The De Tomaso Mangusta “Mongoose”
The De Tomaso Mangusta ranks as one of Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro’s most outstanding mid-engined designs. Originally created based on a backbone chassis built…
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1 of 1: The De Tomaso Sport 5000 – A Joint Project Between Carroll Shelby and Alejandro de Tomaso
Just one example of the De Tomaso Sport 5000 prototype was ever made, it was a joint project between Carroll Shelby and Alejandro…
A Mustang With A 600hp GT40 Engine – 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake
This 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake was a one-off build with a 600+ hp Ford GT40 Mk II 427 V8 – the same engine that had…
This Was Carroll Shelby’s Own Personal 1969 Shelby GT500
This 1969 Shelby GT500 is being sold directly from the private collection of Carroll Shelby, interestingly he bought the car secondhand to add it…
A Quick History of the Shelby Cobra
Written by Jon Branch Introduction – A Quick History of the Shelby Cobra The motto of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment is “Who Dares…
The First Shelby Series 1 – Carroll Shelby’s 600 BHP Personal Car
The Shelby Series 1 Personally, I think the Shelby Series 1 is a significantly underrated car. It was the only blank-slate road car ever built…
One-of-One – The 1997 Shelby Aurora V8 Can-Am Prototype
With an estimated hammer price of just $20,000 to $25,000 USD, this Shelby Aurora V8 Can-Am prototype is possibly one of the best value…
1 of 404: An Original 1968 Shelby GT350 Mustang Convertible
The 1968 iteration of the Shelby GT350 Mustang benefitted from a relocation of the production line from the California-based Shelby factory to the larger…
Carroll Shelby’s Other V8 British Roadster – The Sunbeam Tiger
The Sunbeam Tiger famously features a V8 shoehorned into an engine compartment designed in England by engineers who would have been mortified had they…
Shelby Daytona Coupe – America’s Original Ferrari Killer
The story of the Shelby Daytona Coupe became an American racing saga unlike almost any other. It was a car designed by a ragtag…
1966 Shelby Cobra 427 ‘Semi-Competition’
When the Shelby 427 Cobra was first unleashed to the motoring press in 1965, it was by far the fastest street-legal car in the…
Cobra Caravan Survivor: 1965 Shelby GT350 R
Carroll Shelby In 1965, the Shelby American Company was far less famous than they are now. Carroll Shelby was a retired race car driver…