Low Mileage 1969 Mustang Shelby GT500 Going to Auction - MotorTrend Magazine
With its last registration sticker expiring in 1973, the Mustang Shelby GT500 was garage-kept for decades and found covered by layers of dust with its fiberglass hood up and trunk lid open with the trunk mat and insulation removed. The car reported has never seen rain – or a car wash – because the owner feared that the body may rust. Despite being stored for decades, the owner would restart the Mustang Shelby GT500 periodically and even started after given fresh fuel and a new battery, the auction house reports. Said to be original, the Mustang Shelby GT500 features Black Jade paint over a black interior and 428 cubic-inch Cobra Jet V-8 engine mated to a four-speed manual transmission. Included with the car are the original smog system, shifter assembly, snorkel, S-tube, Shelby window sticker, bill of sale, build sheet, owner’s manual, warranty card, title, and registration documentation. The Shelby was known to have had 2 minor wrecks in it's prior life. ( Freds 55 ) All of Larry's cars were dirty and had a inch of dust because Larry didn't clean them. The car had not been run for about 6 years prior to the sale. The car was not pampered in it's early life. He did not want his cars sold at a local sale but got sick too quickly to have made a will. Source: wot.motortrend.com
