Green 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Remembers The 1968 EXP500 Prototype

The chief executive of Barrett-Jackson, Craig Jackson, recently took delivery of a very special 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500.

This Shelby GT500, chassis 001, was purchased at auction back in January 2019 for a cool $1.1 million and left the Ford factory in October. Fortunately for Jackson, it reached his garage without being involved in an accident, unlike two other Shelby GT500s last week.

What makes Jackson’s new ride so impressive is the paint scheme that combines a Lime Green base coat with Candy Apple Green upper layers. This color was designed to perfectly mimic the finish of the 1968 Shelby EXP500 prototype lovingly known as ‘Green Hornet.’ The 2020 example also features an ‘EXP500’ insignia stripe on the lower front fender just like the original.

Old Meets New: 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Meets Its Ancestor At The Drag Strip

“In making this request, I truly had no idea what an extraordinary undertaking it was, but BASF and the paint specialists at Penske went above and beyond to make that happen,” Jackson said after taking delivery of the car. “The entire team at Ford went out of their way to help my dream become a reality, and I couldn’t be more grateful.”

Jackson will put his new GT500 on display at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction in January alongside a number of other Shelby vehicles from his collection.

Powering the Mustang GT500 is, of course, a brutal 5.2-liter supercharged V8 engine delivering 760 hp. The muscle car can sprint to 60 mph (96 km/h) in as little as 3.3 seconds and run down the quarter-mile in a blistering 10.6-seconds at 133 mph (214 km/h).