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Back in 1967, Carroll Shelby took the amazingly courageous step and introduced the GT500, the first big block Shelby GT, powered by a modified Police Interceptor 428 CI engine rated at 355 HP. The new Shelby Super Snake car outsold its small block GT350 stable-mate 2,048 to 1,175 units. During those times, Shelby was the West Coast distributor for Goodyear, who in February 1967 asked Shelby to take part in a promotional event for their new Thunderbolt line of economy tires. Shelby predicted that the GT500 would be the perfect choice for an extended high-speed demonstration of the new tire, but the decision took a twist when former Shelby American sales manager Don McCain came up with the idea of building a supercar that would outperform anything else in the world.