11-18-2019, 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Igofastr
... I was disappointed at the treatment of Phil Remington. He was a genius who made important contributions, but was made to look like an old dweeb. I know this wasn't the "Phil Remington" movie, but they didn't have to do that.
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As was I, Ron.
Phil Remington was the genius that made it happen for all the cars, 289, USRRC, 427, Daytona coupe and of course the GT40. The Shelby story would have been very different without Remington. His contributions are right up there with the very best at Shelby American — in a word the man was simply, brilliant!
Perhaps Shelby's greatest strength was recognizing raw talent, seducing it to play in his sand box and then motivating some of the most gifted people the sport has ever seen to work together as the unprecedented machine that was Shelby American.
There is so much more to be told about the Shelby years and certainly enough for many more movies.
Ed
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