Excellent points! It's so true nobody knew the older 60's Mustangs would be
so sought after so little efforts were made to maintain there integrity.
Also these cars became legends out in the field so to speak were as these
newer models are riding on their reputation, pun intended. I personally feel
let down from Ford after speaking to a few of their reps at the Auto Show
stating they were going to meet the demands of the consumer producing as
many Shelby's as the consumers wanted, hence no production numbers. Maybe
that was the case with Ford but not Shelby? Who knows, then Ford can still
produce their own legends with out him. I am so fed up with Shelby's tactics
I would rather own a Saleen.

But how many of the Hertz versions were produced? Probably not too
many, and many of those will be destroyed by renters. :) The ones that
survive will be pretty rare, I'm guessing.

Cars of the 60s don't hold a candle to modern cars in terms of power,
handling, or safety. I love the shape of the C3 Corvettes, but when it
came time to buy one I never even considered any of them.

I'm just going to go through what I know, so don't feel insulted if I
cover something simple ;)

There's the Shelby GT500 mustang, that's the one actually priced about
right invoice/MSRP wise with the supercharged 5.4L, then there is the
shelby GT mustang.. which is really a mustang GT with a couple upgrades
and an appearance package... going for way too much MSRP wise over the
GT imo but I guess shelby's name badge does that. Dealers are then
adding significant premiums on both. How they find people dumb enough to
pay it I don't know. A GT500 at invoice would be great, at sticker it's
a so-so deal. Go above sticker and it's just buy something else that
isn't carrying the compromises of a basic V6 sporty car territory.

Beyond that... then there's the GT500KR, that I found is the one where
there are going to be 1000 made, I do not know what sticker is, six
figures is what I saw on ebay. But beyond there is the GT350H which is
the hertz car scott mentioned and few other mustang variants listed on
shelby's website.

Now that's just what carries the shelby badge. Ford also has the bullit
and then there is a mach 1 in the works. Furthermore there has been a
rebirth of the GT/CS nameplate. I figure twister specials and high
country specials can't be far away. I vaguely recall seeing something
online about a twister special. Throw into this mix the saleen and
roush mustangs and their multiple levels. I know I've missed some, but
there are just so many 'special' and 'collectable' mustangs now that I
can't see any of them being special in the long run.