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1968 Brittany Blue Mustang GT convertible with dual exhaust. Looks at home in the white fence corral.
    
Left rear view of a 1968 Brittany Blue Mustang GT convertible.
    
View of the 1968 Brittany Blue Mustang GT convertible with the top up.
Interior view of the 1968 Mustang GT showing the SelectShift Curise-O-Matic tree-speed transmission option ($201 original option price), and after market radio. This is the Aqua Vinyl interior.
The powerplant is a 302 cubic inch (~230hp) 4 barrel V8. This car originally had a 195 hp (at 4600 rpm), 289 cubic inch, 2 barrel, V8 engine.
    
This is a Royal Maroon 1968 Mustang Sprint with a 195 hp (at 4600 rpm), 289 curbic inch, 2 barrel, V8. The Sprint options packages started midway through the 1966 model year when Ford introduced the Millionth Mustang Sale featuring the limited-edition "Sprint" package which had a lot more chrome and a different engine due to engine availablity problems in 1966. The Sprint option remained in later years with just the additional chrome and paint options which gave the car a GT look without the price. The 1968 Mustang Sprint option consisted of GT stripes, pop-open gas cap and the full wheel covers of six cylinder Mustangs. V-8s got in addition, the styled steel wheels with Wide Oval Tires and the GT fog lamps.
    
Front view of the 1968 Royal Maroon Mustang Sprint showing its Sprint option fog lamps.
Interior view of the 1968 Mustang, SelectShift Cruise-O-Matic three-speed automatic transmission, and AM radio.
Close-up of the dash of this 1968 Mustang showing the tachometer, AM radio, and center console options
Car Invoice for the Royal Maroon 1968 Mustang Sprint. Base price for a 2-door hardtop in 1968 was $2602; therefore, the Sprint package was around $420. Adding up some of the options $106 for the 302 ci engine, $201 for the automatic transmission, $54 for power disc brakes, $147 for the GT equipment group, $54 for the tachometer, $360 for the push-button AM radio, $54 for the center console, and $14 for the accent stripe... that's $990 (or a savings of $570 dollars with the Sprint package!).
    
Yellow 1968 Shelby GT 500 KR with a the largest engine offered in 1968, a 335 hp, 428 cubic inch, 4 barrel, Cobra Jet V8. This car has the special order Ford Yellow paint. On the Shelby specification sheet this color was printed at the bottom as "Shelby Unit Spec Paint W16066" and the door data plate color was left blank. Mid 1968, Shelby introduced the GT-500KR or "King of the Road" which used Ford's new unofficially rated 400hp, 428 cubic inch Cobra Jet engine along with other handling/safety modifications to contain the power.
    
Front end view of the 1968 Yellow Shelby GT 500KR.
    
1968 Yellow Shelby Mustang GT500KR, left front view. Notice the "KR" is written on the side stripe.
    
Yellow 1968 Shelby Mustang GT-500KR, left rear view
    
Rear view of the 1968 Yellow Shelby Mustang GT 500KR.
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