Carroll Shelby Tribute thread. Be a part of it.

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Dear Mr. Shelby:

I bought a 427 Cobra in March of 1969. It was all about the car. The legend, such as it was at that time, and the racing history had nothing to do with it. If it had been a tool, it would have been a hammer. It was as direct and unsubtle as a car could possibly be. It was just what I wanted.

Now, I would like to thank you for your part in its creation. Thank you for getting AC Bristol to provide the body and chassis. Thank you for failing to convince General Motors to provide engines and transmissions. Thank you for talking Ford into doing it. Thank you for getting Ford to provide engineering and funding for the program. Thank you for hiring people like Brock to build the cars and Miles to drive them. Thank you for failing to build enough competition cars to get them homolgated for racing, thus providing the general public with about 50 pretty cool cars that would eventually form the basis of the legend. And finally, assuming you actually did this one yourself, thank you for giving it a great name.