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- And as it turns out, he once owned a mist blue 1967 Shelby Mustang GT500, a gift from his record company. Thing is, to this day nobody knows where it's located. The car has literally disappeared but there is proof he owned it thanks to a 1969 California registration form.
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Jul 2, 2021 · As the story goes, Morrison wasn’t sure what car he wanted until he saw the Shelby Mustang GT350 owned by his hair stylist, Jay Sebring. (If Sebring’s name sounds familiar, that’s because he too met an early demise. In 1969 he was murdered, along with actress Sharon Tate, by the Manson Family.)
Jan 11, 2023 · By Eli Shayotovich / Jan. 11, 2023 12:45 pm EST. A mystery surrounds the Mustang Shelby GT500 that The Doors lead singer Jim Morrison once loved and adored; it remains unsolved almost 52...
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James Douglas Morrison was born on Dec. 8, 1943, in Melbourne, Florida. By the time he was found dead at age 27 in a bathtub in Paris, France, on July 3, 1971, the charismatic lead singer had amassed a catalog of songs and wracked up more than one car. One such vehicle was a blue Ford Mustang Shelby given to him by Elektra Records founder Jac Holzm...
Until 1967, the Shelby GT350 was considered the highest-performing Ford Mustang ever made. That all changed when Ford designers Carrol Shelby and Charlie McHose came up with an even faster, more robust vehicle. According to Car and Drivermagazine, only 2,050 1967 Ford Shelby 500GT cars were built at a base price of $4,195 and came with specs that i...
Numerous rumors abound regarding the whereabouts of Jim Morrison’s now-legendary Blue Lady. One story suggests that the “Light My Fire” singer crashed into a telephone pole and abandoned the vehicle on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. Another story is that Morrison drove himself to LAX and left the car in the airport parking lot. The car is also ru...
In 2020, Ford released a souped-up, revised edition of Jim Morrison’s classic Shelby. The rear-wheel-drive, front-engine, four-passenger, two-door coupe boasts an inter-cooled supercharged DOHC 32-valve V8 engine, aluminum blocks and heads, and port fuel injectors along with a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, says Car and Driver. A g...
Sep 29, 2015 · Not long after HWY was shot, something happened to Jim’s Shelby. Friends of his have differing recollections and summations as to what transpired. According to some, one evening in the Fall of 1969 Jim was driving recklessly and ran into a telephone pole on Sunset Boulevard.
Dec 21, 2021 · After Morrison's death at the age of 27, The Blue Lady seems to have vanished, and over half-a-century later, no one is quite sure what happened to it. Morrison had a passion for filmmaking, and made an experimental film titled "HWY: An American Pastoral," starring him and his beloved Shelby.
Sep 30, 2020 · Morrison eventually moved to Paris and died of a drug overdose in 1971. But just before he left the U.S. his 1967 Ford Shelby 500GT, “The Blue Lady” literally disappeared. The only evidence he owned the vehicle is a copy of his 1969 vehicle registration.
Dec 18, 2015 · John Gilbert Writer Dec 18, 2015. See All 15 Photos. If the Doors’ Jim Morrison was alive today it’s likely the first question any Mustang guy would ask him is, “what ever happened to...
