Shelby American Mines Its History to Resurrect the GT350

Six decades after Carroll Shelby unveiled his first modified Mustang, the GT350, Shelby American is resurrecting the model.

Though modern enthusiasts may most closely associate “GT350” with the 2015–2020 car and its flat-plane-crank, naturally aspirated “Voodoo” V-8, the name’s history runs deep. Shelby American built the first GT350, including its race-spec G350R relative, and its less hard-core descendants, in the mid- to late-’60s (Ford took over production in late 1967). Ford then built an obscure run of 5260 tribute cars in 1984. Shelby American brought back the name from 2011 to 2013 on a supercharged S197, and Ford took matters into its own hands once more in 2015, when it introduced the Voodoo-powered car. For the 2025 version, Shelby American is at the helm, and boost is back in the picture. So is racing …

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