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I can confirm that my GT350H came from Chicago, probably rented our of OHare.  I sold it in '74 for $3450, as I recall.  It had mileage in high 80s.  My previous car was a '66 Mustang 271hp (K model?) that I sold to my roommate.  Thereafter we had sort of a horsepower race, which I always seemed to win.  The original tri-Y headers rusted heavily in one Minnesota winter, so I replaced them with long tube headers.  On reflection I think this was a mistake as the tri-Y design is better for street driving with stronger mid-range.  Then I installed a big Crower cam.  Recall it had 310 degrees intake duration. This plus a 750 cfm carb made the car almost undrivable, way too rich.  It was so bad that I stopped in Denver during a trip and bought a 600 cfm Holley for $35 and installed it on the street in front of the parts store.
The original C4 transmission was a jewel.  Don't know just what was modified, suspect it had a special valve body.  Whatever, I once towed a 21 ft inboard boat from Denver to Minneapolis never exceeding 55 mph.  This fried the transmission.  Removed the transmission and sent it to B&M for a rebuild, which was a mistake.  The transmission from B&M was an off-the-shelf exhange unit that did not have the special characteristics of the original - that is the ability to get second gear rubber.
Shelby seemed to offer a Paxton supercharger option at about $500.  Tried to buy one and could not get anyone to order it.  Finally years later, about 1969 saw an add in Road & Track for new Paxtons at $150 offered by Holman & Moody in Santa Monica, CA.  Long story, but I hopped a military plane to CA and bought the kit.  Holman & Moody had a bunch of these kits sitting on their loading dock immersed in the salt air.  Supercharger lasted less than 1000 miles before bearing failure.  Sent it to Paxton for a rebuild.  I was never really happy with the supercharger's performance.  It needed carb tuning, I think.  Best boost was around 5 psi, and this was well before intercooling.
To some extent I tried to modifiy the suspension to '65 specs - doing Koni shocks. 
In the 80s I had the motor "rebuilt" with a valve job and new rings.  It really didn't need it.
Finally, had the car painted by John Kosmoski, now retired, owner of House of Kolor.  Painted it a pearlescent white with candy-blue stripes. 
#2
I was the original owner after Hertz.  Short version of acquisition story:  Summer of '67 learned from a client (I am an attorney) that Ford had "bought back" all the GT350Hs from Hertz; and that they were then to be "sold" to dealers.  Ford had 40+ GT350s parked in the field of the St. Paul Assembly Plant.  My client was a senior mechanic at Ron Saxon Ford, and he could buy any of these cars through Ron Saxon by paying an extra $100 over Saxon's invoice. Client and I inspected the cars.  They were all black/gold and auto.  Mileage was about 10K.  I paid $2450. It was my daily driver until '74. 
Sold the car about 1974 to a young Navy veteran just off active duty.  He drove the car to Ohio.
Wondering what happened to #1954?  I have lots of stories of the car that I'd like to document/share with present owner.