This probably belongs on a Shelby forum but since I'm not a member of any and don't own a Shelby I thought I'd post this here.
I was going thru my collection of Hot Rod magazines and ran across the Dec. 1980 issue that has an article about the 12 GT350s Carrol Shelby and Co. built in the early '80s. I never knew I had this issue of Hot Rod and vaguely remember the cars.
According to the article Shelby American Inc, Special Projects Manager Al Dowd, former GT350 Production Manager Jack Khoury and Shelby Engineer Phil Remington worked with Beverly Hills Mustang Pres. J. Brunk to build 8 with auto trans, 3 with Toploaders and 1 with a Doug Nash 5 speed. Each car had an original "K" engine. However the article doesn't mention if the 12 convertible bodies were original "K" cars. The engines were equipment with an Accel distributor, Shelby Big Burn Plasma electronic ignition, original Try-Y headers, Stewart-Warner fuel pump and a Holley 4-barrel.
Anyone know If any of the cars are still around and what happened to the donor "K" cars? I assume the donors were probably in pretty poor shape and it's a real shame they are probably lost forever.
Finally the article closes with saying; "The 12 new Shelby's will follow the original 6 numerically in the Shelby American registry, as the convertibles were the last Shelby's built in '66. The official number of Shelby No. 1 will be logged as SFM6S2381."