2007 Ford Shelby GT

After decades of licensed replicas, socalled "continuation" cars, and aftermarket conversion jobs done by dealerships and even the Shelby American Automobile Club, our September 2006 issue told the story of how Mustangs are once again being converted into Shelby Mustangs at a Shelby Automobiles facility in partnership with Ford. The first effort of the new venture-the famously black and gold GT-H-also signaled a renewed relationship with the Hertz Corporation, bringing back the original Rent-a-Racer notion of 1966. The idea was to build 500 of them and see if anybody cared. A helluva lot of people cared.

Check out these photos of the 2007 Ford Shelby GT and 1966 Ford Shelby GT350 and be sure to read the full story in the April 2007 issue of Motor Trend.