1968 – Shelby GT-500 Tribute
No Expense Spared -Rotisserie Restoration/Rebuild
Ford 390 ci V8 with aluminum heads, side exhaust, custom interior
Stunning ---DuPont Catalina Green (Turquoise) over White Leather Interior
The attention to planning is outstandingly beautiful in even the smallest detail.
Features Include:
Mechanical
- 390 ci V8 (built 7/20/1968) casting # 8620
- 3 Speed automatic transmission C6 push button
- 8 inch Ford Posi-Traction Rear End (3.73:1 gear ratio)
- Auburn limited slip differential
- Edelbrock Aluminum Heads
- Edelbrock 4bbl carburetor with electric choke
- Edelbrock matching performance polished intake manifold
- Air Conditioning (Vintage Air)
- Power Steering Wooden steering wheel
- Front powered Disc Brakes w/ 4 piston calipers
- Chromed brake booster
- BeCool Aluminum Radiator w/dual electric fans
- Aluminum headers
- All Ceramic Coated SpinTech Exhaust w/ DMH electric cut offs
- High Pressure stainless steel brake lines
- Chromed alternator
- Chromed Shock Tower braces
- Chromed Transmission and Oil Pans
- New brake lines and parking brake cables
- New Shocks
- All new bushings
- Gas tank pained to match the body
- DuPont Hot Hues Catalina Dream Paint
- Gorgeous Chrome Bumpers
- Shelby Kit with Driving Lights
- Solid Straight Body
- Steel Ground Effects w/ side exhaust cut outs
- GT500 Stripe
- Door lips and jambs clear and solid
- Sequential Turn Signals
- Any Height Adjustable Antenna
- Lizard Skin Ceramic insulation
- Undercarriage Painted to match top side (including stripe)
- Frame and floorboards in top shape
- Torque boxes solid and in good shape
- Custom Shelby Style Chrome Wheels
- BF Goodrich tires
- RideTech performance coilover suspension
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Interior Details
- Custom white leather interior
- Cobra embroidery
- Engine turned aluminum dash and center console
- All AutoMeter Carroll Shelby logo gauges
- 200 MPH speedometer
- Polished Ididit steering column w/tilt option
- LeCarra steering wheel
- Custom stereo with CD changer in the trunk
- Custom lighted door sill plates
- Owner told Dash signed by Carroll Shelby
- Powered windows
- Trunk is finished with white leather to match interior

This car is a custom restoration/rebuild done to honor the actual original GT-500s built by Carroll Shelby.
The attention to detail in the build of this car incorporates modern technology and current improvements in components that offer enormously improved materials and design not available when the original cars were offered for sale. This build gives modern day convenience and reliability that ups the game in so many ways but is done so with the same heart and soul of the cars of the sixties. This a car that can be enjoyed by many enthusiasts without even turning the key. A turn of the key will not only bring a smile to everyone’s face
it will answer the question as to what we might have if the original car was still in production today