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Carroll Shelby
American
Designer
Born:
Jan 11
,
1923
Died:
May 10
,
2012
Ambition
Build
Car
Me
Time
Work
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I've always been asked, 'What is my favorite car?' and I've always said 'The next one.'
Carroll Shelby
Car
Favorite
Said
Always
Been
Asked
Next
I never made a damn dime until I started doing what I wanted.
Carroll Shelby
Made
Damn
Dime
Never
Until
Doing
Wanted
Started
I'm not going to take this defeatist attitude and listen to all this crap any more from all these people who have nothing except doomsday to predict.
Carroll Shelby
Attitude
People
Predict
Nothing
More
Except
Take
Any
Going
Listen
Doomsday
Crap
Who
The reason I moved to California the first time was to build the Cobra. I thought it was stupid to have a 1918 taxicab engine in what Europeans like to call a performance car when a little American V-8 could do the job better.
Carroll Shelby
Time
Better
Car
Job
Thought
First
Stupid
Build
Could
Performance
Like
California
Call
First Time
American
Moved
Little
Engine
Reason
Europeans
My proudest moments are beating Ferrari for the World Championship in 1965, and working with Ford to win Le Mans in 1966 and 1967.
Carroll Shelby
World
Win
Beating
Ford
Proudest
Ferrari
Working
Mans
Moments
World Championship
Championship
In 1964, when Lee Iacocca said, 'Shelby, I want you to make a sports car out of the Mustang,' the first thing I said was, 'Lee, you can't make a race horse out of a mule. I don't want to do it.' He said, 'I didn't ask you to make it; you work for me.'
Carroll Shelby
Work
Me
You
Sports
Car
First
Out
Horse
He
Make
First Thing
Said
Lee
The First Thing
Want
Race
Ask
Mule
Thing
The Cobra is my personal favorite car. The original 289 Cobra is the car I respect the most. I like to drive the 289 better than the 427.
Carroll Shelby
Respect
Better
Car
Drive
Favorite
Like
Most
Than
Personal
Original
I didn't have time for my children much. I wasn't a very good parent; I had a pretty unhappy home life.
Carroll Shelby
Life
Time
Good
Home
Unhappy
Good Parent
Pretty
Parent
Had
Very
Children
Much
Home Life
It's a massive motor in a tiny, lightweight car.
Carroll Shelby
Car
Lightweight
Massive
Motor
Tiny
I'm a terrible husband.
Carroll Shelby
Husband
Terrible
I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.
Carroll Shelby
Car
Think
Airplane
East
Guy
Texas
Celebrity
Just
Loves
Who
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