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Ford produced the Shelby GT500s in house from 2007 until now. Carroll Shelby supposedly had some input into the first gen models but they were done by SVT.

 

Shelby American also offered various mustang versions based on modified stock mustangs but those were not the factory GT500s.

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I knew the stock GT500 was produced in house but I assumed that all the rest of the Shelby cars sold by dealers were ones modified by Shelby American ????

 

Besides the GT350 will there be still be other Shelby American modified Mustangs carrying the Shelby name that Ford dealerships will carry?

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Just to clarify - the Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT500 are Ford SVT in-house vehicles produced and sold by Ford.

 

Shelby American, Roush, Steeda, Saleen, etc. also buy mustangs from Ford, modify them and resell them through various Ford dealers (and/or directly to the public).

 

Shelby American sells a Shelby GT, Supersnake, 1000 and GTS but they don't sell a GT500 or GT350. Only Ford.

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The 5.2L looks pretty much like a 5.0L Coyote. It's been confirmed (by Ford Eng. Jamal Hameedi) that the 5.2L is not direct injected, doesn't have a dry sump, and the displacement bump comes soley from increase in bore. By the looks of it, the intake manifold looks similar to the stock version with a cold air setup. Maybe the charge motion butterfly's on the intake runners has been removed for better breathing? This was a common mod on the 4.6L 3V and the older 96-98 Cobra 4.6L 4V.

 

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Current Gen GT350 were done by Shelby American - Ford sent them Mustang GT and they did the mod. They were sold for more than GT500 list price, IIRC.

they were slightly cheaper, and they hung around if you know what I mean, because the GT500 wasnt much more....wasnt a hard upsell for those with the $

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Just to clarify - the Shelby GT350 and Shelby GT500 are Ford SVT in-house vehicles produced and sold by Ford.

 

Shelby American, Roush, Steeda, Saleen, etc. also buy mustangs from Ford, modify them and resell them through various Ford dealers (and/or directly to the public).

 

Shelby American sells a Shelby GT, Supersnake, 1000 and GTS but they don't sell a GT500 or GT350. Only Ford.

the last GT350s we had were modified by Shelby in Las Vegas....the workmanship wasnt up to snuff and the upcharge for the package was ridiculous. But then again they had his signature on the right hand side of the dash, so apparently everything was justified.

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the last GT350s we had were modified by Shelby in Las Vegas....the workmanship wasnt up to snuff and the upcharge for the package was ridiculous. But then again they had his signature on the right hand side of the dash, so apparently everything was justified.

 

They don't even show the GT350 on their website any more. I guess they killed it in anticipation of the Ford model.

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