Shelby Cobra Fifty Years

by Colin Comer

In the early 1960s Carroll Shelby, a Texas chicken farmer turned champion race driver, had the audacity to think he could start his own car manufacturing company. To further emphasize the gargantuan proportions of his vision, Shelby decided his company would manufacture nothing but ultra-high-performance sports cars, beginning with the landmark Cobra, introduced in 1962. To the amazement of everyone except Ol' Shel' himself, Shelby Automobiles succeeded...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760340293
• ISBN13: 9780760340295
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Motorbooks International
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 4.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 10.1" x 12.4"