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MasterG2kTR -> RIP Carroll Shelby (5/11/2012 3:17:18 PM)
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Automotive legend Carroll Shelby has died at the age of 89.
The man who inspired generations of gearheads and shade tree mechanics had a history turning the automotive world upside down and making it his own.
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Shelby began building his Cobras in 1962, using the chassis and body of a two-seater from AC Cars of England. Early prototypes broke apart because of stress on the fragile frames. “When you try to put 300 horsepower in a car designed for 100, you learn what development means,” Shelby recalled in a 2002 interview with Sports Illustrated. But the Cobra with the high-powered Ford engine proved a formidable racer, celebrated in pop culture when the Rip Chords recorded “Hey Little Cobra” in 1964. The Cobra captured the United States Road Racing Championship series of the Sports Car Club of America in 1963 and won the Grand Touring world championship in the large-engine category in 1965.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/12/sports/carroll-shelby-builder-of-cobra-sports-car-dies-at-89.html
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