[V8Healey]

Shelby drove 'ol Yaller for Max Blachowski sometime around 1957, well before his Cobra-building days.

Hot Rod magazine published an article on Max Blachowski's Chevy-powered Austin Healey in June of 1956.

I'm sure Shelby was well aware of Max's Healey. Was Max the first to come up with the idea of stuffing a big V8 into a lightweight British sportscar? I don't know... maybe someone out there does.

Would you say that Shelby "borrowed" Max's idea?