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The 1964 Ford Mustang entered the automotive world and became an instant success, offering a fairly inexpensive and fun 210hp V8 engine inside something brand new. The Mustang found its way onto television, magazine covers, and even the head of the field at the Indianapolis 500 in its first few years. Few of those appearances would have as long lasting an impact as its cameo in the 1968 movie, Bullitt, about San Francisco cop Lieutenant Frank Bullitt (Steve McQueen) who kept the city under his thumb with the aid of his Highland Green 1968 Ford Mustang GT 390. This movie is popular due to its use of the dark green fastback as well as a late-movie chase scene throughout the extreme topography of San Francisco streets, pitting the 1968 Mustang GT against a 1968 Dodge Charger R/T driven by a pair of suspected murderers.

1969-1970

The Ford Mustang was restyled again in 1969: 4 headlights, 4 inches longer, and half an inch wider.  There were three new trim packages offered for the Boss, Mach 1, Grande, and GT, all performance models except for the Grande, which was intended as a sort of luxury Mustang.  There was also a special edition economy model with a 250 cubic inch six cylinder called the Mustang E, but they were very limited (50 units made).

1967-1968

Another big year for the Ford Mustang, 1967 marked the first redesign of the model. The body lines were slightly changed, with a new grille layout and new non-functional body colored side scoops in front of the rear wheels. Also, the rear roofline of the fastback was extended all the way to the back of the car, giving it a full fastback look. While this redesign helps to set the 1967 apart from the previous models, it was fairly subtle and was actually not the big news that year.  The Big News was the introduction of the new high performance Ford Mustang GT 500 and, with it, the introduction of big block engines options: the 390 cubic inch and 428 cubic inch V8s.

Let's say that you won a contest, and you would be trading in the car that you currently drive daily to work, or whatever it is that you go each day.  You would be saying goodbye to your current DD and you had a choice of two cars.

 

• 1968 Shelby G.T. 500 KR
• 2008 Shelby G.T. 500 KR

 

Now, before thinking about this, keep in mind that this will be a daily driven model with  a fully stock interior, exterior, and drivetrain.  Any option from the two years is available, but that's all.  One of the rules is that you will be not free to sell the car, so no consideration is to be made as to the value of the car for resale.

 

For those who aren't familiar with the two, following is a brief rundown of each.