Legend Carroll Shelby passes. RIP
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46FORD$PU
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What a builder and icon to the auto world he will be sadly missed but never forgot.
maverickmk
Rebel Rodder
Oh wow, that really sucks 
RoddingRon
A man in his natural habitat....a Studebaker
God speed Carroll
hotrod preacher
"Official RRR Chaplain"
RIP mr. shelby...
Neverdone
He's not done yet...
it tis a sad sad day my friends......
Blue Eyed Devil
Devil's Advocate
The man was a badass, plain and simple. Here's a little exerpt from an article -
Living in the fast lane was a matter of fact for Shelby, who designed the cult-classic Shelby Cobras and Ford’s Shelby Mustang.
He raced cars. He had a heart transplant from a Las Vegas gambler in 1990 and a kidney transplant from a son in 1996. He was married seven times.
While trying to fend off an anticipated heart attack, he drove in a 200-mile race in 1960 with nitroglycerin pills underneath his tongue, finishing third at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey.
“If I hadn't slowed down each time I popped one of those pills, I might have won,” he said, then announced his retirement as a driver later that year after clinching the U.S. Road Racing championship series at Riverside International Speedway.
Five years earlier he had replaced a plastic cast on his broken elbow with a fiberglass one and had his hand taped to the steering wheel so he could help Phil Hill drive a Ferrari to second place in a 12-hour race at Sebring, Fla.
Godspeed Mr. Shelby. You made a helluva dent while you were here...
Living in the fast lane was a matter of fact for Shelby, who designed the cult-classic Shelby Cobras and Ford’s Shelby Mustang.
He raced cars. He had a heart transplant from a Las Vegas gambler in 1990 and a kidney transplant from a son in 1996. He was married seven times.
While trying to fend off an anticipated heart attack, he drove in a 200-mile race in 1960 with nitroglycerin pills underneath his tongue, finishing third at Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey.
“If I hadn't slowed down each time I popped one of those pills, I might have won,” he said, then announced his retirement as a driver later that year after clinching the U.S. Road Racing championship series at Riverside International Speedway.
Five years earlier he had replaced a plastic cast on his broken elbow with a fiberglass one and had his hand taped to the steering wheel so he could help Phil Hill drive a Ferrari to second place in a 12-hour race at Sebring, Fla.
Godspeed Mr. Shelby. You made a helluva dent while you were here...
super56
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One of the many people that ALL people should get to meet. I met him once and this man was a CLASS ACT. One of those people that you felt like you were a better person for just meeting him.
http://carrollshelbyfoundation.com/
http://carrollshelbyfoundation.com/
CR55
It's just a little surface rust!
Sad news! He was definitely a legend in his own time....he single handedly changed the face of road racing for american autos.
Dude had a huge heart and did so many great things, he will be missed.
Dirtyrat
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What a legend, what a man, what a legacy he has left behind....
Thank you CS.
Thank you CS.
