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| Author: | Wayne Stollings [ Sat May 12, 2012 10:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | An end of an era |
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/12/sport ... .html?_r=1 Carroll Shelby, a Texas chicken farmer turned hot-rodder who went on to build innovative sports cars like the Cobra that challenged Europe’s longtime dominance of road racing as well as high-performance versions of production cars like the Ford Mustang, died on Thursday in Dallas. He was 89 |
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| Author: | Johhny Electriglide [ Sat May 12, 2012 2:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: An end of an era |
You double posted, Wayne. My Dad had one of the first 500 when I got back from Vietnam. Cool car. I bought a '65 Mustang convertible and my sister bought a '69 hardtop. So, for a while, there were 3 Mustangs at my parents' house. Of course, the Shelby GT was the fastest. In fact its idle speed was 35 mph and my Dad got a ticket at idle! Back in the days before AGW was known, but the slow crush of overpopulation was known. We believed in a Star Trek future, before further study of physics nixed that pipe dream. Now, people with muscle cars are pigs. Jet engines are even worse. |
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| Author: | Wayne Stollings [ Sat May 12, 2012 4:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: An end of an era |
| Author: | Fosgate [ Mon May 14, 2012 9:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: An end of an era |
Friend of mine has a Cobra kit car. 427, two 4 barrels, and there's less to it than my tiny toyota spyder. That Cobra is what you call stupid fast. His daily driver is a convertible Mustang Cobra--the generation just previous to the current one. RIP Carroll Shelby. |
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