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04-04-2012, 10:21 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Ellington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadster 351W, T5, Red & White
Posts: 3,478
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" Words of Wisdom from Carroll Shelby "
From Road & Track:
Words of Wisdom from Carroll Shelby - Special Report
50 years after the first Cobra, we look back with some of our most memorable Carroll Shelby quotes.
" Over the years, we've had several opportunities to chat with Carroll Shelby, and the following quotes are taken from our various articles and interviews, some published, some not. They reveal the man as we’ve come to know him, an outspoken Texan who at 89 remains a true racer at heart. "
Words of Wisdom from Carroll Shelby – Carroll Shelby Quotes – RoadandTrack.com
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2014 Porsche Cayman S, 2014 M-B CLA 45 AMG,
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04-04-2012, 11:37 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Scotts Valley,
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA 289 FIA #2108
Posts: 1,882
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I like this one:
"The Cobra is my personal favorite car. The original 289 Cobra is the car I respect the most. I like to drive the 289 better than the 427." Carroll Shelby
Yep, Mr. Shelby, me too!
Dangerous "They don't call me 'Dangerous' for Nuthin'." Doug
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"You're kidding, right?"
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04-05-2012, 06:52 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Portland,
OR
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA FIA, 1964 289->Webers
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Words of Experience
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04-06-2012, 05:50 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Prosper,
TX
Cobra Make, Engine: CAV GT40 #169, Ford 408 Stroker & ZF Transaxle
Posts: 2,408
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Great quotes!
I like this one as another good reason to have and drive a Cobra.
"I feel pretty good. I never thought I'd live this long. They told me in 1960 that I had less than five years to live." 
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CAV GT40
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04-06-2012, 11:51 AM
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CC Member
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: St. Lucia, West Indies,
WI
Cobra Make, Engine: Unique 427SC 383 stroker
Posts: 3,786
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gsharapa
Great quotes!
I like this one as another good reason to have and drive a Cobra.
"I feel pretty good. I never thought I'd live this long. They told me in 1960 that I had less than five years to live." |
Those words apply with equal felicity to both Carroll Shelby and the Cobra itself. Iconic survivors - anachronisms from another time whose overwhelming presence and excessive-force personalities have caused them to survive against the odds and well beyond all reasonable life expectations. Two gritty old fighters that don't even know how to play it safe; they shun subtlety, preferring instead brute force and direct confrontation. Loud, formidable and unapologetic, Carroll Shelby and the Cobra stand out starkly in todays watered down world of conformity, legislated caution and political correctness.
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Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the strength to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. -(wasn't me)
BEWARE OF THE DOGma!! Dogmatism bites...
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04-06-2012, 01:03 PM
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Senior Club Cobra Member
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Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Ellington,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Classic Roadster 351W, T5, Red & White
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Carroll Shelby health update from AutoWeek:
By: Greg Migliore on 4/05/2012
Racing legend Carroll Shelby is slowly recovering from a recent health scare and could leave the hospital in the coming weeks.
Shelby has been hospitalized after catching the flu, which turned into a case of pneumonia. Shelby, 89, has received heart and kidney transplants over the course of his life and dealt with a number of health issues.
He was not at the New York auto show on Thursday for the reveal of his Shelby 1000 supercar, which celebrated the 50th anniversary of Shelby American.
Shelby American president John Luft spoke to Shelby on April 2 and said the legend "is getting better every single day."
Luft said Shelby was "slipping for several weeks," but now called him "stable and improving."
Despite his advancing age, Shelby has still participated in evaluating his powerful cars and appeared in November at the Los Angeles auto show for the reveal of the 2013 Mustang Shelby GT500.
Read more: Carroll Shelby recovering from health scare - Autoweek
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Unkown:"Their sweet lines all but take my breath away, and I desire them as much for their beauty as for their use "
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04-06-2012, 05:55 PM
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"I feel great! I hadn't expected to live this long. Back in 1998 they told me I had six months to live." Dangerous Doug
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"You're kidding, right?"
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04-06-2012, 11:56 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Portland,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Factory Five, 302 powerdyne supercharged
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"Whenever in doubt, sue FFR."
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