1966 Shelby Mustang Hertz GT350 Fastback

The cost to rent the Shelby GT350 from Hertz was just $17 a day and 17 cents per mile. One thousand GT350s, with the majority finished in Hertz's colors of black and gold, were delivered to the company for use around the country in 1966.

This particular example was shipped from Carrol Shelby's headquarters in Los Angeles, California on February 28th of 1966, destined for Schwister Ford of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It left finished in Sapphire Blue and Hertz trim, with a radio, chrome Magnum wheels and brake boosters equipped as accessories. Schwister Ford performed the dealer preparations on the GT350, and then delivered it to the local Minneapolis Hertz agency.

This car wears the rarest of the four colors offered; Sapphire Blue GT350 Hertz cars accounted for 57 cars of the production.

By 1967, the car was acquired by the Tomlinson Motor Company, who in turn sold the car to a Mr. Roger Underwood of Peoria, Illinois. The car was later purchased by a Mr. Tim Nolan of Bradford, Illinois, before relocating to Texas where a Mr. Jerry Howard owned the GT350 H. By the early 1970s, a 4-speed manual transmission was installed in 6S1183, but the original automatic transmission remains with the car until this day. By the early 2000s, the Shelby was in Modesto, California.

For the past decade, the GT 350 H has remained with a Bay Area and Phoenix-based collector. Since then, it has been fitted with period-correct power steering. It also has under-the-dash air-conditioning as optioned in the period, and a dash mounted tachometer.

By Daniel Vaughan | Oct 2017