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- Stetson Cowboy Hat Signed by Carroll Shelby, 2009 - Heart trouble ended Carroll Shelby's driving career in 1959, but it didn't stop him from becoming one of America's most influential race car designers and entrepreneurs. Shelby played a vital role in Ford's campaign against Ferrari at Le Mans. He also collaborated with Ford and Chrysler on numerous special vehicles. The Texas native adopted a black cowboy hat as his personal trademark.
- 2009
- Collections - Artifact
Stetson Cowboy Hat Signed by Carroll Shelby, 2009
Heart trouble ended Carroll Shelby's driving career in 1959, but it didn't stop him from becoming one of America's most influential race car designers and entrepreneurs. Shelby played a vital role in Ford's campaign against Ferrari at Le Mans. He also collaborated with Ford and Chrysler on numerous special vehicles. The Texas native adopted a black cowboy hat as his personal trademark.
- Carroll Shelby - <p>Get the ultimate insider's account of the different—and much more dangerous—world of racing in the 1950s and learn how Carroll's early career led to his decision to build his first car. Follow him through the excitement and challenge of creating a small, highly specialized company that demanded a high-degree of creative freedom no less than the continued support of major manufacturers to make its concepts a reality.</p>
- November 15, 2008
- Collections - Video
Carroll Shelby
Get the ultimate insider's account of the different—and much more dangerous—world of racing in the 1950s and learn how Carroll's early career led to his decision to build his first car. Follow him through the excitement and challenge of creating a small, highly specialized company that demanded a high-degree of creative freedom no less than the continued support of major manufacturers to make its concepts a reality.
- "Passion," Clip from Interview with Carroll Shelby, August 19, 2008 - 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.
- August 19, 2008
- Collections - Artifact
"Passion," Clip from Interview with Carroll Shelby, August 19, 2008
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.
- Carroll Shelby with Shelby Cobra, 1963-1964 - Carroll Shelby took the auto enthusiast world by storm when he pulled the straight-6 engine from a lightweight British AC Ace roadster, replaced it with a Ford V-8, and created the Shelby Cobra. Between the 1962 and 1967 model years, Shelby American produced just under 1,000 Cobras variously equipped with 260-, 289- and 427-cubic-inch Ford engines.
- 1963-1964
- Collections - Artifact
Carroll Shelby with Shelby Cobra, 1963-1964
Carroll Shelby took the auto enthusiast world by storm when he pulled the straight-6 engine from a lightweight British AC Ace roadster, replaced it with a Ford V-8, and created the Shelby Cobra. Between the 1962 and 1967 model years, Shelby American produced just under 1,000 Cobras variously equipped with 260-, 289- and 427-cubic-inch Ford engines.
- Autographed Portrait of Carroll Shelby, circa 1965 - Carroll Shelby had his competitive-driving career cut short by a heart condition, but that didn't stop him from becoming one of America's most influential race car designers and entrepreneurs. Shelby played a vital role in Ford's campaign against Ferrari at Le Mans. He also collaborated with Ford and Chrysler on numerous special vehicles.
- circa 1965
- Collections - Artifact
Autographed Portrait of Carroll Shelby, circa 1965
Carroll Shelby had his competitive-driving career cut short by a heart condition, but that didn't stop him from becoming one of America's most influential race car designers and entrepreneurs. Shelby played a vital role in Ford's campaign against Ferrari at Le Mans. He also collaborated with Ford and Chrysler on numerous special vehicles.
- The Shelby Mustang GT350R – The Pony Car Goes Racing - Lee Iacocca turned to one of the foremost figures in American motorsport, Carroll Shelby, to make the Mustang into a credible race car, and in 1965, the Shelby Mustang GT350 was born.
- July 03, 2015
- Collections - Article
The Shelby Mustang GT350R – The Pony Car Goes Racing
Lee Iacocca turned to one of the foremost figures in American motorsport, Carroll Shelby, to make the Mustang into a credible race car, and in 1965, the Shelby Mustang GT350 was born.
- Carroll Shelby in Europe, 1964 - Carroll Shelby had his competitive-driving career cut short by a heart condition, but that didn't stop him from becoming one of America's most influential race car designers and entrepreneurs. Shelby played a vital role in Ford's campaign against Ferrari at Le Mans. He also collaborated with Ford and Chrysler on numerous special vehicles.
- 1964
- Collections - Artifact
Carroll Shelby in Europe, 1964
Carroll Shelby had his competitive-driving career cut short by a heart condition, but that didn't stop him from becoming one of America's most influential race car designers and entrepreneurs. Shelby played a vital role in Ford's campaign against Ferrari at Le Mans. He also collaborated with Ford and Chrysler on numerous special vehicles.
- Carroll Shelby: A Man of Passion and Innovation 1923-2012 - The Henry Ford mourns the passing of Carroll Shelby—race car driver, champion team owner, automotive designer, and true innovator.
- May 11, 2012
- Collections - Article
Carroll Shelby: A Man of Passion and Innovation 1923-2012
The Henry Ford mourns the passing of Carroll Shelby—race car driver, champion team owner, automotive designer, and true innovator.
- Carroll Shelby and Steve McQueen at Shelby-American International Shop, June 1963 - Actor and racer Steve McQueen paid a visit to Carroll Shelby at the Shelby American shop in Venice, California, in June 1963. McQueen took his racing seriously, winning several sports car events in the 1960s and finishing second overall in the 1970 Sebring 12-hour endurance race. McQueen later starred in the 1971 cult-classic racing film <em>Le Mans</em>.
- June 01, 1963
- Collections - Artifact
Carroll Shelby and Steve McQueen at Shelby-American International Shop, June 1963
Actor and racer Steve McQueen paid a visit to Carroll Shelby at the Shelby American shop in Venice, California, in June 1963. McQueen took his racing seriously, winning several sports car events in the 1960s and finishing second overall in the 1970 Sebring 12-hour endurance race. McQueen later starred in the 1971 cult-classic racing film Le Mans.
- Carroll Shelby with Shelby Cobra, 1963-1964 - Carroll Shelby took the auto enthusiast world by storm when he pulled the straight-6 engine from a lightweight British AC Ace roadster, replaced it with a Ford V-8, and created the Shelby Cobra. Between the 1962 and 1967 model years, Shelby American produced just under 1,000 Cobras variously equipped with 260-, 289- and 427-cubic-inch Ford engines.
- 1963 - 1964
- Collections - Artifact
Carroll Shelby with Shelby Cobra, 1963-1964
Carroll Shelby took the auto enthusiast world by storm when he pulled the straight-6 engine from a lightweight British AC Ace roadster, replaced it with a Ford V-8, and created the Shelby Cobra. Between the 1962 and 1967 model years, Shelby American produced just under 1,000 Cobras variously equipped with 260-, 289- and 427-cubic-inch Ford engines.