Often referred to as V738-2, this vehicle was completed on
February 4, 1966 - a full six months before any 1967 production
Mustangs were built - and was used by Ford for a varity of
engineering tests including wind tunnel, acceleration, and
fuel usage. The car was then shipped to California and transformed
into a preproduction 1967 Shelby GT500 prototype and performance
testing vehicle. It became one of two Shelbys featured in the 1967
Shelby sales brochure. It was also the Shelby American promotional
post card car and used in other automotive publications. In the fall
of 1966, Shelby chief engineer Chuck Cantwell tested this GT500 at
Ford's Proving Grounds in Yucca Arizona. When Shelby America closed
down its California production operations in the summer of 1967, the
car was shipped to Ionia, Michigan where it was used as a 1968 preproduction
Shelby fiberglass test fit vehicle.

On December 31, 1968, V738-2 was donated to a correctional facility in Ionia
where it was used as an instructional body and mechanics shop vehicle until
1999. It was then discarded to a local junkyard where it was found and purchased
by the current owner in March 2000. The research and restoration process took
over ten years to complete and on July 30, 2017, the car received a first place
award at the St.John's Concourse d 'Elegance.

428 cu inch V-8, 355-horsepower, 3,370-lbs, 108-inch wheelbase,
Total Production: 1