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GT350 Siblings: 5R002 and 5S003

The GT350 Street Car Prototype and the First Factory GT350 Race Car—The Ken Miles Car

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With the sale of 5R002 at the Mecum Auction in Florida in January of 2022—at a record breaking price for any Mustang of $4 Million dollars—it is altogether proper to offer a short history of 5R002 and its sister car, 5S003, both of which went from restorations to Concours winners.

When I learned Mark Hovander and John Atzbach bought the Shelbys of their dreams, I thought to myself, “One of them would be great; both of them in the same place at the same time would be historic. Together again for the first time in 45 years—what an opportunity this is, little more than a year away from the 50th anniversary of the Mustang GT350.”

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Harvey Sherman
Harvey’s been a car guy since he and his father played the brand identification game from the front seat of the Chevy in the 1950s, and attended the Philadelphia Auto show. Over the years, he has instructed at Thunderhill and has attended all manner of races at Road Atlanta, Sears Point, Laguna Seca, Portland, and Seattle. He made it over to Europe where he went to the 24 hours of LeMans and the Monaco Grand Prix, TWICE! Harvey currently splits his time between Kirkland, Washington and Monterey, California, and can be reached at [email protected].
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