"Carroll Shelby Speaks Out" Article

[Keith Lyles]

The article appeared in the Jan 2003 edition of Mustang & Fords. So as to not misquote the journalist doing the interview, Carroll was responding to a comment concerning imitation of Cobras. His issue was with licensing and lack of response from those he querried which led to his series of law suits. What prompted me to start this thread was a comment he made to "something happening in the market to put these companies out of business". He was referring to safety and emissions standards. He believes that loopholes exist that allow Cobra Replicas to come into country without meeting the same strigent safety/emissions requirements as US manufacturers. I was only curious as to whether other knowlegable individuals in the business know of some impending restrictions down the road. The only companies that come to mind are Superformance, Kirkham and Johnex however there may be more. As far as the Cobra Roadster project, I believe it is probably at the vision stage and not a real project as of yet, but you never know since Ford in Heads Down and Butt up in the GT-40 program.