Although I do know a bit about Mustangs, I'm not going to make a judgement as to the authenticity of this GT500. They're pretty rare Mustangs and plenty of people take regular vintage Mustangs and turn them into GT's, Shelby's, Bosses, or whatever. So unless they are very obviously fake, I just assume they're real and then gush over them.
The 1967 GT500 was the first Big Block Shelby. It had the FE 428 under the hood with dual 4-barrell carbs. It had numerous fiberglass body parts, such as the hood, trunk lid, etc. It added to the butch look of the bigger 67's. This one was missing the big signature driving lights that usually rest in those big holes in the grill.
This guy was a really cool midnight blue. It was also in great shape, although it still looked to be a driver rather than a show car.
I always liked the regular 1967 Mustang rear end. The tail light panel is concave and the fastback roofline comes right to the edge of the trunk lid. The Shelby rear is significantly different, with the roofline ending in a lipped tail and the tail light panel itself is flat with long, rectangular tail lights.
Overall, a very nice looking car, and one I would love to take up to speed on the back roads.
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