Talk:Shelby GT500/@comment-34785113-20180606173545/@comment-70.15.112.229-20200818210223

They started as a sister company of Ford under Carol Shelby, who took the Mustang (which in 1965 was a grandma car) and turned it into a muscle car by ripping the rear doors off, throwing a hard top on and stuffing a bigger engine under the hood. From then on Mustangs were made for sport rather than commute.

Dunno if Ford proper owns them today or not but at the time of the '67 GT500's creation, Shelby was it's own company, and none of the cars made by them bear the name "Mustang" officially.