated control arms with
Heim joints, rack and pinion steering and a billet strut tower
brace. Out back youll find a fully adjustable four link suspension
with coilovers and a Panhard rod. The visuals are all in place,
too. The already beautiful fastback body looks downright deadly in
its Eleanor body kit and Super Snake bulge hood. Theres a racing
style fuel filler in the C pillar, big PIAA driving lights in the
gaping grille, full rocker panels with aluminum exhaust tips, hood
pins, stripes and all new glass and trim. New chrome pieces from
the door handles down add sparkle while the wow factor gets turned
up to 11 with the Compomotive 17 TRUE knockoff wheels and tri-bar
center caps, wrapped in Dunlop 275/40/17 front and 315/35/17 HTR Z
tires. The body is perfectly smooth, the work of known Shelby
expert Dave Miller in Florida. All of the Shelby pieces are in
place from the big snakes to the sequential taillights out back.
Inside youll find very comfortable leather racing seats with RJS
camlock harnesses. Your left hand is on the Moto-Lita wood wheel
with Shelby center cap (all atop a tilt column) while your right
hand finds the shifter with the awesome GO BABY GO shift knob. Look
over your right shoulder: Thats a 10lb NOS nitrous bottle hooked to
the Ny-Trex wet system in the engine bay. Its jetted for a 125HP
shot, for those just-in-case moments! The center console features a
Shelby armrest pad, a custom stainless insert with power window
switches, fuel pump and nitrous arming switches, and three of the
Auto Meter Phantom series gauges youll find everywhere you look. 67
Door panels were tapped for duty (theyre a cleaner look) with wheel
center cap logos over the holes where the window cranks would
normally poke through. Hows that for detailed? A four point
rollbar, the nitrous bottle and a fiberglass rear seat delete ride
behind you, while a fire extinguisher rides shotgun. We wouldnt
want you to be uncomfortable, either, so theres an Old Air Products
heating and air conditioning system installed. At the Motor Car
Group, we're enthusiasts first. We want you to enjoy your new car
from the minute it's delivered and the trailer door drops. Before a
car leaves our shop, it's gone through comprehensively, both
visually and mechanically. We do more than just kick the tires,
though: We fill your tires with nitrogen, road test (if the weather
permits us here in Cleveland!) and clean it inside and out. We buff
the paint using a three-step process immediately before it's taken
away so that it gleams when it arrives. Every car we sell, from
Sunday drivers through the rarest exotics, is meant to be
driven--get out there! If you have any questions before, during or
after the sale, do not hesitate to contact us. It's what we're here
for! Call us at (440) 914-0000, write us at
[email protected]
or stop by and see the new shop at 6441 Davis Industrial Parkway,
Solon OH 44139. We're 26 miles from Cleveland Hopkins Airport and
we can pick you up when you come to inspect or purchase your car.
We welcome any prospective buyers, their buyer's agents or
inspectors from Monday through Friday during business hours, as
well as evenings and weekends by appointment. We're car people who
love what we do, and you'll feel it from the first time you contact
us. Give the R&H crew the opportunity to serve you: Our passion
and attention to detail set us apart! Call 440-914-0000 or email
[email protected]
