R.I.P Carroll Shelby

[Charlie don't surf]

Two days ago, at age 89-

[Mad Racer]

A sad loss indeed.

R.I.P Mr Shelby your spirit will long live on..

[arf]

He desrcibed the original AC Bristol upon which the Cobra was based as having been "Built under a bridge by winos."

[peetbee]

AC Ace not Bristol wasnt it?
RIP mr Shelby

[markbt73]

Farewell, Mr. Shelby. Thanks for all the cool stuff.

[CamplinP]

Great work Mr. Shelby. You have paved the way for performance enhancements. R.I.P.

[Lonestar]

RIP C.S, ... you have your mark left forever with massive skid marks from Cobra's, GT500's and the others...

Paul

[bearrickster]

I cant belive it hasnt even bin blown up on the news? I didnt even hear about it until Saturday on a small block on MSN homepage. I watched Speed all weekend they havent even said anything and they love him? RIP MR Shelby

[jwscab]

Yeah, Reg's post was the first I heard this. RIP sir, great job stuffing big motors in small cars

[askbob]

Heck of a guy from start to finish.

[Diggley]

A true legend in the auto industry, he will be missed by a lot of people...R.I.P. Mr. Shelby.

[Coelacanth]

I agree with all the comments thus far, his contributions to the automotive industry are legendary.

This effort however....not so much.

http://www.carlustblog.com/2008/05/car-lust--dodge.html

[Diggley]

I agree with all the comments thus far, his contributions to the automotive industry are legendary.

This effort however....not so much.

http://www.carlustblog.com/2008/05/car-lust--dodge.html

Those were dark times for the auto industry.

The boxy Mustang was crap in early to mid 80's and apparently Shelby & Ford weren't exactly on good terms..

Most Ford fans would rather forget the defection to Mopar.
(Maybe Iacocca had something to do with it,)

Remember the convertible Dakota?...(*Bleccch)..uglier than Proline's "Bulldog" bodies..

I'd bet not even the Mopar crowd was too fond of those...

Thankfully, Ford made the Mustang actually look like a Mustang again in 2005..and worthy of a second chance w/Shelby.

I think he left us on a high note with the best Shelby blessed Mustang ever. The 2013 has 650hp right out of the box.

[slim_chance]

The man was a true prodigy and a ledgend. Most of my dream cars have his name on them. The automotive industry was changed forever by him. The man who took a British town comuter roadster and built the beast that became the AC Cobra and then turned around and took Ford's secritary car and built a race champion in the GT350 and GT500 a man the likes that this world may never see again. He is probably doing doughnuts in a 289 cobra in the after life.

[DHood]

I picked this body up in a lot that I found locally a few years back..