Shelby little involvement in creating the Cobra

[cycleguy55]

Originally Posted by Joe's Garage

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

All well and good, but that was AFTER the Cobra was created by Carroll Shelby, and it was my understanding this thread was about Shelby's involvement in that creation, not subsequent events.