The 1970 Shelby Mustang GT500 is a somewhat elusive car; only 286 of them were made, and not surprisingly, you don’t see many on the road anymore. There were 789 ’69 Shelbys that didn’t sell the previous year, so Shelby was able to re-vin these as 1970 models under the supervision of the FBI. The two additional changes made to these ’69 turned ’70 Shelby; two black hood stripes and a front chin spoiler similar to those on the Boss 302s. These Shelby Mustangs had the big dog 428 cu in (7.0 L) Cobra Jet engines with either a 3 speed auto or 4 speed manual transmission. This particular one was painted “Competition Red” (i.e. Calypso Coral), which was an uncoded paint option for 1970.
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James Hill
I’d like it better in my drive way. I like the nose on the 70’s Mustangs.
Steve Moody
I looked at a ’70 before I bought my ’67. It was bright yellow with the GT racing stripes. It didn’t run very well though and looked to be leaking oil. One thing I didn’t like about the fastbacks were that it was hard to see out of them. The blind spot is huge because of the tiny rear window and so much metal between it and the back glass. I felt claustrophobic in them. 🙂 I can see almost 360 degrees in my 67 coupe. I’m told the new Camaros, Mustangs and Challengers have that problem as well. They look awesome but your blind spot is much larger.
Gary Salutric
OH YEAH……69/70 MUSTANGS, 70 TORINO COBRA,GEN 1 1993 SVT LIGHTNING, GEN 2 2002 SVT LIGHTNING. 69 IS MY FAVORATE,(Boss 429), I’D ADD A 70 SHELBY!!!!