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This Is How the Only 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500 Green Hornet Was Made

At the beginning of 2019, during the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale sale, the auction house’s CEO Craig Jackson paid $1.1 million for the right to be the first recipient of the new 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500. At the end of October, he got delivery of the car, and just a week before the start of the 2020 Scottsdale event, images taken during the build process were made public.
2020 Mustang Shelby GT500 Green Hornet 17 photos
Photo: Barrett-Jackson
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The car was assembled at the Ford Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan, and it is unique in the range of GT500s. Having paid a small fortune for it, Jackson earned the right to ask for things that will not be available to other GT500 owners.

First off, the entire car has been built to be a tribute to the 1968 Shelby EXP500 prototype, one of the rarest Cobra-badged Mustangs on the planet, and a car that also happens to be part of Craig Jackson’s collection.

Just like the prototype, which happens to wear the moniker Green Hornet, the new GT500 boasts the EXP500 lettering hand-painted on its side. This car is the only one that will ever be gifted with the distinction, and it will also be the only one to have its mirrors painted to match the body, and not black like all the rest.

The new GT500 is painted in the same color as the prototype, meaning a Lime Green base topped with Candy Apple Green.

“In making this request, I truly had no idea what an extraordinary undertaking it was, but BASF and the paint specialists at Penske went above and beyond to make that happen,” said Jackson in a statement.

“The entire team at Ford went out of their way to help my dream become a reality, and I couldn’t be more grateful.”

The new Green Hornet will take its place right beside the original in January, during the 2020 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction. Until then, you can have a look at the build process in the photo gallery above.
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About the author: Daniel Patrascu
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Daniel loves writing (or so he claims), and he uses this skill to offer readers a "behind the scenes" look at the automotive industry. He also enjoys talking about space exploration and robots, because in his view the only way forward for humanity is away from this planet, in metal bodies.
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