Shelby G.T. Color and Accessories Guide (pre-production)
Brian Styles
While researching paint colors and memos, we found what appears to most-likely be a pre-production sales brochure.
I'm sure you'll find its contents extremely interesting as to what Shelby American had planned for '67 (a great contrast to what was actually offered).
Document Title: 1967 SHELBY G.T. 350/500 COLOR AND ACCESSORIES GUIDE
Date: Circa August/September 1966 - VERY EARLY / Pre-production?
Pages:
Front cover with illustration
Two (2) interior pages with a list of options and accessories
Back cover with planned paint/trim/stripe selections
Front Cover 1967 Shelby G.T.350/500 Color and Accessories Guide
Observations:
The title lists the models are as “G.T.350/500”. This 'abridged' method (missing the second occurrence of "G.T.") seems rare with the documents we've collected. The six page brochure featuring the Lime green car and the 2/5/67 spec sheet are two other known examples of the abridged mark. Oddly enough, the interior and back cover page titles of this document aren't the abridged version.
The illustration on the front cover is a rendering, not a photo of an actual car. Perhaps this is a sign that the document was created before either of the two concept cars were ever built.
There is no visible emblem on the front fender -- much like a '66 model wouldn't have had one.
Interior Pages 1967 Shelby GT 350/GT 500 Options and Accessories
FACTORY-INSTALLED PERFORMANCE OPTIONS
Cruise-O-Matic Drive is power-matched to the GT 500 or GT 350. Operation is fully automatic, or the transmission may be held in gear and upshifted manually. Lock-out selector permits engagement of only one gear at a time, prevents skipping of gears
Power Steering reduces low-speed steering offset, preserves crispness at road speeds
Full Acceleration Package
Tires: Goodyear 350 Dragway Slicks
Engine: “Equi-Length” tuned exhaust drag headers* and Cobra scattershield (manual transmission only) * not available in California
Axle: HD 31-spline rear (28 splines on GT 350) with locking differential, 4.33:1 ring and pinion gears, free-floating torque reaction arms
Speed Package
Tires: Goodyear 350 Speedway low-profile 2-ply nylon E70-15 wide path tires with 160 mph level speed rating
Axle: 3.00:1 final drive ratio
Other: Marchal high speed road lights. 170 mph speedometer, engine oil cooler
FACTORY INSTALLED CONVENIENCE ACCESSORIES
Selectaire Conditioning Complete all-year weather control system is built into GT 350 or GT 500 dashboard. High speed clutch and pulley assembly provides faster cool-down.
AM-FM Radio Enjoy the wide choice and fine sound of both AM and FM radio in this dash-installed model. Big-cone speaker provides excellent tone. AM only radio also available.
DEALER-INSTALLED PERFORMANCE OPTIONS, ACCESSORIES
Engine
“Equi-Length” tuned exhaust headers (drag)
180 degree “cross-over” exhaust headers (competition)
Cobra one-piece clutch scattershield
Oil cooler kit
Axle
Locking differential
Differential oil cooler
Final drive ratios of: 3.00:1 3.25:1, 3.89:1, 4.11:1, 4.33:1 and 4.56:1
Free-floating torque reaction arms (recommended for drag competition; not suggested for road use)
Brakes, Suspension
Monte Carlo bar
Standard
Front brake scoops
Metallic “competition” brake linings (rear)
Koni adjustable shock absorbers
Tires, Wheels
7.0” or 8.5” rim width 15” alloy competition wheels
Goodyear 350 Dragway slick tires
Goodyear 350 Speedway 160 mph-rated road tires
Body
Plexiglas rear and side windows
Competition seat (driver’s side)
Observations:
An 8.5" wide wheel option?
A 3.00:1 ratio didn't make it to production ... and a 4.56:1 axle ratio - wow!
Interesting that an oil cooler was planned as an option, yet it took SAI quite some time to figure out it was one of the components needed to solve the overheating issue that plagued the early GT500+Air/Con cars.
Under the Dealer Options \ Brakes, Suspension section, we find the word "Standard." Standard what? Did anyone proof-read this thing? Maybe it was supposed to read "Monte Carlo Bar - Standard." This would then match the earliest cut-away sketches of the '67 Shelby G.T. which included a Monte Carlo bar and dual mufflers...
Back Cover
EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR CHOICES
Observations:
The complete Ford paint names are used… later on, they weren’t.
Not all optional Top/Full/LeMans stripes were to be white. The two darker paints were to get silver stripes!
Clearwater Aqua was planned as the ‘medium blue’ choice (changed to Brittany Blue).
No plan for a Parchment interior with a white exterior, but yet that combination ended up getting ordered and built...