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One 1968 Mustang GT500 Asks Ridiculous Six Figures for a Car That Doesn't Even Have a Roof
One 1968 Mustang GT500 Asks Ridiculous Six Figures for a Car That Doesn't Even Have a Roof

15 Feb 2024, 14:11 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / One of the 518 convertibles Ford Shelby Mustang Cobra GT500 King of the Road, built in 1968, is for sale after an older award-winning restoration

 
Ultra-Rare 1968 Shelby GT500KR 428 Cobra Jet Sat for 25 Years in a Field, Gets Rescued
Ultra-Rare 1968 Shelby GT500KR 428 Cobra Jet Sat for 25 Years in a Field, Gets Rescued

28 Nov 2022, 10:30 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / From April 1968, Ford Motors started factory installing a version of the 428 engine, aka Cobra Jet, on the GT500. It was subsequently called the Cobra GT500 KR

 
Shelby GT500KR: The 900 HP King of the Road Celebrates the Company's 60 Years of Existance
Shelby GT500KR: The 900 HP King of the Road Celebrates the Company's 60 Years of Existance

19 Dec 2021, 20:13 UTC · By: Dan Marinescu / The third reincarnation of this icon will either be sold as a standalone model or a post-title upgrade package for the 2020-2022 Shelby GT500.

 
1968 Ford Shelby GT500 King of the Road Is a True 428 Cobra Jet V8 AACA Senior
1968 Ford Shelby GT500 King of the Road Is a True 428 Cobra Jet V8 AACA Senior

5 May 2021, 12:30 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It arrives under the hammer just in time for Dana Mecum's 34th Original Spring Classic Indy auction courtesy of the “Charlie Thomas Estate Collection”

 
1968 Shelby GT500KR Auctioned for Charity During ABC Reality Show
1968 Shelby GT500KR Auctioned for Charity During ABC Reality Show

7 Apr 2011, 07:34 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A car that is known as the "King of the Road" is to go under the hammer during a new reality TV pilot, hosted by Extreme Makeover Home Edition’s Ty Pennington. The car in question is...