Carroll Shelby Engine Company

[zrayr]

Originally Posted by Gunner

I ".................. It might be worth noting that Shelby's "development" of the 289 seems to be limited to a joint call from him and Ford to see if a 289 could be made to fit in the Ace chassis - whereupon AC did all the engineering, work and testing and answered "Yup" - then proceeded to build complete rollers that were shipped to Shelby, who *gasp* installed the engines on this side of the pond.

It might be worth noting that the 427 chassis was designed, developed and tested by AC after a similar phone call a year or two later. Ditto on the production.

I do sometimes have trouble distinguishing exactly *what* Unca Carroll did except for final assembly and race tweaking. ................"

There is substantial documentation that details the development work done by Shelby, Phil Remington, and eventually by Ken Miles.

In any case we all have our beliefs about the Cobra history and both sides embrace the history or "facts" which support their argument. Likewise both sides are dismissive of the history that contradicts their argument.

In any pissing contest both sides end up stinking, so put away the big guns & go for a drive.

Z. Ray