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Miles was born on 1 November 1918 in Sutton Coldfield, then in Warwickshire, now in the city of Birmingham. [1] He was the son of Eric Miles and Clarice Jarvis. [2] After a failed attempt to run away to the United States, [3] Miles left school at the age of 15 to work as an apprentice at Wolseley Motors, [2] who sent him to a technical school to broaden his knowledge of vehicle construction. [3]
Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012) was an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur.. Best known as a designer for his involvement with the AC Cobra and Mustang for Ford Motor Company, he also developed the Ford GT40 with racing legend Ken Miles, the car that won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1969.
In 1962, he shut down the operation, leased the California facilities to Shelby, and quit auto racing altogether. Reventlow's organization constructed a total of eight Scarabs during its existence. In a 1971 interview, Reventlow confirmed that three front-engined Chevy-powered sports cars, three front-engined formula cars, one rear-engined ...
Carroll Shelby Foundation Honors Founder's Birthday with $25,000 Donation to Children's Organ Transplant Association GARDENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In honor of the late Carroll Shelby's ...
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 Remington. When Shelby American was split up, Remington remained with the Shelby Racing Components company in Torrance.
For sale right now on Bring a Trailer (which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos), this T-Bird served as Shelby's company car right around the time his team was working on the GT40s that ...
When Shelby and O'Shea got into a disagreement about who would work for who, O'Shea left. Shelby hired Brock as his first paid employee, running the Carroll Shelby School of High Performance Driving. [2] Brock worked at Shelby American until the end of the 1965 season on the Shelby American brand, creating the logos, merchandise, ads, and car ...
Shelby made his name racing Fords, but during the '80s and '90s, he was all about Mopar turbo power. This Charger GLH-S is one of 1000 produced in 1987, and is a true low-volume Shelby collectible.