It debuted in 1999 and featured a full aluminum chassis, composite body and Oldsmobile Aurora V-8. Unfortu- nately, production issues limited the Shelby supercars to just 250 units. Today, Carroll Shelby is back with Ford and Shelby American is building cars at its state-of- the-art facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. New Cobras are built beside new GT350 Mustangs, along with GT500 upgrade packages that produce more than 1,000 rear- wheel horsepower.
All of the stories and accomplishments are legendary, but none more so than the magic of the company and its cars. Since 1962, it has been Shelby’s perfect storm. He combined the right ingredients, talent, sponsors, drivers and unbridled enthusiasm to take what some had called “a bunch of junk” out into the world and didn’t come home until there was nothing left to win. Call it what you will — dumb luck, stubbornness or being in the right place at the right time — nobody can deny that Carroll Shelby and his creations are one of the greatest American success stories of all time.
For more on the cars Carroll Shelby built, go to:
hagerty.com/worldofshelby.
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