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...
Tripper
Older and more rusted every day!
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.
offroadrolls
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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.
