Many years ago Carroll Shelby partnered with Hertz Rent-A-Car to provide Shelby Mustangs for the rental market. The cars were returned to Shelby and he sold them to the public for cheap because nobody wanted an ex-rental car. Today, the Hertz GT350H is a high dollar collectible sought after by Shelby fans and command
six figure prices from sites like Hemmings.com. However, many years later Papa Shelby had relations with another rental company and spawned a Chrysler front wheel drive hot rod called the CSX-T which today are 100th the cost of a Hertztang. Find this
1987 Shelby CSX-T Thrifty Rental car for sale in Henderson, NV currently bidding at $750 with 1 day to go via ebay (and on
craigslist for $2k). (This article was featured on the front page of
Jalopnik.com via kinja)
The legend of the Shelby Mustang GT350-H Hertz race ready rental cars is an old campfire story among car guys, but a little known fact is that there were a few hundred Mercury Cougar XR7-G (G for Gurney...as in Dan Gurney) rental ready racers built alongside the Shelby Mustangs. This next example is a complete basket case with rust everywhere and a seized engine...but it looks like Dynacorn is getting into the Cougar resto-sheet metal business and for a few tens of thousands of bucks this could be a keeper. Find this 1968 Mercury Cougar XR7-G here on eBay bidding for $4,750 reserve-not-met located in Lake Elsinore, CA with 2 days to go.
