RIP - Carroll Shelby

[ngh81]

The passing of a an auto legend.

Don't know if there are many car buffs on the boards or not.

 

[Flaming_Telepath]

But if there are, they are likely to be in the Water Cooler.

[seanfingh]

[tjanse]

Not a car buff but recognize the Icon

[BigLeagueCHEW]

RIP

 

Cars and Comics guy

[TheWatcher]

Sad to hear

[HOTFLIPS]

A Pioneer in the automotive world.

[violentluke]

There goes the Stan Lee of the car world

[gyro-1]

very sad a great man that changed the world for the better

[GL1]

Very Sad News. I am Mustang owner. . .Lots of history goes with his passing.

[oakman29]

Oh my God! Thank you for all the awesome cars you have designed.

[Gotham Kid]

RIP

[pc1009]

RIP King Carroll....My fav Mustang 1967 GT 500

[Thawk]

Wow, that is sad - he is certainly an icon - impacted everything from kit cars, to Mustangs to Vipers. He will be missed

[comicwiz]

 

My all-time favourite car is the Shelby Cobra 427 - the '64 Shelby Daytona wasn't too shabby either:

 

[comicparadox]

There goes the Stan Lee of the car world

Very True. Stan may be "the Man" but he never won LeMans. RIP.

[B-Smooth]

Yes, that's about right. The Stan Lee of cars. Wasn't he close to 100?

[dupont2005]

[Marvelfangirl]

The Stan Lee of the auto world passes away

 

He created one of my favorite dream cars:

 

 

He will be missed

 

 

RIP

[VintageComics]

The guy was definitely a legend in automotive circles.

 

For those of you that had not heard it, this is an interesting bit that has been passed down through the years. I remember reading it years ago in an old Road and Track or Car and Driver magazine.

Legend has it US racing driver Carroll Shelby would tape a fifty dollar bill to the sun visor and invite unsuspecting passengers to try and grab it when he demonstrated the original Shelby Cobra’s acceleration off the line. Back in the ‘60s the 271hp and 0-60 in 5.8secs of the earliest cars must have felt outrageous to the average punter, and then Shelby gave them the 427…

 

He did a lot for racing and later for street cars.