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Carroll's earnings from the advertising business financed his car-building venture, and he built automobiles in a factory located in a former brass works on Washington Avenue in Lorain, Ohio. The Carroll car was first distributed by Lucas and Christensen of Cleveland, according to an October 23, 1920 article in Motor Age magazine.
Shelby American, Inc. is an American high performance automobile company founded by driver Carroll Shelby.The Shelby American name has been used by several legally distinct corporations founded by Shelby since his original shop in Venice, California began operation in 1962.
And yet this T-Bird served as Carroll Shelby's company car, with documentation to back that up. The names Ford and Shelby are no strangers to each other, especially when followed by the word Mustang.
Shelby Series 1 is a high-performance roadster designed by Carroll Shelby and produced by Shelby American.It was powered by Oldsmobile's 4.0-litre L47 Aurora V8 engine. . Unveiled at the 1997 Los Angeles Auto Show, it was intended to be a modern day reinterpretation of the original Shelby A
Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012) was an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur. Shelby was involved with the AC Cobra and Mustang for Ford Motor Company. With driver Ken Miles, he developed the Ford GT40, the car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969. As of 2024, it remains ...
AC Cars also produced a Le Mans coupé. The car was a one-off and was nearly destroyed after a high-speed tyre blow-out at the 1964 Le Mans race. The car was qualified conservatively second in GT. The race started well with the AC, chassis number A98, maintaining its position in the top two in GT and even leading the class for a time.
In the late 1950s he became chief engineer to Lance Reventlow, building the Scarab sports racing car on Princeton Drive in what is now Marina del Rey, California. When Reventlow was closing his shop, Carroll Shelby hired Remington as his chief engineer in Shelby's new shop on the same street. Shelby said his competition success was due to ...
In 1968 Toyota contracted with Brock to give BRE two Toyota 2000GTs for use in SCCA racing, but when Toyota instead gave the cars to Carroll Shelby, Brock approached Datsun.BRE became the west coast Datsun factory race team and competed in 1969 in the SCCA DP class with Datsun 2000 roadsters, in 1970 and 1971 in the CP class with the 240Zs ...