Shelby GT500

A few years ago, I owned a 2007 Shelby GT 500. I had ordered it from Ed Kenley Ford in Northern Utah, my favorite Ford dealership. The GT 500 was being brought back for the first time since 1970, and I had been on the waiting list since they were first announced. It was almost a year until the details were all finalized and they started actually putting in orders. That dealership would only be getting one Shelby GT 500 for the 2007 model year, and it would be mine. I picked out the color and options I wanted, the order was placed, and 6 months later, my new Shelby arrived.
I think I always knew that it may be a once-in-a-lifetime car for me. Being something special, I tried to keep the miles down, it was always kept clean and detailed. It was never driven is the rain, and was kept covered when in the garage. After we bought our place in Southern Utah, the Shelby was kept in the garage down here most of the time. I could drive it all year around in this climate, and I came down here often.
I made some performance upgrades while I owned the Shelby. It had an after-market cold air induction system, cat-back exhaust system, and some special trim items and the like. It was tuned to about 575 horsepower, and was a thrill to drive. I had it up over 150 MPH on a lonely stretch of  deserted Nevada highway one summer afternoon.
I owned the Shelby for about six years, and it had only 12,000 miles on it when I sold it. The main problem was, I'm a car-guy, and I like to drive my cars. I didn't want a "collectors item" that I felt I couldn't just drive as much as I wanted. When I sold it, I ordered a new 2013 Mustang GT to be my daily driver performance car.
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My 2007 Shelby GT 500 , in the Red Rock country of Southern Utah , about 7 years ago.