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The De Tomaso Mangusta “Mongoose”

Jon Branch January 28, 2023
De Tomaso Mangusta Ghia GT sports car
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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

Ben Branch November 24, 2020
De-Tomaso-Sport-5000
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  Just one example of the De Tomaso Sport 5000 prototype was ever made, it was a joint project between Carroll Shelby and Alejandro…

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A Mustang With A 600hp GT40 Engine – 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake

Ben Branch December 28, 2018
Shelby GT500 Super Snake V8 Engine 1
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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…

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This Was Carroll Shelby’s Own Personal 1969 Shelby GT500

Ben Branch August 16, 2018
1969 Shelby GT500 Headlight
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This 1969 Shelby GT500 is being sold directly from the private collection of Carroll Shelby, interestingly he bought the car secondhand to add it…

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A Quick History of the Shelby Cobra

Jon Branch August 3, 2018
Shelby Cobra
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Written by Jon Branch Introduction – A Quick History of the Shelby Cobra The motto of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment is “Who Dares…

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The First Shelby Series 1 – Carroll Shelby’s 600 BHP Personal Car

Ben Branch May 28, 2018
Shelby Series 1 Headlight
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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…

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One-of-One – The 1997 Shelby Aurora V8 Can-Am Prototype

Ben Branch May 22, 2018
Shelby Aurora V8 CAN-AM
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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…

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1 of 404: An Original 1968 Shelby GT350 Mustang Convertible

Ben Branch April 5, 2018
Shelby GT350 Convertible Front
  • American
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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…

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Carroll Shelby’s Other V8 British Roadster – The Sunbeam Tiger

Ben Branch February 27, 2018
Sunbeam Tiger
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  • British
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The Sunbeam Tiger famously features a V8 shoehorned into an engine compartment designed in England by engineers who would have been mortified had they…

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Shelby Daytona Coupe – America’s Original Ferrari Killer

Ben Branch February 12, 2018
  • American
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  • Racing
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The story of the Shelby Daytona Coupe became an American racing saga unlike almost any other. It was a car designed by a ragtag…

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1966 Shelby Cobra 427 ‘Semi-Competition’

Ben Branch January 10, 2018
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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…

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Cobra Caravan Survivor: 1965 Shelby GT350 R

Ben Branch December 9, 2017
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Carroll Shelby In 1965, the Shelby American Company was far less famous than they are now. Carroll Shelby was a retired race car driver…

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