Classic Recreations
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Just 10 examples will be built, each with more than 900 hp.
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Classic Recreations announces carbon-fiber Shelby Cobra with 800-plus hp, $1.2M price tagClassic Recreations has developed a carbon-fiber Shelby Cobra body that weighs just 88 pounds.
Stephen Edelstein -
Classic Recreations reveals first carbon-fiber Shelby GT500CR; lightweight muscle, anyone?
Classic Recreations is building 25 Ford Shelby GT500 replicas with a carbon-fiber body, and the price for one is a cool $298,000.
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Classic Recreations' first Mustang Boss 429 makes debut, packs 815 horsepower from stroked V-8
Classic Recreations recently secured a license from Ford to bring back some of the automaker's most cherished Mustangs. We're talking the 1960s-era Boss 302 and 429, as well as the Mach 1. The Yukon, Oklahoma-based company has since unveiled the first of the modern recreations, stunning audiences...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Classic Recreations will show its Shelby Mustangs in Monterey for first time
Classic Recreations has been churning out continuation versions of some of America's most cherished muscle cars for some time now. What the company hasn't done yet, however, is show its wares in front of the crowds that attend Monterey Car Week. That changes this year as Classic Recreations will be...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Classic Recreations ready to churn out original Boss and Mach 1 Mustangs
It's been a while since we last heard from the folks at Classic Recreations, but they've been busy. It turns out the Oklahoma-based company has secured a license from Ford to recreate some of the automaker's most cherished Mustangs. We're talking the 1960s-era Boss 302 and 429, as well as the Mach...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
In the muscle and pony car world, the Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Shelby GT500 is one of the more prized machines in a sea of already celebrated and loved bits of iron. They're not hard to find, necessarily, but they're certainly expensive. For some though, there are ways to make them even more expensive. Jason Engel and his talented team at Classic Recreations are just the ones to help bring such cars to life, and they've done that with one of their latest creations; the Blurple GT500CR you see above. The term "blurple" describes the paint of the car. It appears purple but in some light it...
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Classic Recreations Drops EcoBoost Engine In Shelby Continuation Mustangs
Classic Recreations, based in Yukon, Oklahoma, is in the business of building classic Shelby Mustang continuation models under license, typically with modern mechancials. Some beauties include this 1966 Mustang Fastback Shelby GT350CR and even the fictional ‘Eleanor’ Mustang from the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Classic Recreations' 1966 Mustang Fastback Shelby GT350CR Is A Beauty
Classic Recreations is in the business of building Mustangs that look like the cars of yesteryear, but with modern underpinnings. That means they look just as good but drive much better. The company has a license to build continuation Shelby Mustangs, which means its cars are also recognized by the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Classic Recreations Goes Topless With Its G.T. 500CR Convertible
When it comes to exclusivity, plenty of cars can claim to be 1 of 500, or even 1 of 100. Drop below triple digits, and a car’s value can climb exponentially, which explains the popularity of continuation cars like Classic Recreations’ version of the 1967 Shelby G.T. 500 Fastback...
Kurt Ernst -
Classic Recreations Working On 1966 Shelby Mustang GT350CR
Classic Recreations uses a donor 1965 or 1966 Mustang Fastback for its replica 1966 Shelby Mustang GT350CR.
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Classic Recreations Creates Shelby GT500CR Venom
Classic Recreations is in the business of building Mustangs that look like the cars of yesteryear with modern underpinnings. Their newest creation is the Shelby GT500CR Venom. The car uses a supercharged 427 cubic-inch V-8 (the hardware is a ProCharger F1-R centrifugal supercharger) to put out 790...
Tim Healey -
Although the days of Toby Halicki's 40-minute chase scenes seem to be long and lamentably gone, his production company has licensed the latest incarnation of Eleanor for reproduction. That means that Joe Public can get his very own Eleanor for the meager sum of $139,900. And this isn't (necessarily) some restored rust-bucket; these are brand new cars. Using reproduction 1967 Mustang Fastback bodies licensed from Ford enables the Classic Recreations crew to build new Eleanors without sacrificing original Mustangs. That saves a good bit of cost and labor, and the modernization that's possible...
