1966 SHELBY GT350 PAXTON FASTBACK 6S2265, One of 11 Built with a Factory Supercharger Chief among the most desirable of all the varieties of automobiles produced by Shelby American Inc. from 1962 through 1967 are the Shelby GT350 Mustangs that left the factory with a Paxton supercharger system under the hood. Though this performance addition was readily available through the Shelby American parts catalog, only a select few cars were produced and delivered by the factory with a factory Paxton setup under the hood. The car seen before you today, 6S2265, is documented by the Shelby American Automobile Club as being one of just 11 factory supercharged examples produced in 1966, and one of only three of those cars that would be finished in the super-desirable color combination of Candyapple Red over a black interior. 6S2265 was ordered November 14, 1966, by Shelby American executive Jack Randall for use as his company car. The story goes that Randall was so impressed after witnessing a Paxton supercharged car walk away from a 289 Cobra outside Shelby American’s facility that he had to have one for himself while he served as an executive for the company. Furthermore, the impression that 6S2265 left on Jack during his lease term was so strong that he marched into the factory showroom, the iconic Hi-Performance Motors in El Segundo, California, and purchased the car himself after his company lease had run up on the car. In the late 1960s it was sold to San Juan, Puerto Rico, resident Antonio Morales, who occasionally drag raced the car at Caguas Speedway in Salinas. Around 1990, Morales sold 2265 to Edguardo Gonzales, also of San Juan, who intended to have it restored by Edgardo Ortiz. Instead, the car was stored for several years in Aibonito. In April 2004, a private collector from Miami discovered the car while visiting Puerto Rico. It was offered for sale later that month and was purchased by Ross Morgan of Perth, Australia, who NO RESERVE Estimate: $500,000 - $750,000 had it delivered to Tim Lenon of Legend Restorations in Sparta, Michigan, for a comprehensive restoration. NOS parts were used throughout the car, including the exhaust system, radio and speakers, door panels, trunk mat and more. Every system and component was confirmed correct to the car, including such rare items as the Paxton supercharger, the almost irreplaceable underdash Paxton gauges and the wood-rim “over the counter” GT350 steering wheel. Completed in 2008, the restoration successfully returned this incredibly rare Shelby to its original factory configuration. After collector John Atzbach acquired 6S2265 in May 2009, he shipped it to Oklahoma for the Mid America Performance Ford and Team Shelby Nationals in June. Prior to the event, national SAAC head judge and world-renowned restorer John Brown thoroughly detailed and sorted the already-restored Shelby, upgrading it to the concours standard in which it remains to this day.