Suspension
Front: Stock Shelby, restored
Rear: Stock Shelby, restored
Brakes
Front: Single-piston Kelsey Hayes disc
Rear: Stock drum
Wheels
Front: American Racing Victor, 16x8
Rear: American Racing Victor, 16x8
In 1968 there was a Technical Service Bulletin for Marchal foglamps calling for a 25-amp circuit breaker instead of the factory-installed 10-amp.
Tires
Front: BFGoodrich Comp T/A, P235/55R16
Rear: BFGoodrich Comp T/A, P235/55R16
Interior
Stock Shelby Interior (Interior Dcor Group), 8,000-rpm tachometer, Shelby console, woodgrain and black vinyl
Exterior
Professionally refinished in Kosmo Red urethane basecoat/clearcoat by Livernois Motorsports, Detroit, MI
| '68 Shelby Production Numbers |
| GT350 Fastback | 803 |
| GT350 Convertible | 404 |
| GT500 Fastback | 1,044 |
| GT500 Convertible | 402 |
| GT500KR Fastback | 1,053 |
| GT500KR Convertible | 517 |
| GT350 Hertz Fastback | 224 |
| GT500 Hertz Fastback | 2 |
| GT500KR Hertz Convertible | 1 |
| TOTAL | 4,451 |
'68 Shelby Mustang Facts
All '68 Shelby Mustangs were assembled at Metuchen, New Jersey, then shipped to the A.O. Smith Company in Ionia, Michigan, for Shelby conversions All GT350 models were fitted with the "J" code 302-4V V-8 Early GT500 models were fitted with a single 4V 428ci FE big-block On April 1, 1968, Ford and Shelby Automotive introduced the GT500KR packing 428ci Cobra Jet FE big-block power Base sticker price for a GT350 fastback, $4,116 Base sticker price for GT350 convertible, $4,238 Base sticker price for GT500 fastback, $4,317 Base sticker price for GT500 convertible, $4,438 Base sticker price for GT500KR fastback, $4,472 Base sticker price for GT500KR convertible, $4,594 Six special colors for 1968: WT-6066 Yellow, WT-5107 Orange, WT-5185 Orange, WT-4017 Red, WT-5014 Orange, WT-7081 Green