[Excaliber]

That IS interesting! ,,,and the debate rolls on (and on and on).

Poor Randy, he didn't get no respect 40 years ago, and he won't get any from me now either, LOL.

No doubt in my mind:
Shelby made the car a winner. AC AND Ford were "sub contractors" at best.

Like Randy said; it could have been Chevy, Chrysler, Studebaker or even Rambler! It COULD have been: Austin Healey, Triumph or somebody else.

It was Shelby that made the car what it was. As it turns out, AC was an excellent choice! I wonder how the Healeys would have done? The choice of AC was motivated by "economics" more than "excellence" of design (in my opinion). AC had lost their engine supplier at the time they were chosen, they were going DOWN big time and had little choice but to take Shelbys offer.

Shelby had vision. He was DETERMINED to build a "car". He talked to who ever would listen. Oldsmobile was one of his considerations over Ford. In the end, economics played a huge roll in how the "plan came together". The rest is history......

Ernie