Carroll Shelby: An Interview with the Snake 

Carroll was a great man, and it was an honor to work for him. R.I.P.

I must have watched this 100+ times so far... just listening to Shelby talk about all of it, it never gets old!

My grandpa bought a new 65 gt 350. I own it now still right were grandpa parked it 1967.

44:25 "I went to Africa for 10 years, I wanted to see Africa before it was gone" Not only a legendary performance business genius, but a cultured visionary.

Rest in peace Carroll Shelby he was a hell of a man!

R.I.P. Caroll there will never be man like you...

Iève watched this about 4 times now and I still enjoy it! RIP Carroll Shelby.

The man is a legend who will forever have his name in the automotive hall of fame. There will never be another racing legend quite like him.

I remember this period very well. Being born in 1950, I was a teenager in the 60s. The life revolved around 3 things, phenomenal music, pretty girls and fast cars. Being from Texas, Carroll Shelby was a god to us. I had a 67 Mustang as a 16th birthday present from my parents. I got in in Sept 1966, right when the new 67s came out and only months after LeMans where the GT-40s finished 1-2-3 and thumped Enzo Ferrari on the nose.... hard! It was like winning WWII all over again. Thanks to ALL the men whose genius and talent gave us the pony and muscle car era and gave us old codgers such epic memories!

Not really a documentary, but a great story told about a great man! Worth watching. Hat's off to the writer, producers and narrator.

35:00 or so. It was very nice to hear what Mr. Shelby had to say about the awesomely awesome Ken Miles. I hope Ken's son gets to hear about things like this because there was only ever one guy on the whole planet who was Ken Miles. This is probably not true but it can sometimes seem like we'll never again see the likes of folks like Carroll Shelby or Ken Miles. They fit into automobile racing in such a neat way and I'll never get tired of hearing the stories of Ford's very spirited racing program in the 1960s.

Carroll Shelby: An interview with an American RACING LEGEND. That is a much more appropriate title for this man who IS a racing legend. 👍👍

This is what a call a great documentary, mixture of interviews, background stories, archive footages and cool music, just a joy to watch!

I am not a Ford fan to say the least but have to acknowledge what Ford has done over the years for the automotive industry in general and for racing. They did not make the man Carol Shelby but they did promote him, his team, and to some small degree his ideals. I am a fan of Mr Shelby and happy to say I had the chance to meet him in his shop at Las Vegas Speedway 20 years ago. If I had one word to describe the man it is " Character". I saw the movie last year and thought it was excellent , I was glad to see they mentioned Ken Mills in this and to see the reaction of Mr. Shelby when he spoke of the loss of his friend, even after 20 plus years. Not sure who the 222 people were who gave a thumbs down to this video but they are entitled to there own opinions.

This man is a Genius... Anybody who loves mustangs with a passion they would know who this man is..

I thought it was great to see how humble he was. Giving credit to everybody that was involved. More 'we' than 'I' in his heart. Nobody would argue he was the glue but, it takes a lot of people to make the history they all did...

Thanks for sharing this. I have even more respect for this man and his accomplishments. There will never be another Carol Shelby. Makes me wish I had a chance to meet him. /salute

My first car I look at my wall each day and see my 66 Mustang Ford GT, I had so much fun back then. It is quite a trip burying a 140 speedometer with a HP 289cu. 3 speed. Good all around wheels on the strip or road racing. Wide and low and boy it could go.

A man with a vision and the knowledge who transformed the Mustang into a great success on the track in the 60's. The Ford GT was a winner then and still is today. RIP Mr. Shelby you are missed.

A American Icon R.I.P You earned it.

Carroll Shelby has always been an idol of mine, I wish I could have known the man.

An American National Treasure. Will we ever see another like him?

The parts of this piece with Shel behind his desk min nhis office were done six weeks after his heart transplant. He lived to be the longest surviving heart transplant patient in history.

THE RIGHT MAN, WITH THE RIGHT IDEA, AT THE RIGHT TIME. RICK KOPEC TOLD ME THIS, AND HE IS SPOT ON.

Having raced in SCCA for a number of years I have always admired the Shelby cobras. I named two of my past dogs, one Shelby and the other Cobra and I now have a dog named Porsche.

Wish I could have met this man..............What a Legend

At 19 I worked for Carroll at his GoodYear Tire store. I didn't really understand at the time who I was working for. He had me drive his green GT 500 Mustang to the dealer to have it serviced. I took all the GoodYear Indy tires to the Fontana race track, and while I was unloading the tires, Al & Bobby Unser were standing on by the pit wall. I was too afraid to go over and say hi. But in my mind I was thinking, holy smoke, they really are real people. I think AL won the Indy 500 that year.

Thanks to all that made this Era great to grow up in.

I lived and worked in Dawsonville, Georgia for a bit....kinda a FORD area, and had arrived in a U-Haul with an AMC AMX drag car on a trailer, an AMC Matador, a 69 Camaro, a 68 Camaro, a Chevy Berretta GT, and within months had a NASCAR built local 69 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II, built by Bill Elliott's dad George. My golden retriever/ chow mix was named SHELBY. Life was good. Friday dinner at Phil Bonner's restaurant....Mr. B's.... Lunch at the Pool Room.

That was really a very cool interview with Carroll Shelby really enjoyed it quite a bit the man is the last of his breed just really cool guy who did what he wanted to do and did what he felt was right and that is something that is seriously lacking in today's Auto industry.!!!!

Thank you Carroll and Everybody at Shelby American..!!

I was an infant being driven around in a 67 289 metallic green fastback.most beautiful vehicle I can recall.i now own a beast gt what a great legacy

Shelby was a patriot. Rip brother.

I admire Caroll Shelby. Now more than ever. Thanks for a great video.

Shelby and Jay Leno in the same video? this is going in my favorites for sure

People don't realise shelby was selling 427s/c cobras without the comp spec engines and Ford found out and told shelby if anyone had a complaint he would have to correct it out of his own pocket!! Cobras coupes were uk built and at over 190mph on the M1 is why we still have a 70mph speed limit

The part where he’s popping nitroglycerin while he’s driving to treat chest pain (angina) from a bad heart. That’s pretty much all anyone needs to know.

Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles is legend

What a treat to hear this Icon of motorsports speak about his experiences.

What a great story. What a great car, What GREAT Man

Awesome man and great racing driver... R.I.P.

Great show and interview with Carroll Shelby - nice work Jim and WheelsTV team

I know how Shelby felt. 20 years later in 1985 I was 20 and working at The Brassworks, designing and fabricating custom and classic car radiators. I had built my Hot Rod and was living the dream for the two years I worked there.

He was a wonderful man. A man’s man. It was a pleasure to know this giant. The John Wayne of the automobile world. A stud!

RIP KEN MILES

A lot of nice shots of different tracks: 0:21 - Bravest or craziest man ever 0:30 - LeMans 1:10 - Back section of Road America 1:20 - Grand Sport Corvette at Road America 30:05 - the Boot at Watkins Glen

I seem to come these videos late. I was born in 1951 and I became a car guy early. By the early 1960s and a father who was a Ford guy introduced me to this stuff and Carroll Shelby. The fact that his early car was a MG still makes me smile. This video adds to my appreciation. Very cool! Thanks for posting!

My 2 favorite ppl Shelby and Leno ♥️👍🇺🇸

I am here to watch after Ford VS Ferrari movie. Shelby and Kevin Miles was one hell of a man . Loved them!! Rest in peace Shelby and Kevin. Ford deserves all the loss right now!

RIP Caroll Shelby. Thankyou for the ride.

Genius! This is the man. He knows! He knows...

90's Chrysler dealer technician checking in-all of these are good products ( I did sorta laugh with the omni sales ad)- the power levels across platforms was impressive-Go Team Shelby/Mopar! BigMike&The Mechanics.

I saw my 1st Shelby Mustang at Tasca Ford 1966 in Providence RI They had 10 in stock

Thank you Carroll

Carroll Shelby! Wow! what a man.And that is from a Brit.Great Man.loved by so many here in Britain.

Dress shirt, tie, coveralls, and ratty hat...class

Damn, I never knew Carroll took some time to do the things he never had and blessed the rains down in Africa.

Excellent documentation. Thank you for posting it.

This is such a great video honoring a terrific man and legend. I watch it at least twice a year!

What a genuine guy, we need more ##

honestly if caroll shelby didnt have a problem with electric cars than im in no place to dislike them myself

As I grew up Carroll Shelby was my idol. My uncle bought the first Thunderbird in 1955 sold in Texas. In 1969 my aunt totaled the Thunderbird. My uncle bought the car back and started restoring it. He had a hair up his b-tt and bought a new 429 cobra engine. He used Corral Shelby's ideal but bored the 429 out to 460. Man did that car fly. I rode with my uncle once and he had the car up to a145 miles an hour and scared the hell out of me but I was hooked on speed from that day forward. My love for that T-Bird had me hooked on it. My dream was to own it but unfortunately this didn't happen. My uncle sold the car in 1983 for more money than I could afford plus my dad told my uncle I probably would get into a lot of trouble with it. Which is more than likely the truth. I ended up with a 1973 mustang mark 1 with a 351 modified 400 which within a few months I hoped it up. But to this day I am a corral Shelby fan and he still is my idol. Thanks to him I gain the love of speed a the love of cobra's for which I have wanted one ever sense. In my opinion Ford without Corral Shelby helped make ford successful in part with the Cobra.

I have never heard anyone make a joke about this man and his name Caroll. Never. Now that is respect for you. Respect earned, not demanded. A King because he behaved like one, not because he inherited the title.

I wish I could of hung out with him for a day ! He is a man's man what it means to be American!

I was driving through Denver North Carolina in the 70’s. Saw two Cobras sitting at a small auto shop. Turned around and went back. Both were for sale for 8000 each. I wanted one so bad but that’s was about all I made in a year.

The SheLby race cars that I saw around my area in Los AngeLes growing up were a 1965 GT 350 that a neighbor owned around the corner from my parents house and a 1966 427 Cobra down in Encino in the San Fernando Valley . . .in 1984 I turned 16 and my very first car was a white with bLack trim 302 Mustang GT !

Thank you Sir!

Carroll Shelby straight up American Muscle

Great to watch. With all the misinformation after the new Ford versus Ferrari film. It’s just great to watch this video.

Carroll Shelby is my model senior citizen with a great history, humility, love of family, and still test driving high performance Cobra creations in his nineties! As I approach 70, I am still learning about his contributions to auto performance history.

I am 76 and grew up in that era. Everyone wanted a 427 Cobra. It was unobtainium.

What a legend and great person. enjoyed this video.

What an amazing being omg no words can describe Carrol Shelby ❤️

Wow couldn't get over how Young Jay Leno looked👍🏼😎🇨🇦

very nice video thank u for sharing this

why hasn't anybody commented in this beautiful documentary?

One of my great american heroes, come on people lets get out there and make things happen, happy 2016

I love that you call this the interview of the snake😁❤️

My Uncle was an actor from the 1960's to the early 90's I went to live with him in 1975, I was 14 and he lived in Beverly Hills zip code, its the 90210 zip code but technically not in the city of Beverly Hills which is the flatter areas mostly, the better places were in the hills, Coldwater canyon, Laurel canyon and Benedict canyon with Mullholland drive running atop the hills being the ridge route that takes you to the beach eventually. My Uncle took me to his garage and showed me the Cobra, I thought it was a home made thing, my Dad had built an AC Bristol body car with an Olds or Buick 215 aluminum motor that was fast then. He took me out and I swore to God I would never get in that thing again! I literally kissed the driveway when I got out of it the 1st time, funny I always went out again even though I was scared to death a lot, that car could fling you out of the car easily, you better be belted in if somebody gets it on, and better hope they are a world class driver which my Dad and Uncle both were , both went to Bob Bondurant school and others, my Dad worked for George Fullmer at his Porsche Audi dealership. My Uncle hasd a 1976 Turbo Carerra pull alongside us, in 1976 Turbo Carerra's were fast, they did 13's and 150 mph but the Cobra blew that thing away bogging it! My Uncle used to blast up to 150 mph and say to me you know you're alive right now don't you? Yes Uncle, I did and today you are gone and you would of liked the new cars even though the older ones were your thing even before they were cool to own, he had 75 at one time in the 1970's and the car then were just old cars to me but today wow he had Studebaker trucks, De sotos, Packards, Chryslers Plymouths. Kurt had a club he used to go to that was off of Sunset Blvd and it had a sweeping left turn if the light was green he could slidfe across it going really fast then nail it on the next a mile of straight road, man that car was brutal, it shot fire out the side pipes at night, his pal was the grandson of Levitz furniture and he had a Cobra too and y Uncle buddy actor Reid Smith he had the Gum ball rally Cobra!

My multiverse dream world has Carroll still alive, ppl age much slower there. He was picked up by GM and developed the Shelby Corvette which GM let him design and build. It was release with a V8 at launch and sol phenonenonally well. He continued with the corvette until n the release of the Shelby Camaro. After the 69 model year he went on with Pontiac to make Shelby Trans Ams. He continued with the Trans Am until through 81, then went back to Corvette with the C5 and continues with the Shelby Corvette to this day. Just imagine what those cars would be like. A dream indeed.

I just bought Le Mans 66 Brilliant fim . both actors representing Shelby abd Miles doing a brilliant job . Thoroughly recommended

Great documentary, but even though the Sunbeam Tiger wasn't one of Shelby's cars, it would've been kinda cool to hear a little about it since he had a hand building it. Ive got a Sunbeam myself and my brother used to have one of the turbo Shelby Chargers. About the only thing Shelby related we'd ever be able to own. A guy a mile and a half down the road from me has two all original GT350H's he's had since the early 70's. Needless to say, him and I are pretty good buddies now. Lol.

A great man and a great American.

There’s only one other person I can think of who embodied the mystique of a car brand the way Carroll Shelby did. Enzo.

Fantastic video.

The Dodge commercials were hilarious

I wouldnt be surprised if the GT350 was named that to be a jump ahead of Chevy's 327 and soon to come 350. Just like he heard about the King of the road car Chevy was going to produce.

Greatest snake oil salesman of our time! I met him at VIR. What a guy!

Mr Shelby thank you

I can't wait for THE super snake auction.

He was a titan

I really wish people would stop calling F.E. engines big blocks. This ain't GM or Mopar. And F.E.'s deserve much more respect than a simple title of "big block" even if it were one. Greatest engine design ever, if you ask me. From the 330 work horse to the SOHC fire breathing demon from hell.

I am going to check out the movie: Ford vs. Ferrari. This should be an exciting movie about a man who inspired modern racing.

The smartest thing ford ever did.

Going to be a lot of people coming back to this because of the Ford V Ferrari movie with Jason Bourne and Batman.

Thank you Carroll Shelby,🕊️❤️🙏

Great interview from the great Mr.Carroll Shelby and others... although I'm a chevy man, I appreciate all automobiles and I've been wanting to build a mustang to put in the coral with my 7 GM's. Soon, very soon.

My first knowledge of this story was from the history channel . So I watched the movie and this interview . It's the great American free thinking . Achievement of ingenuity. Team work And individuality 🇺🇸

39:43 Dan Gurney spraying the press with Champagne after winning the '67 Le Mans with AJ. That was the very first time anyone had celebrated a race win in this fashion!

Golden Minds, golden cars!