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Carroll Shelby passes away

tarafied1

tarafied1

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Godspeed Carroll Shelby

Carroll Hall Shelby, a man whose vision for performance transformed the automobile industry, has died at age 89. Mr. Shelby passed away yesterday at Baylor Hospital in Dallas.

Born on Jan. 11, 1923, Carroll Shelby was one of America’s greatest success stories. Championship-winning racecar driver, “flying sergeant” wartime pilot, philanthropist, entrepreneur, car manufacturer and racing team owner, he embodied the ingenuity, tenacity and grit to overcome any obstacle. He is perhaps the only person to have worked at a visible level with all three major American automobile manufacturers
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sorry if this is posted already
 
Sad day, 50th celebration is in a couple of weeks. I was hoping he'd be there........A true American icon.
 
"lethal289" said:
Rip... Now its time for all you guys to put your glove box doors and sun visors on ebay! :part
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I imagine there's going to be a slough of things like that selling for insane prices for the next couple weeks. I've got his signature on a 1:16 scale Cobra S/C from when he spoke at a local auto museum, but I'm holding on to it.

Honestly, I'm impressed he's lasted this long. I saw him nearly 10 years ago and he didn't look fantastic then.
 
I'm gonna refrain from replying to some of the comments but wanted to say thanks tarafied for posting this. I was close to him and this was a big reality check. A true legend and icon is gone.

Godspeed
 
Jason,
I never met him but I'm sure it was cool for you to have worked with him. Like him or not he was a very good business man. Or had a head for that sort of thing, anyway. He will be missed.
 
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