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Two days ago, at age 89-

A sad loss indeed.

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

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

AC Ace not Bristol wasnt it?
RIP mr Shelby

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

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

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

Paul

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

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

Heck of a guy from start to finish.

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

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

Coelacanth wrote: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.

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.

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