The menacing triple-black muscle car was the automotive legend's tribute to the 1967 Green Hornet concept.
The Black Hornet was Shelby’s tribute to the Mustang Green Hornet concept that he worked with on Ford in 1967. That muscle car, which would eventually come to be called the EXP-500, would never go into production, but it did serve as the inspiration for the GT/CS, or “California Special,” model that launched in 1968.Shelby seems to have been really taken with the Green Hornet because his tribute was almost identical to it except for one significant difference—the paint job.
Someone like Shelby didn’t keep a car around for decades just because it looked good, though. The Black Hornet was also a beast. Underneath its hood lurks a 428 Cobra Jet V-8. The mill is mated to a four-speed manual that sends its 335 hp and 445 ft lbs of torque to the rear axle. Other performance upgrades include high-volume fuel pump, Holley carburetor, aluminum intake and heads, Mallory ignition and Griffin radiator, according to the auction listing.
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