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Shelby Mustang: Racer for the Street
Randy Leffingwell
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- Publisher: Motorbooks
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When Ford wanted to add some spice to its new Mustang pony car in the mid-1960s, it turned to talented, colorful, and opinionated Texan Carroll Shelby, who was then building high-performance racing sports cars (Cobras) using a British body and a Ford engine. The resulting Shelby Mustangs proved to be the definitive performance Mustangs of the muscle car era. Ford has recently released a new Mustang, the first truly all-new Mustang since 1979, returning the model to the spotlight. The most-talked-about and anticipated version of the new Mustang is the Shelby Cobra GT500, which Ford will bring to market in 2006. Shelby himself was involved in the development of what will be the most powerful factory-produced Mustang ever. This rich new history from award-winning authors Randy Leffingwell and David Newhardt traces the Shelby Mustang story from the early Shelby America cars built in a converted airplane hangar in Southern California to the 2006 version of the new Mustang.
- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Motorbooks
- ISBN: 0760321175
- Dimensions: 10.43 x 10.43 x 0.98 inches
- Weight: 2.76 pounds
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Customer Reviews
- Amazing
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
- Wonderful quality of text and photography.
And it is about the Mustang!!! Could not be a bad thing... - Very good book for Shelby fans
- Avg. Customer Rating: 4 Stars
- This book contains interesting and sometimes unique information regarding the early Cobra and Shelby Mustangs. The quality of the pictures is excellent but many are taken from a long distance away and reveal little detail of the drivetrain and/or interior of the various cars. That said, the book is still well worth the read for the true Shelby fan.
- Amazing Photography
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
- This is a book for true Shelby Mustang fanatics.
It is extremely comprehensive in its' timeline from conception of the first Shelby, to the latest additions to the Mustang family.
Once again, Mr. Leffingwell has captured the essence of automotive history. - A TRULY ENJOYABLE BOOK
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
- I have thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's truly a book for Shelby loving folk. I have shown it to friends and family and they can't put it down. They seem mesmerized by the photographs.
I like that it follows Carroll Shelby and his car building from the beginning, up to the soon to be released 2007 GT500. The many quotes from those involved, coupled with the great story telling, has given me a good sense of how these cars came about.
The gorgeous photography does a great job of covering these cars in phenomenal detail. I enjoy seeing the one-of-a-kind cars and classics in loving detail with great settings, lighting and color. It's a feast for the eyes. - Great history, great photos!
- Avg. Customer Rating: 5 Stars
- This book really captures the spirit of Carroll Shelby, his business, and his cars. The photos of everything from the early British racers to the new Shelby Mustangs are really shot beautifully...from interesting angles and perspectives, great lighting, great color.
The text is superb. If you've read Leffingwell's Mustang: Forty Years and Corvette: Fifty Years gift books, you know he has a knack for pinning down quotes from the people involved in a car's development, and everything from corporate memos and meeting minutes shed light on each vehicle's development and the obstacles overcome.
Carroll Shelby is one of the real characters of postwar American engineering. And the Shelby Mustangs are simply classic.
Really, pick up this book if you're a Mustang lover. I guarantee there's something new to discover.
