"Selling Performance Cars," Clip from Interview with Carroll Shelby, August 19, 2008
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Artifact Overview
Carroll Shelby is synonymous with performance automobiles. His Cobras, with Ford V-8 engines dropped into lightweight British AC sports cars, took the racing world by storm in the 1960s. His collaborations with Ford and Chrysler continue to inspire auto enthusiasts. The Henry Ford interviewed Shelby in 2008 as a part of the Collecting Innovation Today Oral History Project.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Film clip
Date Made
19 August 2008
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.130.1.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Carroll Shelby.
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