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Originally Posted by Jeff Lee
The Shelby name is a car company name. You can buy a Shelby through your Shelby "authorized" Ford dealer but it is still a Shelby. The vehicles that Shelby produces start with Ford platforms and Ford drivetrain but in the end they are Shelby's. That's why 1967 GT500's can race with non-existant (at the time) single 4bbl's et al, because Shelby (not Ford) signed the required NHRA documentation.
Today and for the last several years, Ford Motor Company has only produced for public roadways a Mustang with either a 4.6L V-8 and a V-6.
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Jeff there are two types of Shelby vehicles. Ones that were built as standard Fords (and previously Dodges) then delivered to Shelby Automobiles where they were modifed (ie: the original 67 GT500's, GLHS omni's and Chargers, etc), then there are the OEM built cars that carry only the Shelby name - Regular Shelby Chargers, Shelby Z Daytona's and the current GT500 Mustang. Shelby Automobiles does offer their own versions of the Mustang but they don't touch the GT500.