What is a GT/SC and why didn Ford build one?
In 1968, Ford considered building a GT/SC, which stood for GT Sport Coupe. Why they dropped the idea is a mystery, but the educated guess is that such a car would have siphoned sales from the existing GT. The GT/SC idea actually sprang from a failed Shelby hardtop proposal, called Little Red, which was built on a 1967 Mustang platform, and featured a blown 428 Cj. The idea was to expand Shelby Mustang sales for 1968 when production switched from the limited facility at Los Angeles International airport to the large A. 0. Smith Company in Ionia, Michigan. It’s a mystery why the Shelby hardtop idea was dropped, but once it was, Iacocca ordered Little Red air-freighted to Dearborn, where Ford Design mocked up a striped GT/SC, featuring many of the Shelby cosmetics. None-the-less, the GT/SC was dropped and, instead, the failed Shelby hardtop was fashioned into the California Special of 1968, and a similar set of Shelby features found their way onto the High Country Special for the Colorado
