[twobjshelbys]

All of the comparisons of Shelby/AC to Morgan/BMW, etc are apples and oranges. The latter are producing cars for a consumer market. Shelby was looking for a frame/body to propel his engine around the track. Shelby didn't put a 289 in a AC to help save AC. He did it because he had a reliable source for a lightweight body that when combined with the 289 engine (first a 260) and provided a race car with a competitive advantage. The fact that some of the cars were sold to the public was because of homologation requirements (that still exist today.)