 
(from page 21 of the 1967 Collection)
Wimbledon White 1967 Shelby GT-500 fastback with blue stripes and a black interior. The hood pins assure that the lid stays down when the big 428ci Police Interceptor V8 with dual 4-barrel carburetors is running!
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(from page 21 of the 1967 Collection)
Wimbledon White 1967 Shelby GT-500 fastback, right front view. Looks the same as the other side - less the side rear view mirror. Those were options on older cars. Every new car now has mirrors on both doors. That is a fiberglass hood. Shelbys came standard with fiberglass hoods.
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(from page 22 of the 1967 Collection)
Wimbledon White 1967 Shelby GT500 fastback, front end view. Check out the Shelby GT-500 emblem in the grille. The next picture is a close-up.
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(from page 22 of the 1967 Collection)
Wimbledon White 1967 Shelby GT500 fastback, right side view. 1967 Shelbys only came in the fastback body style.
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(from page 22 of the 1967 Collection)
Wimbledon White 1967 Shelby GT-500 fastback, right rear view. There is also a GT500 emblem on the rear panel. Check out the close-up in the next picture.
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(from page 40 of the 1967 Collection)
This is a one-off Wimbledon White 1967 Mustang Shelby GT-500 Super Snake prototype car. It was built by Shelby with the intentions of building more. But... it would be too expensive (2x that of the normal Shelby, and more than the 427 Cobra) for the public to purchase, so they only built one. This Shelby was placed on eBay back in 2008 for $3M, but did not sell. It did, however, sell in 2013 for $1.3M at a Mecum auction. (Photos are from Mecum). Why was it built? Many reasons. The GT500 was outselling the GT350 and Goodyear wanted a high speed event to advertise its new Thunderbolt tires. The engine was a 600hp 427ci from the GT40. The fog lights have special chrome surrounds and the blue LeMans stripes are unique.
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(from page 40 of the 1967 Collection)
And those are actual 7.75x15" Goodyear Thunderbolt tires. As the story goes, this car ran 500 miles at an average speed of 142mph on Thunderbolt tires in the initial advertising campaign event.
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