Shelby little involvement in creating the Cobra

[Joe's Garage]

Originally Posted by cycleguy55

As has often been said, "it's not what you say, it's what you do that matters". So, while AC and the Brits could have, should have or would have, Shelby DID - that's what matters.

More of the uninformed shooting from the hip.
AC and the Brits DID do it, and did it longer than Shelby and Ford.

The AC Cobra was a financial failure that led Ford and Carroll Shelby to discontinue importing cars from England in 1967. AC Cars kept producing the coil-spring AC Roadster with narrow fenders, a small block Ford 289 and called the car the AC 289. It was built and sold in Europe until late 1969. AC also produced the AC 428 until 1973. The AC Frua was built on a stretched Cobra 427 MK III coil spring chassis using a very angular steel body designed and built by Pietro Frua. With the demise of the 428 and succeeding 3000ME, AC shut their doors in 1984 and sold the AC name to a Scottish company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Cobra

Factoid, the Shelby 427 was suppose to be the Enzo beater in '65 but not to be and Enzo handed Shelby his ass again at the 24 hours of Le Mans. That's about when Ford tooled up for the GT40 which did succeed where Shelby's bigger, badder Cobra had failed miserably.