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Title: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: Thom89 on 12 May 2012, 00:19
Absolutely gutted.... responsible for SO much RIP

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7hcI2YZpz2Q/Tr4WA4cBMRI/AAAAAAAACI0/RNgu6pLV3RQ/s800/Beat%2BIt.jpg)

(http://image.hotrod.com/f/thehistoryof/retrospective/hrdp_1202_cobra_50th_anniversary_carroll_shelby_hot_rodder/39504171+w794/hrdp-1202-cobra-50th-anniversary-carroll-shelby-hot-rodder-011.jpg)

(http://www.sportscardigest.com/wp-content/uploads/sunday-historics-09-17-620x413.jpg)

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Rj5WR2t_eD4/S7k2FS4czLI/AAAAAAAADMk/VnaP1lhGL34/s1600/shelby-daytona-cobra-coupe-16.jpg)

Door panel from our 66 notchback Mustang...

(http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f90/thom62/75a24d39.jpg)

Thom
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 12 May 2012, 00:23
indeed, sad times RIP
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: barrym381 on 12 May 2012, 00:25
Absolutely gutted.... responsible for SO much RIP

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7hcI2YZpz2Q/Tr4WA4cBMRI/AAAAAAAACI0/RNgu6pLV3RQ/s800/Beat%2BIt.jpg)

Thom
sad day  :sad:
was it not 1 of his cars that gave us our speed limits on the motorways  :undecided:
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: PenguinGTI on 12 May 2012, 00:41
Was it not the AC Cobra?
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: barrym381 on 12 May 2012, 00:45
Was it not the AC Cobra?
that what i thought aswell 
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: Thom89 on 12 May 2012, 00:47
Was it not the AC Cobra?

Yes, Cobra Coupe, (Not the "Daytona") just under 200mph on the M1 Surrey area

Thom
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: barrym381 on 12 May 2012, 00:50
1 of his race cars was bidding at 1.25million on a programme on sky 2nyt
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: Thom89 on 12 May 2012, 01:00
A Daytona recently sold for 7.5 Million Dollars, Im sure prices will now rocket again, like they did with Ford Motorsport cars a few years ago...

Thom
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: barrym381 on 12 May 2012, 01:04
A Daytona recently sold for 7.5 Million Dollars, Im sure prices will now rocket again, like they did with Ford Motorsport cars a few years ago...

Thom
be nice to have 1 of those tucked away
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 12 May 2012, 06:49
Alan Mann passed away recently as well, sad times

RIP
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: Mr GTD on 12 May 2012, 07:03
Deapest RIP!!
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: Gavv8 on 12 May 2012, 08:01
Very sad indeed, the cobra is without doubt one of the greatest cars of all time.
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: Rhyso on 12 May 2012, 08:22
Sad  :sad: :cry:
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: Jay on 12 May 2012, 09:20
RIP  :sad:
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby 1923-2012
Post by: murraymint on 12 May 2012, 10:54
Rip, cobra ps 50th anniversary this year too.

Those Daytonas were just giving away after they were raced back in the day, bcoz the couldn't afford to get them shipped back to the US.