The Shelby GT500 stolen in 1967 was found stripped outside Tulsa

Stolen 1967 Ford Mustang The Shelby GT500 was recovered last week in a field near Tulsa, Oklahoma. After local information led police to farmland containing multiple scrapped cars and other waste. According to Tulsa’s KTUL News Channel 8Before the police found it, a valuable performance car had many of its exterior panels stripped off, but some important items (including many of the engine and cooling system) were still pulled. did not.

“The GT-500 was covered with brushes and cardboard boxes and was in a very rural area near the mound,” the Tulsa police station posted on a Facebook page with a photo that accompanies this article. “The vehicle is intact, but the hood, doors and front fenders are all removed. The engine is intact, but the car is heavily damaged.”

“Car theft detective also found a stolen dump truck “The sedan was stolen in the same property,” the agency said. “With advice and interviews from the general public, a detective went to the area, where an aerial investigation was conducted to find what was stolen. .. Mustang.. “

The car was certainly worth the total as a part (Hagerty rates the ’67 GT500 starting at $ 120,000), except that it’s probably hard to sell such a high-profile item. Fortunately, the thief has made clear progress in eliciting the value of this old pony, but most of what remains seems to be relatively intact.

One of the suspects arrested in connection with the theft was allegedly working for a moving company hired by the owner of the GT500. The car was reported stolen from a locked warehouse.

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