In January there was a Shelby Mustang that became the talk of the muscle car and drag racing world as it just showed up after all these years presumably out of nowhere. The resulting buzz was a mix of surprise, excitement, and disbelief. So what is the real story here? Is this really what it seems? The Hot Rod Hoarder is on the case to see if he can help clear up some of the mystery.
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I’m not one to speculate but I did want to address the Mystery Shelby Mustang that was featured on Dennis Collins Coffee Walk video this past week. This car is awesome, but the mystery surrounding it does raise some questions. A few people reached out to me and thought I could contribute to finding the history on this car, and I’m going to give it my best shot. First and foremost, I wanted to do a casual sit-down conversation about this car. There are a lot of questions here, and there is a lot left to learn about this Chicago based drag car. Dennis and crew are speculating that this is the missing Shelby Mustang #1444. I’m not here to argue Shelby details, but I wanted to touch on a few points that caught my attention. Regardless of its history this cut-up Mustang is wild and crazy and I love it. I’m looking forward to tracking down its history and I’ll be sure to report back here, and obviously report to Dennis any of my findings. But for now, let’s sit and talk about this very mysterious car. Is it a legit Shelby? How would you know, since it doesn’t have any identification? Did it ever race? What class would it have run in? There are still a lot of things up in the air.
Maybe the con job of the century.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIj4-HGI6Zk
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It doesnt have a Shelby front end, even being fiberglass it isnt the correct front end. the front end is a stock style 1967 front end.
Does anyone know what it went for ?? $$$$$$$ That may be more interesting than anything else.