European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. September 4. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 13 american restores it for return of racing Shelby Mustang to Gallop again american tar Buff ran ran Dolph recently completed the restoration of a famous racing car once owned by in equally famous racing Driver Switzer land s Herbert Mueller. Mueller a millionaire Driver who was killed in 1981 in the 1.000 Kilometres of the nuer Burgering world championship endurance race was one of the big name in International sports car racing during the l960sand 7ds. Sporting .1 Beard a Crew Cut and a big Cigar the diminutive and highly popular Mueller finished second Al  mans in 197.1 when he a toil for the porsche fac tory and he also was the inters erics sports car Champion in 1975 and 76. The listing of his International career victories is a Long one. Muelich raced Many types of cars Dur ing his career and one of them was a Blue and while Shelby Mustang it 350, this car prepared for Mueller by the famous Carosi Shelby himself. Trio texan Shelby who raced cars he won Al be mansion 1959 for asian Marti made his Shelby Mustang of 330 a great name in both american and european Rac ing circles during the Era when muscle cars ruled the roads. Today Shell Cre ates special cars for inc Chrysler Carp. Shelby had the full support of Ford on his Mustang project. He bought the mus tangs from Ford and then convened Ihm into 350 its at Nis Little shop in Venice. Calif. Shelby said that the name it 350 came from 350 feet the Dis Tance from his office 10 inc production line. Shelby said the name won t Mai Ler anyway if the car s no  Bui Shelby s car was very Good in deed heating the Chevrolet Corv Eues for the sports car club of America Acca class b National championship in 1965, an extremely prize nameplate id and 67. Prompting one racing Driver to say at the Lime the Only time the corvettes can win is when there re no Shelby its  in Europe Mueller raced Shelby s com petition version it 350 there was also a Street version the Competition it 350 Mustang powered by a 289 cubic Inch Ford avg engine of nearly 400 horsepower. This same engine was also used in the famous Ford gt40 racing cars. Bui so much for history and Back to Ron Randolph now the owner of Muel Ler s Mustang. I was looking for a Shelby Mustang Randolph said because i m going to participate in european historic car Rac ing and As an american entrant. I want to go racing in an american car. I think that s a sound idea."1 looked around for a Shelby in the slates but did t find anything i wanted then i heard from an exotic car dealer in Switzerland that Herbert Mueller s Shel by Mustang was still in existence and that it might be  Randolph a civil Engineer with the army corps of engineers in fran Lurl contacted Mueller s son in Zurich Early last year and told him he would like 10 Sec the car with the idea of buying it. His son did t want to sell it ran Dolph said but when i told him 1planned 10 restore it completely. Take Good care of it. And race it in historic car cd cams in Europe he thought it Over then reluctantly decided to sell u. He had an attach Mem to inc car because his father took him to the races in in then raced it. And they would return Home in 5as do oct by Olandj Ron Randolph stand beside his rebuilt Shelby  Iso a lop Star from the muscle ear tru. It. Those a Cre the Days when you could drive your race car 10 the track. So the car was part of the family. But Mueller s son obviously liked the idea of the car resuming to racing instead of Silling around in the garage. In had been in Hal garage for More than eight years. I m glad he decided to sell the Carlo me because it s an especially desirable Model not Only because it was Muel lers but also because it s a 1966 version. The 1966 and 65 models Are the most prize Shelby  Randolph said the car was sound no no rust to speak of Bui it needed a trem Oun Dous amount of work to bring it Back to per Fellion. How much work1?"about 600 hours  Randolph said working nights and weekends with help from my Friend Rich Bard. Reworked in the Rhein main audio Craft shop right from the beginning where we disassembled most of the car went Down 10 the Bare Metal on the underbody stripped Oft All the old paint every thing. I rebuilt the engine reworked in body where necessary along with the suspension brakes and everything else. We also sanded the body Down for re painting. It s a Complete restoration Job. It was a helluva Job too and i think it s my last one. I always say that though?1 Randolph said with a big Grin. "1 said the same thing when i finished restoring a 1972 porsche 9ii." Randolph a former president of the porsche club of America German Region completed his Shelby Mustang just in Lime for the aug. 16-17 historic car race meeting on the Nuermburg Reg but problems with the electrics kept him from  was pc try Lale in the season any Way so i was t 100  ran Dolph said. Bui Ocul year j plan to do a Bunch of historic car  Randolph who owns a 914 porsche along with his 91 Model and the Shelby Mustang also owns a 2-46 it  thoroughly enjoys driving his cars and adds thai he also has a lol of fun a stoplights Wilh another of his vehicles this one a vow bus one that just Hap pens to be powered by a nicely tuned 6 Colin Der porsche engine. Randy Burnett the tale Herbert Mueller in porsche 917 Turbo racing car. This 289 cubic Inch engine potters Randolph s Mustang