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The Shelby Mustang is a high performance variant of the Ford Mustang, built by Ford. Specially modified by Carroll Shelby's company and sold under the name Shelby G.T, the 1965, 1966 and 1967 Shelbys were a series of Ford Mustangs and the model became the Shelby Cobra GT from 1968.

The Shelby nameplate was revived for new high performance models in 2007, following the introduction of the Fifth-generation Ford Mustang. Unique Performance in Farmers Branch, Texas, Carroll Shelby sold a license to a company in 2002 to produce the GT500E. In the 2000 movie Gone in Sixty Seconds, starring Nicolas Cage, Shelby based on the "Eleanor" 1967 GT500 featured prominently. Including the GT350SR and GT500SR, other new Shelbys followed and each of these new Shelbys is given a Shelby VIN number and all are eligible for inclusion in the Shelby American World Registry. To sever the relationship with Unique Performance after numerous complaints, Shelby's licensing branch announced on October 5, 2007 that it has taken steps for several lawsuits filed by customers who had paid money for "Continuation" Shelby GT-350SRs and GT-500Es (Eleanors) but not received cars.