Carroll Shelby

[saturnkk]

Originally Posted by computerworks

Beating the same dead query three times in a row, despite explanations, makes me believe you are driving an agenda, not seeking wisdom and truth.

Not a popular tactic around here.

For what it's worth, from one who was there in the 60's...
The 428 in the 427 Cobra pretty much meant nothing to the average buyer.
Hey? ....just like "Spinal Tap," ...428 was one more than 427.

Like...it went to eleven.

Wisdom and truth?!?

Wow. Really?!?

So there have been those who offered varying explanations/excuses, those who do not want a hero to be questioned, and those who think he was less than perfect.


I was hoping for some counterpoint explanations or further understanding of why Shelby would do such things and with the VIN Fraud received little other than that he was "creative" and a bit of a salesman. With the 428 issue, I read this in a book that glorifies Shelby and again was curious. Found a couple different reasons that started to sound like excuses but in the end maybe the 428 issue wasn't such a big deal.

Sorry to have questioned your messiah as your reply seems very "cultish" to me. I have no agenda, other than to learn as much as I can about a man that I only heard about in passing prior to now. Again, I was very surprised to read about the VIN fraud and the 428 issue and was looking to better understand it rather than excuse it away. Like I said, I am new to ownership and this forum and thought that some perspective may help. I was really looking for reasons to mitigate or even dismiss these incidents. In the end, I think that the 428 issue may be explainable although somewhat strange and the other issue of VIN fraud not as much.

Thank you to all those who were kind enough to explain their perspectives and offer some good reading material! I have placed my order for the Shelby Registry book and will likely seek out a few others.

Since it seems a good number of people want to quickly sweep this under the rug, as someone else stated, let’s just talk cars as it seems that discussing Shelby in any light less than hero is going to bring out this kind of silly retort post.