{"id":6847,"date":"2019-09-21T10:55:27","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T12:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=6847"},"modified":"2023-02-22T15:29:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T18:29:49","slug":"ford-mustang-gt350-17-ixo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/ford-mustang-gt350-17-ixo\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Mustang GT350 #17 – Ixo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"GT350\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
1967 Ford Mustang GT350<\/strong>\nPilots: C. Tuerlinckx, C. Dubois\nTeam: Claude Dubois<\/em>\nRace: DNF (GT class) at Le Mans in 1967<\/strong>\nIxo - LMC 132 (diecast) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 09\/21\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ford introduced the Mustang<\/a> in 1964, creating a new class of automobile called the pony car<\/em>. A pony car was an affordable, compact and performance-oriented car, and the public received the Mustang very well. To power the new car, Ford used a V8, initially with 2786 cm\u00b3 (170 ci), the so-called \u201csmall block V8\u201d. But with time engine displacement got bigger, from 3278 cm\u00b3 (200 ci) and up to 4736 cm\u00b3 (289 ci) by 1966. Though a good seller, Ford thought that the Mustang could offer more. So in 1965, they established a partnership with Carrol Shelby, to produce a race<\/em>-oriented version. So from 1965 to 1968 Selby American produced the GT350 Cobra<\/a>. Shelby produced both the street-racer GT350 as the full-blown race version, the GT350R.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"GT350\"\/
Interestingly, Dubois chose the GT350 instead of the full-blown race version GT350R.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
To become a GT350, Mustangs went directly from the Ford plant to Shelby\u2019s operation in California. There, the cars received many performance modifications with very little emphasis on creature comforts. This GT350 #17 is one of those cars. Bought by Claude Dubois in 1967, chassis #SFM5R539<\/a> was specifically prepared for the 24 Heures du Mans<\/em>. With that, it had the standard \u201cK-Code HiPo\u201d<\/a> high performance 4727 cm\u00b3 (289 ci) engine. It wasn\u2019t a very sophisticated V8, with SOHC and 16 valves, but produced 271 hp and was reliable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"GT350\"\/
Almost perfect model.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately on lap 58 a piston failure forced the car to abandon the race.  And that was the last Stang at La Sarthe for a long time. Their next appearance was only in 1997. That year Saleen prepared two cars, but both also had issues and neither finished the race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Not perfect but pretty good in scale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
So different from Ford\u2019s GT40<\/a> and GT<\/a>, the Mustang never left its mark at Le Mans. However, good results notwithstanding, it\u2019s a cool car. Ixo did a VERY nice job on the model, and it’s hard to find a fault. Well, door handles are not separate pieces, but other than that, it\u2019s a very nice model. Not exactly successful, but great a model nonetheless.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1967 Ford Mustang GT350 Pilots: C. Tuerlinckx, C. Dubois Team: Claude Dubois Race: DNF (GT class) at Le Mans in 1967 Ixo – LMC 132 (diecast) Published 09\/21\/19 Ford introduced the Mustang in 1964, creating a new class of automobile called the pony car. A pony car was an affordable, compact and performance-oriented car, and … Continue reading “Ford Mustang GT350 #17 – Ixo”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6847","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6847"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15376,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6847\/revisions\/15376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}