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1967 Shelby GT500

There's an entire side of the automotive community that focuses exclusively on perfection of form before all else, and for the past few years we've been taking note of muscle cars creeping into that ultrahigh-end show car realm traditionally only occupied by '50s and earlier cars, predominately '30s Fords. There are several big shows with prestigious trophies, but the very peak of the pile is usually considered to be the Ridler Award. Named after famed promotions agent and publicist for the show, Don Ridler, since 1964 the award has been given to the Best in Show at the Detroit Autorama. This real GT500 found in a junkyard not only competed in the 2012 Ridler competition, it made it to the Great Eight-the very last round of judging. That's a major achievement in itself, but the truly amazing part is that it did it without having a single body modification, since the owner didn't want to cut it up. As far as we know, that's never been done before since body mods are a huge part of the judging criteria. That's how perfect the fit and finish is on this Shelby. Still, it's also the reason why it didn't walk away with the trophy. Rumor has it one of the judges even flat out admitted that it was the best car in the running, but was just too "stock."