Classic Recreations unveil stunning 1967 Shelby GT500CR

During the 2009 SEMA show, Classic Recreations founder Jason Engel announced plans to work with Shelby American on the first series of officially licensed 1967 Shelby Mustang continuation cars. One year later at SEMA 2010, Engel brought not one but two G.T.500CR customer cars to the show after invitations from Ford Motor Company and Cobra Electronics to display vehicles in the company’s respective booths. The car from the Ford display was also called out as an “Ultimate Street Car” when Optima batteries asked Engel to participate in the annual Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational (OUSCI) track shootout and television show at Spring Mountain Raceway in Pahrump, Nevada, the Saturday after SEMA.

“Having two customer cars in major booths at the SEMA Show was really a coming out party for the G.T.500CR,” Engel said. “We are in full production and have shipped Shelbys all over the world, but having vehicles in the Ford and Cobra booths, then being chosen to take part in the OUSCI was a great thrill for us. Everyone knows we can build a beautiful car – this was our chance to show that we also build a fast car with the performance and reliability of a modern supercar. I think we proved that at Spring Mountain Raceway and we were truly honored that the crew at Optima chose us out of thousands of vehicles on display at SEMA.”

Both G.T.500CR Shelbys on display at SEMA were 545 horsepower Performance Models, one finished in classic wimbledon white and guards blue, the other featuring a two-tone gloss and matte black paintjob.  Both cars are powered by fuel injected, naturally aspirated, hand-built 427 cubic inch engines. Other features include a Tremec overdrive transmission, modern coil-over suspension with rack-and-pinion steering, modern vented disc brakes, a custom handcrafted interior featuring Carroll Shelby signature seats, custom gauges, brushed aluminum trim, and five-point harnesses. Each car is built by highly trained craftsman in the heart of America and require well over 1,000 hours of manual labor.

The stealth car was a key part of the Cobra Electronic booth display, where it was constantly surrounded by admirers and photographers.  The white car was part of the Ford Heritage Display directly across from the Ford drift exhibition next to the Monster Energy stage, where modern Mustangs demonstrated Ford performance in a cloud of tire smoke.

Saturday after the close of the SEMA Show, the white Shelby competed at the OUSCI in four competitions: autocross, road course, speed stop and engineering. As one of only three Fords in a field of 60 top-tier supercars, the G.T.500CR stood out and made an impression. When the tire smoke cleared, the Shelby finished in the top 20 on the road course.

“The G.T.500CR is meant to be driven,” says Engel. “Although the overall look is vintage Shelby, essentially this is modern sports car technology wrapped in vintage Shelby GT500 sheet metal. We had a blast watching the car do what it was built to do. Classic Recreations offers additional options on all our builds and next year we’re bringing out one of our supercharged, 780 hp “Venom” models with four-link rear suspension and we’ll really show them what we can do.”

The entire Optima event, from the pre-SEMA builds to the awards ceremony, was shot for a national TV show, which will air in early 2011 on a national cable network. For full event results, more information on the OUSCI results, TV show, participants, official rules and more, visit http://www.optimainvitational.com/
Source: Classic Recreations

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Video: Watch Creations n’ Chrome’s Top Notch Mustang put down 855 rwhp on the dyno

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Very few shops are taking on extensive Fox Body Mustang projects these days, but Creations n’ Chrome, is used to bucking the trend. After building S197 Mustangs for the SEMA Show in 2010 and 2011 as well as creating the aviation-based Mustangs that were auctioned off at EAA AirVenture the past two years, the Valencia, CA-based company decided to build the ultimate Fox Body Mustang. Their “Top Notch” Mustang was first announced a little over a year ago, with a mostly-finished car debuting at the SEMA Show less than ten months later.

Since its first public showing in November Creations n’ Chrome has been wrapping up all the details on the car including the final tuning of its Vortech-supercharged 5.0L V8. We recently went over to the CnC shop to see the car in action during a dyno tuning session, as we were curious as to exactly how much power Top Notch was putting down. The answer? An astounding 855 horsepower and 667 lb-ft torque at the rear wheels. That’s a lot for any car, but considering Top Notch weighs in at a little over 2,500 pounds, it should be one fast Fox Body.

For those of you worried the car will never see action, don’t fret. Creations n’ Chrome plans on entering Top Notch in a variety of standing mile and time attack competitions, meaning we should be seeing plenty of the car in the coming months.

To see and hear the Top Notch Mustang on the dyno, just hit the play button below. Watch Video! Click NEXT!

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Via:http://mustangsdaily.com

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MUSCLE CAR CONCEPT: SHELBY COUPE

At this year’s SEMA show there were lots of pretend muscle cars on display, many of them from the big automakers (Ford, for example, had an excess of 70 vehicles at the show). In reality these were ordinary production vehicles overly accessorised with go-faster stripe stickers, oversized alloy wheels and garish stick-on plastic bodykits. Real muscle cars do not exist anymore – except in the minds of designers that is.

Sabino Leerentveld is a young Dutch industrial designer who, like most designers, ofttimes enjoys experimenting and playing with conceptual designs in his downtime.

As an unapologetic hyper-muscle car design, his Shelby Coupe concept bears many of the hallmarks that you would expect on a typical Shelby-tuned Mustang or Dodge.

But Sabino tells us that the car’s styling actually evolved without any kind of focus on aesthetic refinement. Instead, he deliberately pursued a vision of something really old school, with fat tires, and exaggerated if not extreme muscularity. Precisely the same approach as your average SEMA entrant then, only with a far more successful end product.

Although this particular project initially started life as a mere exercise in CAD surface modelling, the end result is a full-blown tribute to Carroll Shelby-esque muscle cars – and a design that the likes of Ford and Chrysler, as overtly corporatised bodies, simply would not have the courage or audacity to produce (even as a one-off SEMA-type showcar).

So, rather sadly, concepts such as Sabino’s Shelby Coupe continue to exist only in the digital realm.

Source: autoconception.com

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