Shelby American: The Renegades Who Built the Cars, Won the Races, and Lived the Legend Lerner Preston
Shelby American didn't last long, but it was a flame that burned incandescently before being extinguished by corporate politics. In less than a decade, it created a legacy that will be revered as long…
Specifikacia Shelby American: The Renegades Who Built the Cars, Won the Races, and Lived the Legend Lerner Preston
Shelby American didn't last long, but it was a flame that burned incandescently before being extinguished by corporate politics. In less than a decade, it created a legacy that will be revered as long as cars still roar around racetracks. Now, on the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of this iconic company, Shelby American: The Renegades Who Built the Cars, Won the Races, and Lived the Legend relates how the saga unfolded, as told by the men and women who were there.Although Carroll Shelby was the focal point of the publicity his company generated, Shelby American was staffed by a who's who of racing royalty, from Phil Remington and Ken Miles to Peter Brock and Carroll Smith. And while the shop is often depicted as a menagerie of Southern California hot-rodders, it also embraced mechanics and fabricators from Canada, England, Switzerland, Australia, and