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05-12-2012, 05:23 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Harrison Twp,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF Coupe #136, 427SR FI
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To his family (direct and extended)
A sad day no doubt. Our thoughts and prayers are with Carroll and everyone associated with him.
Planning to burn some fuel in his honor today!
Jeff
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05-12-2012, 05:45 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Perth W.A.,
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Thank you Carroll for helping to make a little boys dream come true!
RIP Mr Shelby.
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05-12-2012, 07:20 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Cornwall,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR Mk11. 306EFI,B303,24lb Inj.mass air conv.Pollished Power Plus Top End, Power Steering , 425+hp
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Carroll Shelby
You will always be remembered ,to all who own a real cobra or a replica You started the ball rolling and dig great things with a small powerfull car We will all miss you Especially Ford for all the Mustangs you did for them and to the people who own those car's
God bless
Reg
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05-12-2012, 07:34 AM
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Very sad day RIP Carol
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Happy to be living past my "USE BY DATE"
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05-12-2012, 04:02 PM
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Sad new for sure. I bought a 427 Cobra 36 years ago. He influenced me with the Ford stuff for years !! Have had/have a lot of his "creations" from years gone by. RIP Mr. Shelby
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Dan
427 CSX 3000/4000 and Shelbys.
All gone ! Was a Hell of a run 
Now ... The dogs car
Mercedes E63S station wagon. 603hp
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05-12-2012, 07:35 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Tahoe/Truckee,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Ford Racing 363/8-stack injection, SPFR0012
Posts: 260
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He lived the American Dream right out in front of the hole world. RIP Carroll.
Mark.
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05-12-2012, 07:36 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Renton, WA,
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Cobra Make, Engine: none at this time
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Thanks Carroll Shelby
My first memory of Carroll Shelby's cars was when I was 6 years old in 1965 and saw a GT350 at a dealership. My older cousins were watching the assembly at LAX whenever they got the opportunity. Many cars, powerplants and suspension systems later; I thank him for the inspiration. First On Race Day. We will miss you.
Fred at DHP
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Dark Horse Performance Inc
425-227-7778 Phone
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05-12-2012, 07:47 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Louisville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: SPF MKIII, SPO2891, SPO1649
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Kentucky Cobra Club Remembers and Thanks The Legacy
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05-12-2012, 08:06 AM
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Godspeed CS!
Here's some of his Austin-Healey drives:
Carroll Shelby's Austin-Healey 100S after crashing out of the La Carrera Panamericana in 1954.:
Shelby's account of the crash here:
Carroll Shelby January 2008 | Columnists | Features | octane
On the 23rd August 1954 a factory prepared Austin Healey driven by Donald Healey, George Eyston, Carrol Shelby, Mort Goodall and Roy Jackson-Moore set 83 National and International Class D records on the famed Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Including an average speed of 132.81 mph for 24hours.The car a standard 100/4 chassis with a modified Weslake cylinder head, 16 inch Dunlop peg drive wheels, Dunlop disc brakes and a small number of aerodynamic mods., small screen, head fairing and an air cooled battery compartment within the right hand passenger bay.
At Bonneville in 1956:
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05-12-2012, 08:33 AM
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There are a lot of sad gear heads out today. Carroll was an icon and a legend. His accomplishments will never die. I wish his family all the best. Carroll, when you see the big guy up there give him a ride in the Super Snake, it will make his day  |
05-12-2012, 08:52 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Fresno,
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Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 184/482ci Shelby
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Had the pleasure of meeting him a few times over the years...always a gentleman. Enjoyed watching him talk to folks like he had all the time in the world.
We won't see his kind again soon.
Vaya con dios...
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05-12-2012, 08:59 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Cobra Make, Engine: 427FE ERA 1966
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Even prior to getting my liscense in the late 70s as young boy the iconic battles between Shelby and Enzo, Ford and Ferrari, vettes (GS) and Cobras and the absolute domination of the Shelby/Ford GT40 program had me riveted. For me it all came together in the 427C and SC......thunderous power raw but intelligent design and engineering, all driven. Y a guy from a Texas chicken farm who loved horse power and hot rodding. More than that Shelby couldn't stand loosing, particularly as an Amercan..... It obviously irked him se our automotive industry sitting in the rear view window of arrogant European manufacturers and racers......that American pride and Hell bent for leather, can do attitude just took over and in a big way........just a couple of years all boot strapped and bang Ferrari, Porche, Jag, Sunbeam, vettes...all in the rear view mirror. He also knew how far to go with HP and match it with real driving tallest.......raw direct connection with the road......where real driving skill combined with a powerful primal alpha beast became one and the combined entity was unbeatable......just epic. No power steering, brakes, advanced aerodynamics.....just the correct combination of base elements to win with absolute authority........that legacy left behind cars that are not for the faint of heart or bunglers......Shelby unleashed Darwin on those folks
CS is more than just an Auto Icon.....he was a real Amercan. RIP
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05-12-2012, 09:24 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Detroit area Michigan,
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Cobra Make, Engine: One day I will when I finish college! Keeping on dreaming!
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Carroll Shelby, thank you for everything...
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05-12-2012, 09:33 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: New Braunfels,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Kirkham 427 S/C, 427s/o
Posts: 45
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Carroll Shelby captured three national sports car championships in the United States and is the only man to win 24 Hours of Le Mans as a driver, team owner and auto manufacturer. I don't see that record ever be beat again. Made the Ford Mustang a performance car and still the Shelby Mustang is tops on peoples wish list. From an enlisted pilot in WWII and chicken farmer in Texas to the World Stage Automotive Icon...what a great American!
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05-12-2012, 09:40 AM
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Location: Near London, England,
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America's answer to Enzo Ferrari - an inspiration to many
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05-12-2012, 10:01 AM
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Location: LaCrescenta, CA,
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Paying my respects. It is truly amazing to imagine one man's work has inspired so many of us.
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05-12-2012, 11:39 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Superformance Coupe
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The tributes are fantastic and thoroughly deserved.
It's only naural that I took my Superformance Coupe out for a run this afternoon and made sure I gave it some proper welly. It's an absolute privilege.
RIP great man.
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05-12-2012, 12:16 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Eindhoven (The Netherlands),
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Cobra Make, Engine: RAM Cobra Rover V8
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Respect!
Grt
Frank
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05-12-2012, 12:20 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Knoxville,
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Cobra Make, Engine: AC and Shelby American 427 Aluminum Shelby
Posts: 17
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Sad Day, but what a great life! You will be remembered for eternity. Thanks for sharing the times we had together and your Cobra CSX1001 with me through the Shelby Foundation. Thanks for the Legacy you leave behind!
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05-12-2012, 12:50 PM
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