Dan and Josefina Collins’ 1969 Shelby G.T. 350H

Companion Car: Dan and Josefina Collins’ 1969 G.T. 350H was purchased as a driver, but it snowballed into a show-winning Shelby.

Dan Collins’ intentions were good. He wanted to find a 1969 or 1970 Mustang for his wife, Josefina, so she would have a pony of her own to take to shows and could display it alongside Dan’s restomoded 514ci ’69 Mach 1. A convertible or Mach 1 would be ideal. The Modesto, California, couple would fix it up, keep it mostly stock, and make it a nice driver.

Dan got real excited when he was told by a business acquaintance about a ’69 G.T. 350 in Livermore, California, that had been in storage for 18 years ... read more