Carroll Shelby’s first race car, a 1949 MG TC, heads back to auction -
Hemmings: “ Before Texan Carroll Shelby built the Shelby Cobra or helped Ford to defeat Ferrari at Le Mans (and Sebring and Daytona, for those keeping score), he was a racer who competed at the highest levels of motorsport. A heart condition ended his driving career in 1960, after just nine amazing seasons behind the wheel. Next January, the car that began the legend of Carroll Shelby as a driver, a 1949 MG TC, will once again cross the block, and Barrett-Jackson hopes the car will sell for more than the $313,500………"
Carroll Shelby’s first race car, a 1949 MG TC, heads back to auction | Hemmings Daily