The first Shelby Mustang was born in 1965. Called the G.T.350, that car immediately cemented Ford’s reputation as a genuine sports car (or “sport car,” according to Carroll Shelby, who never used the ...
That model was a one-year wonder, with only 2,048 big-block examples made before 1968 model-year production went to A.O. Smith in Ionia, Mich., fully under Ford’s management. Recalling a conversation ...