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Old 06-07-2013, 06:57 PM
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This is from the Legend himself, in an interview with SUPERCAR CLASSICS in July 1987, so it sort of fits the "Myths and Legends" thread....

"The official name of the car with FIA is Shelby AC Cobra. I gave 'em permission to put AC in there. They were whinin' like babies over there, they wanted their name on it, and Ford talked me into it. I sold the Cobra name to Ford for a dollar - one dollar - while I was using Ford dealers."

and:

"...I don't have any real gripes about Cobra being licensed to Brian Angliss or to anybody else they want to licence it to. That's none of my damn business now."

and then:

"I got fed up with Ford. I didn't want any more. I was working with some nincompoops who thought because I was using Ford engines, they were my boss"

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Glen
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