Classic Recreations Produces First Carbon Fiber 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500CR
Last spring, Classic Recreations announced that it was teaming up with SpeedKore Performance to build the world’s first carbon-fiber bodied classic Mustang, which it named the Shelby GT500CR. Then, last September, the builder revealed that it had begun production on the very first of these carbon fiber bodies. Now, the first 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500CR is complete and ready for its time in the spotlight.
“Our Carbon Fiber Shelby moved from concept to completion in an unbelievable nine months, all during a global pandemic,” said Jason Engel, founder, and co-owner at Classic Recreations. “This first car in the production series demonstrates our ability to engineer and handcraft amazing cars by collaborating with key partners like SpeedKore. The muscle car is a breathtaking 600 pounds lighter than stock and has a power-to-weight ratio on par with most exotic vehicles.”
In collaboration with SpeedKore Performance Group, Classic Recreations’ 1967 steel GT500CR was blue light scanned, designed, and engineered in CAD, and then permanently enshrined in plugs, from which future molds will be formed. The carbon fiber panels are autoclave-cured, creating blemish-free exposed carbon weave alignment panel-to-panel and exact-match replication. It is the first time the technology has been applied so extensively to a vintage Shelby GT500.
The all-carbon GT500CR is powered by Ford’s 5.2L Aluminator Gen 3 Coyote V8, which has been fitted with a 2.9L Whipple supercharger and stainless steel headers. It’s backed up by a Ford 10R80 10-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters.
