Explain?

[George]

Hi

Someone has confuse me with Shelby and Ford

To my understanding a Ford GT Shelby 500 is a 'ford'. Now I get told its not a ford but a shelby, like Henesy etc.

And GT40s werent fords but were later baught out by Ford so the racing legend isnt really ford but something they took over.

FORD?
SHELBY?

EXPLAIN?

 

[Rick Muck- Mark IV]

The GT500 is built totally by Ford, never sees the Shelby facility and is titled and registered as a "Ford". That said, it is a "Shelby" by model name and the royalty paid to Shelby.

Confused? So long as it the MSO/COO/MCO or whatever you want to call the origin paperwork that is the car's "birth certificate" says "Ford" it is a Ford. The 1965-1970 models were MSO'd as "Shelby" and titled as such.

At least the new GT500s have some connection to Shelby...what I don't understand are the new "Elennor" cars and other such units that are licensed by Shelby but have no real connection whatsover and replicate cars that never existed in the 60s?!?!?

 

[Seymour Snerd]

And GT40s werent fords but were later baught out by Ford so the racing legend isnt really ford but something they took over.

That's just plain wrong. Here's a brief history:

GT40 History