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Shelby Mustang Fifty Years
is a celebration of the
Shelby Mustang and covers every iteration from the raw
1965 GT350s to today’s 1000-horsepower monster Shel-
bys. More importantly, it profiles the men who made it all
happen like “Mr. GT350” Chuck Cantwell, Peter Brock,
and those men that keep the dream alive today at the Ford
Motor Company like Jim Farley. Created in cooperation
with the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust and officially licensed by
Carroll Shelby Licensing, Inc. The book is lavishly illus-
trated with rare, historical photography and modern color
images that chronicle the story of these amazing cars,
from the initial collaboration with Ford to today’s record-
setting high-tech muscle cars. Foreword and tribute to
Carroll Shelby by the”Father of the Mustang,” Lee Iacocca.
Peter Brock says: “
Colin Comer has done it again! What
his last spectacular book, “Shelby Cobra Fifty Years,” was
to the Texan’s snakes, his new “Shelby Mustang Fifty
Years” is to Shelby’s Mustang. It is the perfect addition to
any Shelby or Mustang enthusiast’s library. Somehow
Colin seems to come up with new, unseen historic pho-
tography as well as the latest images of fantastic, perfect
restorations, like those of the first production and racing
versions of the GT350s, 5R002 and 5S003. This book also
provides great insight into the background and develop-
ment of the whole Mustang project at Shelby American
provided by the project’s leader, Chuck Cantwell, as well
as commentary from those who assisted in making these
great cars. It’s all here: history, passion, racing and ab-
solute perfection in the form of concours-level photogra-
phy. An exceptional and highly recommended book!”
AVAILABLE IN TWO VERSIONS
.
Regular Edition
: published by Motorbooks International,
it consists of 240 pages and almost 500 photographs. It is
available for $50 from www.colincomerbooks.com and
they can be personalized by the author if desired.
Author’s Limited Edition
: a more substantial and thicker
hardcover wrapped in soft, black cow-friendly imitation
leather and embossed with silver metallic foil lettering, an
aluminum book serial number tag (in the style of the orig-
inal GT350 VIN plate) recessed into the cover with em-
bossed silver foil LeMans stripes on front and back covers.
The standard edition’s cover art is reproduced inside the
Author’s Edition with the copy’s serial number. Only 500
copies produced and not available anywhere else. Special
request for specific serial numbers between 001 and 500
will be honored as possible, based on availability. Price is
$125 from www.colincomerbooks.com
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