ilmor Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Cool, check it out! http://racing.ford.com/enthusiasts/collector-vehicles/shelby/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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twobjshelbys Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Lots of other cool limited production vehicles in there too. I was reading a couple of the descriptions and it looked like the text just got cut off. Check the 2006 Ford GT - it looks like it stopped mid-sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2007_Shelby_GT Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 It's unfortunate that the Shelby GT gets little, if any, respect. I can't count the number of times that the GT500 gets the glory, while the "red-headed step child" Shelby GT gets pushed aside! There's still a lot of folks that need to be educated! Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Checked out the page a little more. Lots of good info, including production numbers. The GT500 gets dual citizenship - both as a SVT Cobra and the Shelby GT500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyBlueHeaven Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Cool, check it out! http://racing.ford.c...ehicles/shelby/ And why no 2008 SGT? They made twice as many and then some of the 2007 SGT's I hear ya on the red headed step child though. Happened to me today at a car show. Regular GT 500 vert no mods next to my SGT. Judge said he rated the GT 500 over mine because of the GT500's stature, even though mine looked nicer and got more compliments. Does get annoying a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 And why no 2008 SGT? They made twice as many and then some of the 2007 SGT's I hear ya on the red headed step child though. Happened to me today at a car show. Regular GT 500 vert no mods next to my SGT. Judge said he rated the GT 500 over mine because of the GT500's stature, even though mine looked nicer and got more compliments. Does get annoying a bit. Agreed, no mention of the Barrett Jackson cars. There are some other incomplete and inconsistent things. Makes me wonder how old this area is and did someone here just happen on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted October 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 And why no 2008 SGT? They made twice as many and then some of the 2007 SGT's I hear ya on the red headed step child though. Happened to me today at a car show. Regular GT 500 vert no mods next to my SGT. Judge said he rated the GT 500 over mine because of the GT500's stature, even though mine looked nicer and got more compliments. Does get annoying a bit. Stature?? That makes no sense at all. Purely subjective. I guess no one can out-trophy a Rolls Royce in that judge's book. Rarity, looks better and more compliments should be given the most emphasis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang DAN Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 Hang in there folks! One day people will figure out that ours are the "real" Shelbys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry T Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 Glad to see that this car is srarting to get it due rewards ..... myabe now people may know a little more about this special car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordFan1 Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 Maybe it will work it's way from the Left coast- My SGT just took a first last weekend over 3 GT500's including a 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 And why no 2008 SGT? They made twice as many and then some of the 2007 SGT's I hear ya on the red headed step child though. Happened to me today at a car show. Regular GT 500 vert no mods next to my SGT. Judge said he rated the GT 500 over mine because of the GT500's stature, even though mine looked nicer and got more compliments. Does get annoying a bit. Not sure that's right...or I'm reading it wrong. There were about 3 times more 2007's than 2008's. Still no reason to skip over the Vista Blues! And am I the only one who shakes his head in disgust every time he overhears someone calling a GT500 a "Cobra"?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValyCop Posted October 7, 2011 Report Share Posted October 7, 2011 Hang in there folks! One day people will figure out that ours are the "real" Shelbys! You're right Dan and that's one of the main reasons I bought my SGT. It is a true Shelby There was a nice low mileage GT500 for sale locally at the time I started looking, but I wanted the SGT. Glad I made the choice. Interesting too I met the guy who bought the local GT500 and he was equally impressed with my GT as I was with his GT500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyBlueHeaven Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 Not sure that's right...or I'm reading it wrong. There were about 3 times more 2007's than 2008's. Still no reason to skip over the Vista Blues! And am I the only one who shakes his head in disgust every time he overhears someone calling a GT500 a "Cobra"?! It meant that the 08's should be even more of a colectible since there were a third of them made in comparison to the 07's. And I'm not sure where you see me saying cobra in my post? maybe you weren't reading it right like you said or I wasn't as clear as I should have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpow96 Posted October 8, 2011 Report Share Posted October 8, 2011 My standard response about what makes the SGT special above all other Shelbys is not how or where it was made, but how many SCCA national championships it owns (2007, 2008, 2009). That happens to equal the number of SCCA national championships another Shelby that they may have heard about (GT-350 in 1965, 1966, & 1967). That usually wraps up any such conversations. -Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyBlueHeaven Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 My standard response about what makes the SGT special above all other Shelbys is not how or where it was made, but how many SCCA national championships it owns (2007, 2008, 2009). That happens to equal the number of SCCA national championships another Shelby that they may have heard about (GT-350 in 1965, 1966, & 1967). That usually wraps up any such conversations. -Tom nice, didn't know that, but good to know. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bushmaster Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 It's unfortunate that the Shelby GT gets little, if any, respect. Yeah, even to the point, in that article, of putting quotation marks around Shelby GT, like it's imaginary or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red84duck Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Hang in there folks! One day people will figure out that ours are the "real" Shelbys! I'm new to this's an a new to me 2007 Shelby GT (3500 miles when I bought) When I first looked at car he was proud of the fact that the car was turned into a shelby by the Shelby team in Vegas and comes with a dash plate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demon666 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 AM I WRONG? THE 1965AND1966 SHELBYS WERE MADE BY SHELBY WITH SERIAL NUMBERS TO PROVE IT. THE 07 AND 08 SHELBY GT WERE DONE THE SAME. THE GT500 IS MADE BY FORD. NEXT QUESTION.??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjones007 Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 And am I the only one who shakes his head in disgust every time he overhears someone calling a GT500 a "Cobra"?! Talk to Ford, follow the link to the SVT "COBRA" and there plain as day, they call the GT500 a "COBRA." This is just plain and simple economics, FORD wants to produce a car, cash in on Shelby's name, and still have their own SVT program. BL--the "GT500" is a FORD product, period. NEVER touched, modified, or even breathed upon by anyone at Shelby. I'm not hating on the GT500, it's a great car, but to call it a Shelby is like calling the new Corvette a "Callaway" just because you bought the license of the name dosen't make it so. FORD needs to get it straight, it's either a SVT Cobra (which IMO it is) or it's a GT500, sans the "Shelby" name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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