We are here at the
Shelby Heritage
Center to admire
sports cars.
The Gift Shop is
enormous!
I took this picture for
an artist friend.
Eric & me in front
of the most expensive
Mustang ever.
Mustang ever.
Carroll Shelby became a race car driver after serving in the US Army Air Corps in World War II. He won 12 races in two years. The racing was great, but the complex, high maintenance engines in European cars were a challenge to all racing teams.
After winning the 24 hour Le Mans Race in 1959, Shelby left auto racing. He started Shelby American in 1962 to manufacture sports cars with easy to work on V-8 engines at half the price of Ferraris, Masaratis, etc.
Shelbys for as far as
the eye can see...
The Shelby Cobra was well received in the US. The high-performance cars regularly won races against Corvettes. On July 4, 1965, the Shelby Daytona Coupe beat Ferrari to win the World Manufacturer's GT Competition.
289 FIA Cobra - Fiberglass
In 1982 Shelby American and Chrysler Corporation partnered to reestablish Dodge's performance image. The result was the Dodge Shelby Charger. The collaboration lasted
until 1989.
until 1989.
This Shelby is available
for purchase.
Shelby American "shifted gears" in 1998 when it opened its Las Vegas facility to welcome visitors and provide factory tours while continuing to build high-performance sports cars.
The Aluminum Body Convertible
cost $179,995.00.
The hardtop Aluminum body
Shelby must cost more.
Here's a 1967 Ford Cobra
GT500.
Carroll Shelby retired from Shelby American in 1970, traveled frequently and founded Shelby Wheel Corporation to manufacture and distribute aftermarket specialty wheels.
Get a peek under the hood
of a Shelby.
The front end of the
newer Shelbys are
a lot closer to the
ground.
The newer Shelbys are
lovely to look at.
The Official Grand Marshall's
car for the Sam's Town 300
Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Shelby continues to sell
high-performance sports
cars for much less than
European models.
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