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  1. Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012) was an American automotive designer, racing driver and entrepreneur. Shelby is best known for his involvement with the AC Cobra and Mustang for Ford Motor Company , which he modified during the late 1960s and early 2000s.

  2. May 11, 2012 · Early 1957:Carroll Shelby Sports Cars opens in Dallas, with backing from Dick Hall, a Texas oilman from, and the brother of Jim Hall, who was known for building Chaparral cars. March 1957: Sports ...

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  3. 1923 - 2012. Carroll Shelby, one of America’s greatest automotive icons, once said that if he had been better at raising chickens, he never would have resorted to plan B: building and racing cars. His back-up plan brought excitement to motorsports and the excitement of motorsports to American highways. Born in Leesburg, TX, in 1923, Shelby ...

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  5. May 14, 2022 · Carroll Shelby’s Need For Speed. Carroll Shelby’s love for fast cars took hold at an early age. He was born Carroll Hall Shelby on January 11, 1923, in the small but burgeoning town of Leesburg, Texas. Shelby’s father, Warren Hall Shelby, and mother, Eloise, had relocated to the area so he could work at the local post office, where the ...

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  6. May 11, 2012 · Given his long, storied involvement in motorsports and the performance automobile industry, any biography on Carroll Hall Shelby likely contains several dozen chapters. Sadly, the final chapter in ...

  7. In 1990, Shelby underwent a heart transplant. In 1991, the same year he was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, he founded the Shelby Heart Fund. The charity was eventually named the Carroll Shelby Foundation. In 1995, Shelby helped produce the CSX4000 Series 427 Cobra SC Roadster with $350K of the $500K selling price ...

  8. May 11, 2012 · Carroll Hall Shelby was born on Jan. 11, 1923, in Leesburg, Tex., where his father, Warren, a rural mail carrier, became a car buff, making his rounds in a 1928 Whippet.

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