kent11202
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Yesterday, May 10th at age 89.
Legendary car designer, racer Caroll Shelby dies at age 89 - Motor News | FOX Sports on MSN
Legendary car designer, racer Caroll Shelby dies at age 89 - Motor News | FOX Sports on MSN
Carroll Shelby has left the track
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venomballistics
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the flags fly at half mast along mustang ally
gjamison
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automotive master!
little car big motor whats not to like.
little car big motor whats not to like.
From the Chaparral to the varied Cobra’s, Shelby was a true American original.
Straightshooter2
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One of the greatest auto men of all time. His stock answer whenever he was asked what was his favorite car that bore his name, "The next one."
CW
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venomballistics
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I met him at EAA airventure in 06 or 07 ... we got to talking a little about builds. My stang bears his autograph as a result.
I am tempted to go fire up old street lethal and demoralize a few rice rockets.
I am tempted to go fire up old street lethal and demoralize a few rice rockets.
Coldshooter
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His Can-Am cars were the favorite of most of my friends and I. He saw ground effects when many just wanted brute horsepower. The ground effects car with the sucker fans driven by a two stroke engine were unforgettable. Shelby, innovator who achieved what others never had the conviction to try.
snowman
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Fat Old Guy
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RIP .
JJEH
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RIP Mr. Shelby and thank you Sir!
.................RIP
Darn. Another mark on the calendar of life.
He was huge car icon in the Motor City. The good side is, he lived a long and full life.
He was huge car icon in the Motor City. The good side is, he lived a long and full life.
Thanks Carroll. A true Texas original. When I first saw the 1967 GT500 in an ad in Playboy, I thought it was the best looking car I had even seen, then I saw the Daytona Cobra Coupe. Made a pretty fair bowl of red, too.
Marshwheeling
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As big as he was in Detroit, he was even bigger in Terlingua.
StatesRightist
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We just lost a great American...RIP Mr. Shelby.
jframe
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While it's not a Shelby Mustang, it's all I own, and it inspired him to build his wonderful cars. RIP, Carroll, you will be sorely missed by ALL of us in the Mustang world, as well as the automotive world in general. A true innovator, don't forget when remembering his Mustangs and Cobras, he also led Ford to a huge upset victory at LeMans in 1966 over Ferrari with his GT40's. He was the only one who could take that big 427 in those cars, and make it not only OUTRUN Ferraris, but OUTLAST them too.
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venomballistics
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well lets see if I cant share a few.
Anyone who has a beloved machine knows they aren't bought but rather earned with your lifes blood.
first on deck is a pic just after the vital organ transplant. 289 K code fitted with a fully updated EFI system and supercharged with a then bleeding edge P600B procharger supercharger.
I couldn't wait for paint to try it and I sorely underestimated it when I dropped that crankshaft into the richmond gear R.O.D. six by way of the SVO 10.5" clutch
the next stage of evolution of course, was giving it the war paint. This would be a few weeks prior to passing everything but a gas station on the way to EAA Oshkosh
this one .. well if you never have fun with it, you've probably missed the whole point
He was a great man and an inspiration to all us young motorheads who loved our big block Fords and dreamed of thousand horsepower MG's and Triumphs.....RIP Mr. Shelby...
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