Shelby Cobra
GT 350 & GT 500 & GT 500KR
Special Features
Two engine choices:
GT 350 250 hp 302 cid
GT 500 335 hp 428 cid
GT 500KR 335 hp 428 cid
(The Cobra Jet engine was offered mid year, replacing the GT 500)
High Velocity, high volume aluminum COBRA intake
manifold
Advanced design cathedral float four barrel
Holley carburetor
Dual exhausts
Low restriction custom paper-element diecast,
oval aluminum COBRA air cleaner (due to the Ram Air induction on the KRs, the COBRA air
cleaner is not offered on this model.)
Diecast aluminum COBRA rocker covers, chromed
filler cap and dipstick
High rate front coil spring
High capacity heavy duty adjustable Koni shock
absorbers, front and rear
.94" front stabilizer bar
Crisp 16.0:1 steering ration with power assist
Heavy duty four leaf rear spring
Anti-windup rear spring dampers for sure
acceleration
Heavy duty rear axle
Power assisted floating cliper front disc brakes
Heavy duty rear drum brakes
Four ply polyglass Goodyear high performance tire
6" rim width 15" steel, safety wheels
Inertia reel shoulder harness and seat belts for
the front seat ( standard seat belts in the rear)
Integral overhead safety bar in all models
Safety sequence wide tail lights
Front marker lights
Rear quarter reflectors
Rectangular fog lights
Dual master brake cylinder with proportioning
valve
Collapsible steering column and safety padded
center steering wheel
Fully unitized chassis and body
(The Mustangs came from the factory as GT Mustangs. Shelby
American added basically cosmetic modifications to the stock GT Mustangs, except the KR
cars were further modified.)
Styling appointments
Exterior: Precision molded
custom fiberglass hood and front assembly incorporates dual air intake scoops, functional
louvered extractors. Custom self retained push and turn hood locks. Rectangular Marchal or
Lucas fog lights mounted in the front grille opening. Le Mans type air extractors on the
rear quarters of the Fastback roof. Brake air scoops set in the lower quarters. Precision
molded custom fiberglass trunk lids with integral spoiler. GT stripe running the length of
the lower rocker panels identifying the car just behind the front tires as a GT
350, GT 500 or GT 500KR. New style Cobra emblems were mounted on the front fenders. Across
the front extended fiberglass nose and the rear spoiler are chrome letters spelling out
"SHELBY". Special COBRA flip open gas cap. KRs have Cobra Jet
emblems on the fenders, dash and gas cap lid.
Steel rims with mag style wheel covers are
standard. Optional are 10-spoke Shelby American aluminum mag wheels. (The 1968 10-spokes
are cast differently than the same style in 1967 and will interfere with the ball joints
if installed on a 1967 Shelby.)
Interior: Deluxe Mustang all
vinyl interior in black or saddle came with bucket seats, full loop pile carpeting,
matching custom styled console with padded armrest glovebox with an embossed Cobra on the
top, walnut grained appliques on console, instrument panel and door panels. Full
dash instrumentation with an 8,000 rpm tachometer, a 140 mph speedometer, water
temperature and fuel gauges; an electric clock. In the console are Stewart Warner oil
pressure and amps gauges. If the optional Paxton supercharger is chosen on the GT 350,
fuel pressure and boost gauges are mounted on the console.
The door sills' COBRA emblem differed from the 1967
emblems and covered what would have been the Ford emblem in the stock Mustangs.
An mandatory, optional folding rear seat comes with
a retractable safety luggage retaining bar (Fastback only), tie down loops on a unique
padded safety bar (Convertible only) were available to fasten a surf board. The Fastbacks
only have a padded roll bar welded to the floor just behind the front buckets. Attached to
the roll bar are inertia-reel, airplane type safety harnesses for the front buckets.
Functional ram air induction was offered on the KRs,
optional on the GT 350's
(See the 1968
specifications pages for further details.)
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