Sales figures are in for March and it’s another month of declining sales for the Ford Mustang. Sales of Mustangs for March of this year were 14,737 compared to 16,117 from March of the previous year showing a 8.6% decline. Year to date sales for 2007 are 34,573 compared to 40,692 for the three months of last year, a 15% decline. With the incentives Ford threw at customers for March sales did not improve like they hoped.
I knew something was up when Mr. Raburn, owner/founder of Stangnet put his Project Bullitt up for sale back in February and we now know it was to make room for a new Shelby GT500 which has found it’s way into his possession. You can check out the photos over at Stangnet’s forums. The GT500 is a coupe that is White with Vista Blue stripes. Will this be the next project car from Stanget, we will have to wait and see.
We are to the 4th episode of Jack’s Toys and this one is about a 1990 road racing Trans-Am Mustang sponsored by John Player Special that was driven by a Fin. Click here to watch the vid at youtube.
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I have added a video of the whole auction after the jump. Enjoy…
The unveiling of the Shelby GT-H Convertible went down Saturday as rumors flew this past week about which car was making it’s debut at the Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach event. Was it going to be the 2008 Shelby GT500 KR or the GT-H convertible, well the latter proved to be true. As the Shelby GT-H convertible was driven on stage under a blue Ford cover surrounded by Ford and Shelby employees you just knew it was a special day at the BJ Palm beach event. Mark Fields, president of FoMoCo stood at the auctioneers stand and did the formal introudion with Carroll Shelby jumping out of the passenger door to surprise the crowd.
The first GT-H Convertible #001 sold to noted Arizona businessman and Mustang collector Ron Pratte for $250,000. Mr. Pratte is an old veteran of these kinds of auctions as he has bought the first Shelby GT500 #001, Shelby GT #001, Shelby GT-H coupe #001 and Carroll Shelby’s personal twin supercharged ‘Super Snake’. Along with buying the car Mr. Pratte also won the one-off Shelby GT-H Fender Stratocaster guitar and was invited for vehicle delivery at Shelby’s Las Vegas facility. The proceeds of the auction will go to Carroll Shelby Children’s Foundation and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund.
The Shelby GT-H convertible #001 will be one of 500 produced with the remaining 499 being put into service at Hertz rental locations throughout the country. The car is pretty much an exact copy of the coupe except the convertible comes with a rollbar and black-painted Bullitt style wheels like the ones on the Shelby GT. Just like the coupes these limited edition Mustangs will see some rental time and be auctioned after there duty has been done.
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