Original Advertising of the 1968 Shelby G.T. Models
In each of these ads
we find one or more photos of the 1967 Shelby G.T. 500
Convertible after it was repurposed and updated with the
'68-styled fiberglass components supplied by A.O. Smith.
Carroll Shelby has gone and done it!
The FIRST print
ad to announce the '68 models
Appeared simultaneously in the November 1967 issues
of Road & Track
magazine (inside front cover), Car Life magazine
(inside front cover),
and in Playboy magazine. Being the November
issues, readers would have received their copies in
October 1967.
The '67
convertible appears in three of the four
photos in this advertisement.
Carroll Shelby's COBRA GT
...
for the man who wants everything in one car
Print
Ad
Appeared in February 1968 edition of Playboy
magazine
and March 1968 edition of Sports Car Graphic
The '67
convertible appears in the two photos on the bottom
of this advertisement.
Carroll Shelby designed his
COBRA GT to go like it looks
Print
Ad
Appeared in Sports Car Graphic in February 1968 and
in the April 1968 edition of Playboy magazine.
The '67
convertible appears in the two photos on the bottom
of this advertisement.
Try the complete
surprise... Carroll Shelby's COBRA GT
Print Ad
Based on
the unique width of the roll bar on the convertible,
and the fact that the '67 convertible was painted
Acapulco Blue when found in 1976, it is possible that this ad also features the '67
convertible.
We believe that
the Acapulco Blue fastback that appears in this
video is car #0463. This was a January-built '67 Shelby G.T. 500
4-speed that also received '68-styled fiberglass for
its brief modeling career.
Only Mustang and Carroll
Shelby could make this happen!
Print
Ad
Spots Car
Graphic - April 1968
The red
convertible in the top photo appears to be a production '68 model
year car, however, we believe that the rear view of
convertible in the middle of the page is the 1967
car, #0139.
