Carroll Shelby’s: 1949 MG TC
Carroll Shelby’s first race car, a 1949 MG TC, heads back to auction -
Hemmings: “ Before Texan Carroll Shelby built the Shelby Cobra or helped Ford to defeat Ferrari at Le Mans (and Sebring and Daytona, for those keeping score), he was a racer who competed at the highest levels of motorsport. A heart condition ended his driving career in 1960, after just nine amazing seasons behind the wheel. Next January, the car that began the legend of Carroll Shelby as a driver, a 1949 MG TC, will once again cross the block, and Barrett-Jackson hopes the car will sell for more than the $313,500………"
Carroll Shelby’s first race car, a 1949 MG TC, heads back to auction | Hemmings Daily |
| Rick Parker |
10-27-2014 07:09 PM |
I saw a show Sunday morning about a fellow that sells primarily used Ferrari's in England, One car he sold as part of the show was the Aston Martin DB1 that Shelby won the 1959 Lemans with. He said it sold for $22 Million.
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| WardL |
10-30-2014 06:33 PM |
I heard the story of Shelby wining the first two races he was in at an Oklahoma airport converted to a race track. The story goes the track was the shape of a triangle and every other racer went from corner to corner in a straight line. Carroll made a circle out of the triangle and was able to go faster and win. Seems like others would catch on pretty quickly and wonder how true this folklore is.
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