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Originally Posted by dcdoug
And like or dislike him, pretty unlikely that the 289 and 427 cobras would have happened at all without Shelby.
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the racing success is what set Shelby's efforts above the others that put an American V-8 in a small car. If the Cobra's hadn't won races Ford would not have kept funding him. That's a lot of pressure to be under. But the Cobra won, and Ford "rewarded" Shelby with the Mustang venture. He really regarded the Mustangs as a side show. If he could've kept building pure race cars he would have been happier.
Z. Ray