1968 Shelby GT-500 magazine road test page from Speed & Supercar

Pf a mu. Bold new iacelift SHELBYS sopnrs'rrca'rnn SUPEBCAB . carporates wide-mouthed nose, rectangular driving lights and a scooped hood secured by polkhed twist locks. New assembly line techniques, a choice of formidable street engines and luxury trim put the 68 GT-500 in a class by itself msumnaan ROAD TEST HINGS HAve not exactly been quiet in the Shelby-Ford camp over the past five years. In that per- iod of time Carroll Shelby acceler- ated from the bib-overalled country bumpkin stage to a custom-clothed multi-millionaire, and established Fords unbeatable racing image. First for Shelby was a 260-power ed, outmoded AC, better known as the Cobra, which in time grew in dis- placement to 289 and then on to 427 < andg428 cubic inches. There were special road race and drag models, all successful to some degree. And' we cant forget thestreet models, es- pecially those rare jobs fitted suit! SPEED & SUPERCAR O 35 1 h o