It was classic Carroll Shelby: a delightfully mad idea taken to new extremes. He took the already ferocious 289 Cobra and "upgraded" it with a 427-cubic-inch V8. Shelby intended to race the…
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By the mid-1960s, Toyota saw the need to create a halo model – one that would raise international awareness of the Japanese brand. Toyota aimed high, seeking to compete with the finest European…
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Unequivocally, the most captivating figure in American automotive racing history, Carroll Shelby was a lauded race car driver, winning Le Mans for Aston-Martin in 1959, before settling into his role as the…
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Usually, valuable materials like aluminium, bronze, and copper are used merely as accents on cars, but here they form the complete iconic bodies of not one, but three very special Shelby Cobras…
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One of the crown jewels of Carroll Shelby’s personal collection, this 1965 Shelby 427 Cobra, CSX3178, was owned by Shelby from the day it was assembled in March 1966 until his death in May 2012…
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The original Shelby GT350 proved such a success that Carroll Shelby made a deal with the Hertz rental car company to offer his hotted-up Mustang for hire to the general public. This was a master stroke by Shelby…
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Ford created a new class of car almost overnight with the introduction of the Mustang sports coupe part way through the 1964 model year, catching the rest of the US car industry off guard…
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On 28 October 1963, AC Cars Limited invoiced Ford Motor Credit for a Cobra body in White with Red trim, top, tonneau, and rack-and-pinion steering. The body left the UK aboard the SS Pacific Fortune…
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In 1964, Carroll Shelby asked renowned fabricator John Ohlsen to lengthen the chassis of one of his six Daytona Coupes and to replace the 289 Ford engine with a NASCAR inspired big block…
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It was classic Carroll Shelby, a delightfully mad idea made even madder: take the already ferocious 289…
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In 1965, Shelby American packed up a rotating cast of six cars – a Cobra Daytona coupe, a GT 40, 289…
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While all surviving GT350s are indeed special, this car is particularly important as it’s the pre-production…
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Hertz first introduced a custom Shelby Mustang as part of its 'Rent-A-Racer' programme in 1966…
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When Ford threw a new challenge at Shelby American with the 1967 Mustang, restyled and enlarged…
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Carroll Shelby – the larger-than-life Texan and the battle-tested racing veteran – fired a shot across the bow of every sports car manufacturer in the world and, in doing so, set the car world on fire…
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Carroll Shelby earned his reputation on the racetrack. But his legend was truly made when cars bearing his own name started winning at motorsport’s most competitive events. In the hands of…
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When introduced in 1967 the GT 500 was fitted with the 428 cubic inch engine used in that year's Shelby Cobra. It also featured a mildly re-contoured Mustang body. The GT 500 provided plenty…
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Carroll Shelby and his racing team remained a dominant force in motorsport throughout the 1960s. However, a handful of owners believed that they could beat Shelby at his own game, using cars bearing…
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