𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 “𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴,” 𝘐’𝘮 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦-𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘢. 𝘐𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘗𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦.

Questions began racing through my head: “How long had it been sitting there? And who has a G.T. 350H just hanging around in their driveway?!” I quickly got the answers as I rang the doorbell and introduced myself to the owner, a kind lady named Judy.

I introduced myself to her and her puppy and we talked for a bit about the prairie-style architecture of her home, and how her and her husband had modified it over the years, then cut to the chase and I brought up the car.

The story went that they always had projects that they were working on and the Shelby was one of them.

The 1966 Shelby G.T. 350H was collaboration between Carroll Shelby and Hertz Rent-A-Car. If you were a member of the Hertz Sports Car Club, you could rent one of these rocket ships.

We’ve heard the story numerous times, of people renting a G.T. 350H for the weekend, beating on it at the racetrack, then turning it back in, we presume without letting the rental car giant know what they really did with the car. “What, the tires are worn out? I have no idea how that happened.”