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Title: Carroll Shelby dead at 89... Post by: midtnvol on May 12, 2012, 03:04:06 EDT With all his health issues, he was a marvel of modern medicine.
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby dead at 89... Post by: droner on May 12, 2012, 05:21:20 EDT I had read in one of my car magazines that he was ailing. He put his name on some great cars.
Title: Re: Carroll Shelby dead at 89... Post by: midtnvol on May 12, 2012, 06:29:09 EDT I had read in one of my car magazines that he was ailing. He put his name on some great cars. I read on some article that he raced in the 1950's with nitro pills under his tongue. He also had a heart transplant quite a few years ago.Title: Re: Carroll Shelby dead at 89... Post by: BanditVol on May 23, 2012, 05:54:54 EDT Oh man, sorry to hear that. I just bought a 2012 Mustang in September (though not a Shelby).
Have you heard of the Shelby 1000? A STREET LEGAL 1000-hp car. :crazy: They say it was intended as a tribute to Shelby himself...I am glad they at least got the prototype built before he died. http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1074565_shelby-showing-1000-hp-mustang-in-new-york I drool at the thought. And they start at only about $200,000 without any options. What a deal! I know what I spent on my 6-cylinder coupe. To keep the percentage of my annual income that I spent constant, I need to start making about 10x what I make now. I guess I better get busy. :laugh: |