1967 Shelby Eleanor

Oleh Donald

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I was in a California car park the other week, taking a ride in a 1967 Shelby Mustang. I was in the States to drive the new Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG, but $95,000-worth of Teutonic efficiency was of little interest next to a giant lump of old Americana. The 1967 Shelby Mustang GT 500, affectionately called 'Eleanor,' that was used during the filming of the hit 2001 film, 'Gone in 60 Seconds,' with Nicholas Cage, was sold at an auction on Saturday, May 18 for $1 million. The mustang was sold during the Until now, Shelby American has lowered the pivot point of the front upper A-arm but since Ford incorporated that change in the 1967 Mustang, this is no longer necessary. Shelby still uses stiffer springs front and rear, a larger anti-roll bar front (0.94 This one is tough. There are two Mustang Shelby GT500s to compare here. One is a 1967, the other a one-off 2010 Patriot Edition. The original is powered by a custom-built Shelby 355 horsepower “Police Interceptor” V8. The 2010 packs a blown 5.4-liter Ford executives bring the all-new Mustang to the site of the 1964 World’s Fair, where the original Mustang debuted 50 years ago Hundreds of area Mustang club enthusiasts celebrate the iconic pony car, with 94 classic Mustangs on display in front of the The famous 1967 Ford Mustang that was used in the 2000 feature film “Gone In 60 Seconds,” starring Nicolas Cage Described in the movie as an original 1967 Shelby GT500 -- one of the most famous high-performance production vehicles ever made .

Classic Recreations, a custom coachbuilder based in Oklahoma, debuted its Coyote-powered 1967 Shelby G.T.500CR at the SEMA show this week. Like the company's previous releases, the bright red, silver striped coupe offers classic Ford Mustang styling with Lately another legend has been echoing around the INTERNET, whatever happened to James Douglas Morrison's 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500? My fascination with The Doors music and Jim Morrison's excellent lyrics began while I attending George Washington The producers of Nicolas Cage’s hit movie ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’ spent over $250,000 researching and engineering Eleanor. They added a body kit, functional side pipes, mag rims, sport tires and a hood scoop to ensure the Shelby would not be upstaged by The 1967 model year saw the introduction the remake of "Gone in 60 Seconds." Plus, the Mustang's increased size meant you could wedge a big-block motor under the hood, and that's exactly what Shelby American did with the GT500. Though it looked like .