Authentic Shelby GT500s value a small fortune, and the ravages of time imply the automobiles aren’t all the time in one of the best situation.

An alternate for consumers in search of the GT500 expertise, particularly those that plan to rack up severe miles, is choosing one of many duplicate examples from builders equivalent to Basic Recreations or Superformance.

One other title within the enterprise is Hello-Tech Legends, based mostly in Provo, Utah. The corporate is the U.S. distributor for Hello-Tech Automotive, a separate firm that builds Shelbys and different classics below license at a plant in South Africa. Hello-Tech Automotive additionally provides different corporations, together with Superformance.

Hello-Tech Legends’ newest Shelby GT500 duplicate is a contemporary interpretation of the traditional muscle automotive, which it developed to mark final 12 months’s centennial of Carroll Shelby’s beginning.

The physique is assembled from metal and rides on a chassis with totally impartial suspension entrance and rear. The suspension was developed in-house and is the results of a long time of expertise constructing and fine-tuning this era of Mustangs.

The automotive additionally options fashionable brakes with 6-piston entrance calipers and an electrical handbrake, in addition to fashionable conveniences equivalent to electrical energy steering, a sound system, and air con. Leather-based and Alcantara are used for the inside trim, and the seats are a set of power-adjustable Recaros which have been upholstered in leather-based to make them resemble the unique seats.

Hello-Tech Legends plans to supply simply 20 examples for 2024. The automotive can be supplied as a rolling chassis, that means there’s no powertrain. Hello-Tech Legends mentioned it engineered the automotive to suit a wide range of engines and transmissions, together with Ford’s common 5.0-liter V-8 in addition to the supercharged 5.2-liter V-8 that debuted within the 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500.

Relying on the choices chosen, pricing will hover round $230,000. The client can be answerable for the engine and transmission, and Hello-Tech Legends can help find installers. The corporate estimates a complete value of round $270,000 following the set up.

HIGH-RES GALLERY: 1967 Ford Shelby GT500 duplicate by Hello-Tech Legends

This text was initially printed by Motor Authority, an editorial accomplice of ClassicCars.com