The first Shelby G.T. 350 cars built

[Brian Styles]

The first five (5) Shelby G.T. 350 cars built. 

Each car has several important dates associated with it. The two most significant dates are the date that it was built by Ford and the date that it was completed by Shelby. Therefore, I've created two tables. The first is sorted by the date the car was finished at Ford's San Jose plant. The second is sorted by the date it was recorded as 'completed' by Shelby American at LAX.

• "Built/SJ" is the date the Ford computer record indicated the car was completed at San Jose
  
• "Completed/LAX" is date the SAAC Registry lists the cars as being completed at the LA Airport facility
  
• "Delta" is the number of days between Ford building the car and then SAI completing the car

Table 1 (sorted by Ford San Jose build date)

VIN    Pkg    DSO    Item   Built/SJ     Completed/LAX      Delta

0056   200F   2505   ?      09/23/1966   03/31/1967 (Fri)   71

0057   200F   2505   ?      09/27/1966   12/07/1966 (Wed)   40

0016   200F   2505   ?      10/03/1966   11/02/1966 (Wed)   30

0006   200F   2505   ?      10/04/1966   12/19/1966 (Mon)   76

0003   200F   2505   ?      10/07/1966   10/19/1966 (Wed)   12

Average delta = 57.2 days

Table 2 (sorted by Shelby LAX Completion Date)

VIN    Pkg    DSO    Item   Built/SJ     Completed/LAX      Delta

0003   200F   2505   ?      10/07/1966   10/19/1966 (Wed)   12

0018   200F   2505   ?      10/11/1966   10/19/1966 (Wed)    8

0002   200F   2505   ?      10/07/1966   10/20/1966 (Thu)   13

0019   200F   2505   ?      10/11/1966   10/20/1966 (Thu)    9

0024   200F   2505   ?      10/11/1966   10/26/1966 (Wed)   15

Average delta = 11.4 days

Also, car #0176 is worth mentioning although it has not bee included in the above tables. There is no DSO for #0176 (not on Microfilm or elsewhere). Because this car was not ordered as a Shelby, we don't feel it should be included in the date-oriented calculations. See The Mystery of car 0176 for more about this car.

VIN    Pkg    DSO    Item   Built/SJ     Released/SJ     Completed/LAX      Delta

0176   211F   N/A    0243   09/01/1966   09/24/1966      10/01/1966 (Sat)   30

See Also

• The First Three G.T. 500 Cars (Serialized and Built)