The opportunities to purchase a relatively complete, straight and running 1968 Shelby Mustang GT350 are pretty hard to come by. With the auction here on eBay ending so soon for this car, you’d better move quickly. Current bidding is up to $50,000 but hasn’t met the reserve, however, there is a buy it now of $68,000 that actually seems reasonable once you look the pictures over. The car is located in Marysville, Pennsylvania should you need to plan a trip.

When I first saw the car and the price, I figured it was a non-runner. I was wrong! Not only does the engine run (as indicated by the exhaust in this picture) but the numbers-matching engine has been rebuilt! Not only that, but any rust has also already been taken care of, and according to the seller, without “bonding”. (bondo?)

The small amounts of gold you see resemble the original Sunlit Gold color according to the included Marti Report.

Floors have been replaced, as well as the torque boxes. It’s hard to tell the quality of the replacement welding from the pictures, but I don’t see anything that alarms me.

The 302 cubic inch V-8 was plenty of power for this Mustang, and the car was unusually fitted with factory air conditioning. Interestingly, I suspect both the AC and the automatic have to do with this car being sold to Hertz Rent-A-Car originally as part of the well-known “rent-a-racer” program they had with Shelby. As far as I can tell, either 223 or 224 GT350s were produced for Hertz that year, making this a pretty rare car! Hey, if you buy it, can I rent it for a weekend?