Virginia Classic Mustang Blog: 2024

Nov 1, 2024

2024 GT350 Tour

2024 GT350 Tour
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Wow! Another GT350 Tour is in the books!

The GT350 Tour is an annual, invitational event that started in 2015 with just 14 vintage GT350s. This gathering of die hard enthusiasts has grown to a crazy number with the 2024 event hosting 54 cars!

That is quite a few vintage GT350s at one place, particularly considering that the number consisted of 23 1965s and 27 1966s!

The event is held each year at a different place. This year, we traveled a bit more to the west with our "home base" at the Hilton Historic Plaza Resort in Santa Fe, NM.

After some rainy weather on the early arrival days, the sun came out to grace us for the actual Tour days which had the group of cars traveling over 1000 miles on the scenic roads of New Mexico during the week.

One of the many highlights was a ride on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. If you are ever in the area, you may want to check it out!

This was our 9th Tour. Here is a look at the history of the GT350 Tour listing the year, location, and number of cars participating:

2015 Robbinsville, NC - 50th Anniversary of the GT350 - 14 cars

2016 (This year was skipped. The Tour was supposed to be one and done!)

2017 Fort Lewis Lodge VA - The Shenandoah - 18 cars

2018 Upstate New York - The Adirondack - 22 cars

2019 Big Cedar Lodge MO - The Ozark Mountains - 25 cars

2020 San Antonio, TX - The Texas Hill Country - 26 cars

2021 Hershey, PA - The Keystone State - 31 cars

2022 Big Cedar Lodge MO - The Ozark Mountains - 41 cars

2023 French Lick, IN - The Hoosier State - 47 cars

2024 Santa Fe, NM - Crescit Eundo - 54 cars

Enjoy the pictures!

2024 GT350 Tour
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Sep 4, 2024

New Mustang Front Disc Brake Kits at Old, Low Prices!

Mustang Front Disc Brake Conversion Kit
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One of the best upgrades that you can make to your early Mustang is converting those front drum brakes to disc brakes.

We have just the solution with our Mustang Disc Brake Kits.

All of our kits feature brand new parts for a clean, bolt-on fitment. No mismatched or used parts causing issues are in these kits!

Now, you can get a kit for your car at our old prices!

We have listed only the kits currently in stock, as they are only available at the old prices. Please see our website for more kits at great regular prices.

Check them out and click the links below:

65-66 Mustang Front Disc Brake Conversion Kit with dual reservoir master cylinder

65-66 Mustang Front Disc Brake Conversion Kit with Power Booster (manual transmission)

67-69 Mustang Front Disc Brake Conversion Kit

67-69 Mustang Power Front Disc Brake Conversion Kit (Automatic Transmission)

67-69 Mustang Power Front Disc Brake Conversion Kit (Manual Transmission)

Aug 23, 2024

1966 GT350 Hertz Mustang Shelby with a Blown Chevrolet Engine

I saw this car back in the day and took a picture of it, but I never could find it.

I just ran across this article about the car.

It's 6S819, a 1966 GT350H (Hertz Rent-a-Car) Mustang Shelby that at one time had a small block Chevy engine topped with a supercharger.

Click here for the link to the article.

Aug 13, 2024

Another Original 1965 GT350 Mustang Shelby

Another Original 1965 GT350 Mustang Shelby
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A few months ago, we made a post outlining the "refurbishment" of a 1965 GT350 Mustang Shelby in the shop at Maple Hill Restoration. The car just turned out great and so much of its originality has been preserved. Here is a link to that post: http://blog.virginiaclassicmustang.com/2024/06/just-details1965-gt350-mustang-shelby.html

Any more, it is rare to come across an early GT350 in such nice, original condition, so to see another one is just fantastic.

The GT350 in this post was recently purchased by a good friend and customer. It was brought to Jeremy at Maple Hill Restoration for a refurbishment very similar to the one in the post above.

We are not calling it a "restoration," because that is not what it is going to be. Again, every bit of it's originality to going to be preserved.

How about those elusive 15 x 6 steel wheels that even wear their original paint!!

We also have an image of a seldom seen original paint inspection stamping from the LH front fender.

Original tape on the seam of the heater motor on this original 1965 GT350 Mustang.
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Original Paint Inspection Stamp on the Front Fender of this 1965 GT350 Mustang Shelby.
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Aug 10, 2024

65-66 Mustang Outside Door Handles - Back in Stock!

Mustang Chrome Door Handle Kit
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We are so happy to announce that the 1965 and 1966 Outside Door Handle Kits are back in stock.

These are the best on the market and feature a beautiful chrome finish, superb fit, and complete installation hardware along with the gaskets and button kits.

Don't miss out on these while in stock.

Click here to order.

Aug 3, 2024

1965-68 Mustang Convertible Top Weatherstrip Kit

1965-68 Mustang Convertible Top Weatherstrip Kit
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These are back in stock!!

Definitely the nicest Convertible Top Frame Weatherstrip Kit for 1965-1968 Mustangs on the market.

This five piece kit has been "tweaked" to be an improvement over the original weatherstripping.

Click here to learn more.

Jul 26, 2024

Grand Sport Mustang?

As most of our readers know, we have been involved in the Mustang hobby for well over 45 years. In that long time, this is certainly one of the most interesting items that we have run across.

It's a Grand Sport badge that is obviously patterned after (or maybe it came first!) the 1965 and 1966 GT badges.

We purchased in many years ago from someone and have never seen another one. It is most certainly some type of prototype item.

We have included pictures of the front and back of the emblem, along with similar pictures of an NOS Ford 1965 GT badge.

Jul 19, 2024

Autolite Battery Topper

Take the hassle out of battery replacement by getting one of these very nice Autolite Battery Covers.

Use any Group 24F size battery with a flat top and install one of these covers for a great look under the hood.

These covers are without a doubt the very nicest ones on the market. They feature screw on caps with the proper "Autolite" logo.

Click here to order the red topper

Click here to order the yellow topper.

Jul 12, 2024

1965 Mustang Convertible Photo Shoot

One of my favorite catalog cover shoots!

This was a customer car that he painted in Chrome Yellow.

All of the parts came from us here at Virginia Classic Mustang. The car looked fantastic.

It eventually was sold and transported to Germany.

We have been supplying 1964 1/2-73 Mustang Parts now for over 45 years!

Jun 21, 2024

Mustang Styled Steel Wheel Centers

In 1967, the Mustang factory styled steel wheels came with a blue center emblem.

Did you know that we have these centers with the factory blue center emblem along with black and red center emblems for that kind of subtle, custom touch?

These will fit all factory 1967 styled steel wheels, along with any reproduction styled steel wheels that have a notch in the center hole.

Click the links below to see more:

Blue Center Mustang Styled Steel Wheel Center

Black Center Mustang Styled Steel Wheel Center

Red Center Mustang Styled Steel Wheel Center

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