{"id":58185,"date":"2019-01-03T12:17:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T20:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=58185"},"modified":"2019-01-03T12:17:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T20:17:28","slug":"muscle-car-madness-1965-shelby-mustang-gt350","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/muscle-car-madness-1965-shelby-mustang-gt350\/","title":{"rendered":"Muscle Car Madness: 1965 Shelby Mustang GT350"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent\">This slideshow requires JavaScript.<\/p><div id=\"gallery-58185-1-slideshow\" class=\"jetpack-slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow jetpack-slideshow-black\" data-trans=\"fade\" data-autostart=\"1\" data-gallery=\"[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/rjlead-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;58193&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1965 Shelby Mustang GT350&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1965 Shelby Mustang GT350&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Click Here to Begin Slideshow\\n\\nAccording to Motor Trend magazine, what Shelby had done was \\u201ctake a 2+2, inject some Cobra venom, bulk up the leg muscles and trim the excess fat.\\u201d The Fastback featured a modified K-code 289 cid V8 engine with 350 hp. Ford termed the car the Shelby GT350 Street (it was labeled the GT350R for racing), and unveiled it to the public on January 27, 1965 as a street legal racing car.\\n\\n\\u201cI bought a 1965 Mustang 2+2 GT with a 271 hp K-code engine and a pony interior in 1976 in Los Angeles,\\u201d explains Ross Saunders. \\u201cI was looking for some hard-to-find interior parts as spare parts and was told that there was a similar Mustang that was being sent to the crusher. So I bought the wrecked car for the parts, not knowing that it was an original GT350.\\u0026#8221;\\n\\nYou can read the full story about this incredible find over on Hot Rod Hotline!&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/65-Shelby-Mustang-289-Engine-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;58186&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1965 Shelby Mustang GT350 1&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1965 Shelby Mustang GT350&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.racingjunk.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/01\\\/1965-Shelby-Mustang-GT350-4-min.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;58190&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1965 Shelby Mustang GT350 2&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Muscle Car Madness: 1965 Shelby Mustang 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