Painted in traditional Shelby GT350 Wimbledon White with Guardsman Blue stripes, this '65 fastback Mustang went through a three-year restoration process.

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At the risk of picking nits, if you're going to clone a '66 GT350, don't base it on a '65....make it a '65 GT350 clone. That means leaving the quarter window louvres intact, painting the engine block black, adding traction bars, dash pod gauge, 5 spoke Shelby Cragars, and other visual clues. And a 200 hp V8 doesn't cut it. Do it right or don't do it.

I see nothing wrong with clones, but this one is confusing to me. In fact, I'd call it a tribute car before I'd label it a clone for the reasons stated.

In fairness though, the restoration of the car itself appears clean and first rate, and the price seems fair and reasonable. It's the execution that would keep me from buying it.

And it'd have to have this:

 

Certainly a tribute car as opposed to a clone.

Would I want to buy it, or one like it? That depends. I would want to see how meticulously the restoration was documented.

 

I wonder if they would take cloned Benjamins

 

 

Not a bad price, but what is up with the fender and hood gaps?

 

That's probably consistent with a 60's car. Heck, factories can't even get it right today sometimes, even with 50 years of improved technology.

 

The hood gap looks like its being caused by the hood hinge not wanting to fully fold. My car does that too. I think fiberglass hoods aren't heavy enough to push them all the way down. I just hit it with my hand when I close the hood and it goes right down. However, when going down the road the wind gets under the hood and pushes it back up. its kinda a pain.