Carroll Shelby In His Own Words 

Jack Habben well said!!

you just brought a tear to my eye bro

Underrated comment.

Amen

He’s boutta over lap us all

T U that’s right suckah

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or Ken Miles

I would say he's an American Treasure and belongs with that list of American Treasures like Babe Ruth, Bobby Jones, Jack Nicklaus, Einstein, Thomas Edison, Wright Bros, Sargent York, Audie Murphy, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Mark Twain, Duke Ellington, etc.

Yes... Or Ken Miles

Awesome movie!

Me

Me

Yo

Saw the movie last weekend, great movie!

Well stated. I overlooked this humble but all important point.

AMEN .... R.I.P. Mr Shelby

I AGREE

With his Texan drawl, I can close my eyes and picture James Garner. Nice interview, laid back and a joy to listen to.

Agree, he remembered and gave credit to the engineers and specialists, too many these days are “I did this” and “I did that” and he says at the end no one is good at everything. He recognised he was good at creating a vision that people related too, he created the drive and environment that capable people wanted to be a part off, so he had a great team, and he gave them credit. A visionary, a leader, doing what he loved .... that’s a powerful mix

Me neither! Except for Eleanor Rigby. But that’s the only one!

Me 3, never was big on Beatles

That's cool... would love to build one as close to spec from the 60's Amazing handling I'm sure....

I wonder where all the rugged Texans have gone today? Austin? Beto O'Rourke anyone? Lol!

@@alfee9411 that's what we did for our customers. Shelby American supplies its dealers with Cobras that are called Turn Key minus The minus refers to the fact that Shelby does not ship the roller with engine or transmission. We bought and installed Shelby FE side oiler engines that are based on the 427 FE family. They were all-aluminum close to 500 cid for the base engine with an average of 500 hp 500 # trq. Tremec 5 or 6 speed. We put together a decal package that used every label, decal on the engine and under the hood, just like the old days. My Cobra was the 427 S/C with the FE Shelby engine, 5 spd trans, and no race stripe. It was a monster. It weighed around 2000# and weight means a lot in performance, more weight less performance. If I did it again I would opted for a 289 Street or 289 FIA Cobra.Much more civilized. Where ever I drove the car people would gather around when we would stop, come up and ask to take pictures of the car. It was fun seeing their faces, smiles. They are a blast, no power steering, brakes, or windows. Nothing of power except the engine. :)

Richard C Texas born. And Texas raised. Nobody does it like us Texans!

@@alfee9411 the CSX series Cobra by Shelby has 98 present interchangeability of parts to the original Cobras. I had been doing a package using decals that were reproductions of all the original Rotunda, and other factory labels under the hood just as they appeared in photos of the day.. Our customers loved them. The original Cobras were all-aluminum bodies which is still available for a higher price over the glass bodied Cobras. . My Cobra was a 427 S/C CSX 4000 with the Shelby Manufactured aluminum block and heads FE Side oiler just like the old days, just far more HP and Trq. If I did it again I would go with a CSX 8000/ 9000 Cobra, it was the 289 powered street Cobra. Far more civilized to drive. The 427 S/C is the wider body with the exhaust pipes down the outside. People burned their legs all the time getting out. I always showed people how to get in and out of the car without hurting themselves but in the excitement of the drive ( I always drove because these Cobras are monsters to control ) that they would burn a leg getting out. It's so common it was called " being Snakebit" The power out of the Shelby built FE which was closer to 500 cid than to 427 pulled over 525 HP and 550 Trq on the engine dyno. The car's curb weight was around 2000 pounds. You had to have the car straight ahead, same with the front tires and carefully apply the throttle or you went places you didn't intend to go. At 75 mph you can light up the rear tires with little effort. These were race cars and when driven with that understanding were an E-Ticket ride. After several new owners crashed their Cobras we put together a Driver package with Bondurant School of Racing in Phoenix, AZ The owner Bob Bondurant is a Race legend from the 50s, 60s who drove for Carroll at Shelby. When I met with Bob at his facilities to put the training package together he told me that he had never driven the 427 S /C only the 289 Cobras. I told him I could have my 427 there the next day. His personal assistant flipping through Bob's day planner said " Sorry Bob, but you are booked solid for the next 3 months." " The hell I am. Have the car here tomorrow after 10 if that's okay?" It was. It was a pleasure to see him light up when I offered him a chance to drive it. He took It out on his road racecourse and promptly ran off the track In the 1st turn. But after that he lit up the track. He apologized stating that he was used to driving the Corvettes (Chevrolet, Corvette Division provided his school with there cars ). He was all smiles.

Thank you brother

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Spoken by a pure racer😅

7000+ RIN LIKE HELL

I want to make sure I push it past 7,000. Damn rev limiter. I want to be just a body floating through space and time. I’ve been into Le Mans and the great man himself Carroll Shelby since this movie has seemingly made racing “cool” again.

you watched it too!

He said am i on god damn fire? Lol laughed my ass off

Me too

Same

yep...he sounds just like my dad (without the Texas accent).

Truly fascinating to listen too

Like listening to my grampa

More then a legend. A god.

The Manager Behind the Pony!!!!

Damon was breathtaking as shel

John Richards God Bless him

I get that, but I wouldn't be mad if you named her after a car... it's what a Dad would do that made Mom really Mad.

You have no idea how many times men would tell me that, or the number of women who would come up to me at events and tell me there name was Shelby.

Brandon Schwab most people think my daughters name is after the movie “ Marley “ and it’s actually after the legend ,reggae bob Marley ! Big ups to that cool name Shelby !

I know how you feel sir, I named my daughter Shelby for the same reason, my ex wife wanted to name her "autum" I said that's not a name, that's a season, when the hospital gave her an epidural for the birthing , she was passed out , I told the nurse the girl's name is Shelby....I won. (Lol)😄

MrChopp3r 👏👏👏👏

Secret most Americans grew up poor. The American dream doesn't happen frequently

Not true, back than anyone who gets their picture taken in a toy car is not poor .

Take me back to 1965 before he died please. Back when he was at his prime.

Ahh it's fine. I believe death is not the end.

John B you were in the presence of true greatness. Like Jesus level greatness, and I mean that as a devout Catholic.

that'd be me!!

Same here. 👏🏾

yup

Hell yeah 🤯

dustin lee Yep

For 4 years straight

Oh yes, I am!

Me! Haha. 😆

Go like hell... Go read the book it's a very good book they originally bassed off it

NOT THE FERRARI GUYS. LOL

Not me love shelby cobra's all my life.

Those are true words of wisdom....

As great as he was I don’t think GM is kicking themselves. Zora did great with the corvette beyond their wildest dreams. Ford has nothing today from the factory that can touch a corvette. Period. That said Shelby was a great man.

@@EasternElectric2012 And Ford NEVER needed the Welfare Assistance...I meant "Bail Out" like GM did either. They're not called Government Motors for nothing. I'll take Mustang Shelby Cobra over Any Vette...Any day.

Yup truly

@@EasternElectric2012 GT40?

@@drew63215 I’m from Detroit and that’s a total lie!! Ford had gotten loans a year before the bell out !! Check those facts.

I felt a little choked up as well

Mustanglvr007 - seriously a complete legend for sure

Really awesome! Thanks for that too. The Viper was my childhood dreamcar. 70 Road Runner now. The 64 cobra daytona csx2287 will always be my favorite

Viper was my first love of american cars. It was good when I heard he's a consultant on the project.

Charlie, was that in OC and did you know Martha A? I believe she worked there.

A wise soul who was charming and so full of energy. He was an original until the end who knew how to enjoy life.

I am an engineer by degree. But some of the best engineers I have seen didn’t have one. But they could walk in and clear any engineering test. They were on the right side of dunning kruger.

You don’t need to be an engineer to employ top engineers.

It's crazy I realized that I also see sports car and it supposed to be sport car... Thank you for pointing that out 😬💯

I have started saying' sport car' now. Lol

You guys are forgetting the Viper is the successor to the Cobra Daytona. Those were the real deal modern Cobras, not the GT500s

@@CaptainFALKEN well duh, the GT500 is a Mustang after all.

Mach1club. My grandpa (big ford person) owns a 2013 GT500 as well he bought it as soon as it was released. He never drives it because we live in Canada. And if he even gets a scratch on it. He has to send it back to Texas to get fixed. I own a 2011 Camaro SS, and a 2018 Camaro ZL1 1LE. I’m a big Chevy person. But I still love Shelby and all his work. One of the reasons why I love cars and motorsports.

One hundred percent same here

@@CaptainFALKEN The cobra isn't the only legacy Shelby left us though, his Mustangs were very important too, whether it's the 350, 500, or the super snakes.