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MEMBERS OF THE STANG MAG FAMILY ARE MORE PASSIONATE ABOUT FUN AND INCLUSION THAN THEY ARE THEIR CARS AND THAT SAYS A LOT!

building that they were working in and walk to a nearby airport. The shop foreman had counted 347 steps at which point Shelby proclaimed the new Mustang would have the GT350 name. Now this version seems a little fishy too me and there is another version of the story, which I would think is more realistic. It goes that Carroll Shelby could not agree on names like Mustang Gran Sport. In fact he really didn’t care about naming the car. Frustrated one day he turned to Phil Remington and asked him what is the distance between the race and production shops at Shelby America. Remington response was about 350 feet, to which Carroll said that is what we will call it. The GT350. During the first year of production there were only 562 original GT350 produced, which was the start of what would evolve the Mustang from a secretary pony car to a full on race ready, muscle car. As the different evolutions of the GT350 arrived, it saw various changes ranging from special quarter panel windows, functional brake scoop, optional 3-speed automatic and even a Paxton supercharger which increased horsepower to 440. The success of the GT350 lead to the infamous 1967 GT500 with its 355 horsepower Ford Cobra 428 FE motor with 2 CFM Holley four-barrel carbs.

Fun Fact, in 1967 there was 1 Fastback GT500 titled the Super Snake, which has a 427 FE GT40 racing engine, which produced 650 hp and was capable of hitting speeds over 150 miles per hour. Carroll Shelby himself had hit 170 miles an hour in this car with a set of Goodyear thunderbolt tires. This was sadly the only Super Snake built in 1967 due to limited interest. Well now that we have gone through some of Mustang’s earliest beginnings and greatest achievements during the 1960s, its time to hit the road, burn some rubber, make some noise, and remember we only live once so live it up.

I met Daniel Ramey at a Beltway Mustang show and won my spot with STANG Magazine in their Carlisle Ford Nationals display. Needless to say I wasn’t sure what to expect being that I didn’t know the people attending and was going by myself.

The STANG Mag family welcomed me in from the very start and made me feel like one of their own!