richellis Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hi, I have a kit of the Shelby Mustang 'rent a racer' where they supplied to Hertz in any other colour than black, I have seen one or two pics on the web of white cars with the gold stripes, is this original? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o-man Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Copied from "The Mustang Source" website: Hertz corporation ordered 1,001 of the G.T. 350s to offer as rentals. The side stripes read "G.T. 350H", but the cars became know as "Rent-a-Racers." Some cunning Mustang owners would rent the Shelbys, swap the motor with the motor in their Mustangs, and return them to Hertz. At $17 per day and 17 cents per mile, it was a good bargain for a Shelby engine. It was "uncool" to own a former rental car, so many of the cars were debadged after they were decommissioned. Thanks to the Shelby American Automobile Association, however, many of these cars have been found. More than 800 were made in black, and the other 200 or so were divided between red, green, blue, and white. Only the black models and a few white ones had stripes on the hood, but many owners added them to the other cars during restoration. And this from "about.com": In all, only 1,001 of these fastbacks were built for Hertz in 1966. The makeup consisted of 999 units of the following colors: A majority in Raven Black with Gold (Bronze Powder) side and Le Mans racing stripes, 50 Candy Apple Red with side stripes, 50 Wimbledon White with side stripes (as well as several models with both side and Le Mans stripes), 50 Sapphire Blue models with side stripes, and 50 Ivy Green with side stripes. Two of the GT350H Mustangs were prototype models. Each of the cars was built in Los Angeles at the Shelby American Los Angeles airport facility. I don't know how accurate these are. I'm sure some of our resident Mustang heads will post at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakshow12 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Depends if it's the 66 car or the 06 car. The early cars were offered in canyapple red, sapphire blue, raven black, dark green(rare) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Barrow Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) From the SAAC forum - documented Hertz color breakdowns by Shelby expert Howard Pardee - Wimbledon White: 72 Raven Black : 736 Sapphire Blue : 57 Candyapple Red : 59 Ivy Green : 59 This leaves 16 or 17 unknown. The original order was for 800 black and 50 of each other color. Edited January 8, 2014 by Brett Barrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks, its a '66 model so I can go white with the gold stripes then. Would the interior still be black? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Barrow Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks, its a '66 model so I can go white with the gold stripes then. Would the interior still be black? Pretty sure they're all black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Thanks for the help there! I will crack the kit open and start when it arrives! Dis a black one last year so it will be nice to do a white one as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakshow12 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Correct. All had black interior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Cullinan Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Never knew about this. After a little googling I am intrigued. Must've been awesome to rent a gt350! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 There used to be a vintage restoration place down the street from me a few years back. Oddly, they closed down and now it is a Mustang Restoration shop! But anyways, they had a back lot full of projects for sale and one of them was a parts donor project. It was a GT350H that was a theft recovery. It was found at the bottom of a cliff after it had been dumped there back in the 60's! It was rather mangled, but, there where lots of parts and they where all real Shelby! Woud have made a real cool project to model! And then there are the 4 '66 Convertible GT350's! But, that is another story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakshow12 Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Ah yes the fantastic. 4. All 4 are currently found and I believe all are restored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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