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New book about Shelby American, due out Nov 2013
For those of you who just can't get enough, there's a new book about Carroll Shelby and what it was like to work at Shelby American during the Cobra era. This one is written by John Morton, a works driver. Look for it on Amazon HERE.
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John Morton, Inside Shelby-American: Wrenching and Racing with Carroll Shelby in the 1960s, Motorbooks, Nov 2013, Hardcover, 256 pp. (ISBN 0760343942)
Book Description:
In the late 1950s, a young John Morton was transfixed with sports car racing. His dreams of competition eventually led him to enroll, in 1962, in the Shelby School of High Performance Driving. In a bold moment after the last class, Morton asked Carroll Shelby if he might come to work for the newly formed Shelby-American. The answer was “Yes, here's a broom.” Thus ended Morton's college career and began his long racing career.
Over the next three years, Morton would be a firsthand witness to the evolution of one of the most iconic sports car builders and racing teams of the 1960s. Inside Shelby-American is his personal account of a company overflowing with talent, from designer Pete Brock to fabricator extraordinare Phil Remington to drivers like Dan Gurney, Ken Miles, Bob Bondurant, and Phil Hill. The cars were equally captivating: AC Cobra, Mustang GT350, Ford GT, Daytona Coupe. In this book, Morton’s story is intertwined with the memories of other Shelby staffers of the period, revealing through historic photography and an untold perspective the rousing story of America’s most legendary racer and car builder.
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