Mustang men team up for charity auction car

Jack Roush and Carroll Shelby are two men who have been linked with the Ford Mustang for decades. Amazingly, they have never worked together on one--until now.

Roush and Shelby teamed up to create a unique 2011 Ford Mustang, named the SR-71, which will be auctioned to raise funds for charity.

The SR-71 Mustang--S for Shelby, R for Roush--will be sold at auction on July 29 during AirVenture, the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual air show in Oshkosh, Wis. The proceeds go to the Young Eagles, a group that helps kids get involved in aviation.

Roush and Shelby were inspired by the SR-71 Blackbird, a spy plane built by Lockheed Skunk Works in 1966. The Blackbird holds all official airspeed and altitude records.

For land speed, the SR-71 Mustang packs Ford's new aluminum 5.0-liter V8, fitted with a 2.3-liter Whipple Twin Screw supercharger and a Roush intake. For banking and turning, it gets the Ford Racing Handling Pack, along with custom 19-inch wheels in front and 20-inch wheels in back.

The package also has a custom paint job, a racing steering wheel, a performance gauge cluster and Recaro seats embroidered with the signatures of Roush and Shelby.

The auction takes place on July 29 at 7:30 p.m. Central at the EAA AirVenture Museum in Oshkosh, Wis. To participate, contact Matt Miller at (800) 236-1025 or e-mail him at mmiller@eaa.org by July 26.

By Jake Lingeman