One of the automotive industry's greatest living legends, Carroll Shelby has had an impressive impact on automotive racing and design over the last 50 years. Starting out amateur, he soon became a driver for Cad-Allard, Aston Martin, Maserati teams during the 1950s and 60s. Following his driving career he opened a high performance driving school and the Shelby-American company. In the shop he designed and built the famed "Cobra" cars, which were derived from an AC chassis and used Ford engines. Shelby goes on to help design some of the most successful and beautiful cars of the era: the Ford Mustang, GT40, GT 350, GT 500, and of course the 427. Parting with Ford, Shelby moves on to help develop performance cars with Chrysler, Dodge, and Oldsmobile. The most memorable of these cars being the Dodge Viper.
