2011 Shelby GT500 Road Test The North Georgia Mountains | February 2011 Gainesville, Georgia Pictures and text by Bob Nugent A Hot Rods Online Photo Expose 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 Intro 1/15   |      A while back, 1968 to be exact, I had a sign shop and did lettering and striping. A local car dealer had a Shelby that he had shipped in and he wanted racing stripes put on . Now I was no dummy, and I wanted to drive that car, so I told him that I had to allow for drying time, and I would need the car for several days. The car was a dark blue 1968 Shelby GT500 with the 428 engine. You have to understand how exclusive a Shelby GT500 was back in those days. The chance to see one, much less drive one was very rare. A light Mustang with a 428 Super Jet engine, with 428 cubes was a powerful combination. We didn't call them Liters, we called them Cubes, and this car had a bunch. This car was totally different from a regular Mustang. It not only had a big engine, it had suspension modifications, was basically a racing car in street form. After I painted the stripes on the car, when they had time to dry, I took it for a nice little ride. What a ride that was. 2011 Ford Shelby GT500 Intro 1/15   |      ©1994-2011 Hotrods Online ® All Rights reserved. No Images or text may be used without prior written authorization.