1965 Shelby Mustang GT350 Cobra v2

Not content with his Cobra-Powered-by-Ford, Carroll Shelby has now come up with a Ford-Powered-by-Cobra. The Ford in question is the... more

by John Straton

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1965 Shelby Mustang GT350 Cobra v2

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John Straton

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Not content with his Cobra-Powered-by-Ford, Carroll Shelby has now come up with a Ford-Powered-by-Cobra. The Ford in question is the �fastback� Mustang, and Shelby�s merry men have stuffed a burr of some size and effectiveness under its metaphorical saddle. The result is that while the Mustang is still recognizably the same horse, it has undergone a complete change of character. This new car, called the Mustang GT350, and known familiarly as the Shelby Mustang, will not have the mass appeal of the original, but by all that is sacred to us enthusiast-types, it certainly is a lot more interesting.

Basically, what Shelby has done is to convert the Mustang fastback coupe into a road-going version of a NASCAR stocker. There is a one-inch anti-roll bar across the front suspension that has all of the flexibility of a section of railroad iron, and oversized Koni adjustable shock absorbers set up hyper-hard. In addition, the front suspension has been noticeably de-cambered. The steering is speeded up 14% with altered steering geometry. At the rear, big, fat Konis are again used and a pair of trailing torque-control arms added. Completing the transformation in handling are 15-inch Kelsey-Hayes �mag-type� wheels with six-inch rims mounting wide, low-profile Goodyear tires. We should mention that these tires are special, semi-racing Goodyears, with low-angle nylon cord; safe at sustained speeds up to 130 mph.

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April 24th, 2014