Shelby American Announces Limited Edition Mustang with 750-plus Horsepower and Race Car Handling and Braking
Shelby To Revive Terlingua Racing Team 2016 Ford Mustang
Mustang
aficionados will remember the limited edition V6 Terlingua Mustang in
2007, designed to pay homage to Terlingua Racing Team created in the
1960s. More than just racing, the Terlingua Racing Team, headed by
Carroll Shelby and Bill Neale, would hunt, ride motorcycles and tear up
on a 200,000-acre ranch. They also created a technical school for young
men in the desolate region of Texas. The brand and eponymous jackrabbit
logo from the Terlingua Ranch in Texas, have now been revived with a V8
Mustang set to produce over 750 horsepower and feature race car like
handling and performance. 
Today
Shelby American announced a limited run of just 50 Shelby Terlingua
Racing Team Mustangs that will be built around the wildly popular
2015-2016 Ford Mustang GT. “The Shelby Terlingua is our most
track-inspired Mustang and is built as a tribute to the Terlingua Racing
Team and their 1967 Trans Am Championship,” said Gary Schechner, VP of
Marketing and Sales at Shelby American.
“We
start with a Whipple supercharger mated to the new 5.0L V8 Mustang GT
producing over 750 hp and give it an exclusive Shelby-by-Eibach sway bar
and adjustable coilovers,” added Schechner. “Then we bring in Ford
Performance upgrades including half-shafts, a short-throw shifter and
the aggressive sounding Borla Exhaust with black tips. We also added the
Brembo Big Brake kit for racetrack-proven performance. And with 20-inch
Weld Racing wheels, tons of Shelby-designed carbon fiber components and
the distinct Terlingua Racing Team badging, this car looks and runs
like a Terlingua race car should.”In addition, each of the 50 models will carry an autograph plaque of Bill Neale (a Terlingua founder and designer of the racing team crest), Carroll Shelby and Jerry Titus, the 1967 Trans Am Champion winning driver. Shelby Terlingua will be offered starting at $65,999.
"The
Terlingua Racing Team was created in the 1960's to have a lot of fun
for a lot of people," said Bill Neale, designer of the famous Terlingua
Racing Team Crest. "Our rough and ready group was as passionate about
playing as we were about racing. From our wild weekends on the Rio
Grande in South Texas to race tracks across the world, the Terlingua
Racing Team took no prisoners. The team crest and racing livery that I
designed came to symbolize that raucous, irreverent lifestyle that
thumbed its nose at the establishment."Team MM&FF will get a first-hand look at the Terlingua Mustang next week at Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale, Arizona and we’ll be sure to give you a full report.
