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thebajarunner
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Carroll Shelby- RIP
The death of legendary Carroll Shelby reminds all of us that raced Baja, and every form of motorsports, what a great impact this man had on
performance and speed.
My favorite Shelby story....
The late Western NASCAR champion, Jack McCoy (who in his latter years race both the 500 and the 1000 with me) attended a special racing party a few
years back. His wife Peggy, one of the all time crusty racing wives, bent over a low level c-cktail table to pick up a drink. An older gent, sitting
in an easy chair, next to the table, reached out and ran his hand up under her dress, all the way around, actually.
Peg, as only Peg could do, slowly stood up, turned to face the dude and said, "Excuse me, do I know you."
And with a big grin he replied, "You do now, I'm Carroll Shelby"
One of a kind, the racing world will miss him.
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Bob H
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RIP Carroll... he was 89. Long life and a good man, for sure.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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David K
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I know you were a fan, Bob... I remember a certain family pet who was honored with his name!
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
I know you were a fan, Bob... I remember a certain family pet who was honored with his name! |
Yes, fond memories of "Shelby, the wonder dog!"
Thanks for remembering her David. She is still sorely missed to this day.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Cypress
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RIP!
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Skeet/Loreto
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Thanks to Carroll Shelby:
Short story in his Honor:
Heard about a "Mustang for Sale in San Jose from a couple of my customers in Chowchilla, called the Lady and she said yes she had a "Mustang" and and
wanted $1800 for It so my son and I drove over and opened the garage door and their sat a 1868 Shelby GT500 with a 428 Super Corbra Jet Engine. Dorove
back to Los Banos and had a friend go through it, took down to Riverside Speedway one Week end and got to get on the Track for a few Circles.
Fastest Car in Los Banos for 3 years then sold it to a Farmer for $10,000 he sold it a couple of years later for $15,000 then the guy found an
Aircleaner which is was missing and sold it for $53,00 at the Auction now it has a price list of $143,000.
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Skeet/Loreto
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It was a GT500 KR{King of the Road } Model. and had a Calif. Plate Number GT500
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chuckie
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A "one of a kind" guy! We'll miss him.....
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LaPazGringo
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Just read a good write-up on him here. There just haven't been many guys like him in automotive history and there certainly aren't now. Who can argue that he was in the very
middle of the Golden Age of automotive performance history?
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Skeet/Loreto
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In the early 70's I was in Los Banos several times eating sat a local Cafe. one or two Car Carriers would stop in loaded with Mustangs from the Fod
Plant in Fremon, They were headed to Riverside to the Shelby Plant to be converted to Shelbys...
He knew how to make Cars go Fast!!!
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acadist
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Great chili mix too! RIP Carroll
Dave
I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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I remember the date October 7, 1969. Carroll Shelby's garage. He, Ak Miller (Part of the Over The Hill Gang) and I standing over my Sunbeam Tiger.
"&@#$%&!! Autolite inline carburetors! Get 'em the #@$%^& off there. Go call a @#$%^&! cab, this @#$&^%!! ain't goin' anywhere
until these DCOE Webers get new venturis".
Look at this &*^%$#%!! autolite inline manifold! Those @#$*&^%#!! ought to be shot! Wait till we get these Webers dialed in and this little
&^@#$^%!! is going to haul @#$%^@!!
Result? Street driven motor vehicle. Fremont Raceway when it was AHRA. 10.556 elapsed time 134.006 mph. Two foot high trophy. New B Modified Sports
Production World's Record.
Thanks thebajarunner. tho I have tears running down my cheeks. Freakin' memories, anyway.
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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skippermike
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Shelby GT350H
Wow - This brings back old memories, however fuzzy!
Back in the late 60's (I think) Hertz bought a bunch of GT350s, I think all gold with black racing stripes, badged them GT350H, and rented them out.
People found they could be competive in SCCA B production (I think - maybe A). People bought varying amounts of race gear (wheels & tires,
exhaust systems, etc.), rented a car, prepped them, then raced them for a weekend, put them back to stock and returned them to Hertz. Eventually
Hertz caught on, and that program was over.
I remember running 135+/- in one of these cars - rough, loud, very primative!! I haven't seen one of these for years. Saw one in a Barrett-Jackson
auction a while ago for big bucks.
Going fast in one of them got your juices going way more than the same speed in a Mercedes, or going 100 in a chase truck!!
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Yeah, I saw Jesus (the church figure) when my attempt at designing a front end spoiler failed at Sears Point raceway at 202 mph. Front end got way
light, don't know exactly how close I came to eating dirt but it put the cure to me. Forever.
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Marc
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I looked at a Cobra in 1968 and thought $7,500 was way to much.
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captkw
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What a " muy linda perro"..struck me in the heart..K&T
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bufeo
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Raced ACs in the late '50s prior to the Shelby improvements; also owned a Cobra (the 289 version). CS was iconic. The passing of an era.
Allen R
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Bufeo, have you ever seen or know about cobras with a SOHC 427? I saw a white one near Clearlake Highlands in 1970. I was (and am) still astonished.
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by captkw
What a " muy linda perro"..struck me in the heart..K&T |
Wow, thank you so very much. She was a sweetie, for sure! We miss her sweet brown eyes!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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BajaBlanca
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boy, sounds like a real character...RIP
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