Completely fallacious. Without Shelby the Ace would have remained a nice little sports car and forgotten by history for the most part. No Carroll Shelby and Shelby American no Cobra. Period. As to the Cobra's success, AC had very little to do with that. Ever heard of Remmington, Brock, Miles, Gurney, Bondurant, McDonald.. ?
Shelby was a worn out tired race car driver? Really? Fact is Shelby talked and AC listened. Have you been living under a rock?. The man was activily involved in the automobile industry from early 1962 to his death in 2012. I could go on for a awhile but won't.
Lets stop re-writing history shall we?