Is this a real Shelby?

"Funktheduck" (funktheduck) 04/01/2015 at 21:09 • Filed to: None

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best I could get because of traffic. It had a hood scoop with a "302" badge. It sounded like a 302 but I thought old Shelby's had bigger engines. It had a cobra badge on the front fender. That rear spoiler is awful. I love old cars regardless of make. I'm partial to old mustangs especially. This one just looked wrong.

505Turbeaux > Funktheduck 04/01/2015 at 21:13

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passenger is facepalming knowing you caught them out

StoneCold > Funktheduck 04/01/2015 at 21:19

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Shelby cars only had 302s in 1968, but that generation of Shelby had Thunderbird/Cougar lights on it

StoneCold > StoneCold 04/01/2015 at 21:22

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But it is definitely a 1968 with those side marker lights.

Also, I never like that much chrome on the wheels, anthracite/grey Torq Thrusters are always better:

Frank Grimes > StoneCold 04/01/2015 at 21:27

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this was my first thought.

Funktheduck > StoneCold 04/01/2015 at 21:32

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That's why it looks so wrong. The tail lights. Thank you

Funktheduck > 505Turbeaux 04/01/2015 at 21:33

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She was playing with her hair. She kept adjusting it despite the fact that she's in a convertible.

505Turbeaux > Funktheduck 04/01/2015 at 21:41

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nah, just the facepalm. Let me sleep easy tonight

Funktheduck > 505Turbeaux 04/01/2015 at 21:45

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Facepalm. At least it wasn't as awkward as when I took a picture of that K900 or whatever it was and noticed the guy after the fact was staring right at me with a "WTF are you doing" look

Jay Lauer > StoneCold 04/01/2015 at 21:48

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Shelby's did not have 302s in '68.

StoneCold > Jay Lauer 04/01/2015 at 22:22

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Ummm. Yes, J-codes were the standard engine:

http://mustangattitude.com/cgi-bin/statse…

https://myclassicgarage.com/marketplace/kn…

http://www.mustangspecs.com/years/68shelby…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_Mu…

StoneCold > StoneCold 04/01/2015 at 22:49

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Scraaaatch that, it's a '69 with those jewel-type tail lights; '68s were flatter. That silly ducktail thing was throwing me off :/

RedPir8Roberts > StoneCold 04/01/2015 at 23:40

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You could also get the 428 Police Interceptor motor in the GT500, and 428 Cobra Jet in the 500KR "King of the Road." The convertibles also had a factory rollbar covered with a plastic aero sheath which the pictured car lacks. Those also look like 1969 taillights, not 1968s, as already pointed out they would have been replaced by Thunderbird sequential units in a real Shelby.

StoneCold > RedPir8Roberts 04/02/2015 at 00:08

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http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/scraaaatch-tha…

Yup, it was bugging me; the tail thing was throwing me off with the tail lights. Yes, you could get those, but Funktheduck was asking about if Shelby cars specifically had 302s ever.