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Between whipsawing both of them, I wound up with a chassis
and four or five engines from Ford. And he was still talking
as they pushed him out the door, you know, and finally, Iacocca said,
"Just get that guy outta here, give him a couple engines and some money, and let's see what he can do." I wanted to build my own car. The only people in America
that could do it at the time were the hot rodders, and it started here in California. Shelby was smart to move to California and tap into all the hot rodders, the fabricators, the mechanics, the welders, the painters
and four or five engines from Ford. And he was still talking
as they pushed him out the door, you know, and finally, Iacocca said,
"Just get that guy outta here, give him a couple engines and some money, and let's see what he can do." I wanted to build my own car. The only people in America
that could do it at the time were the hot rodders, and it started here in California. Shelby was smart to move to California and tap into all the hot rodders, the fabricators, the mechanics, the welders, the painters
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Between whipsawing both of them,
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I wound up with a chassis
and four or five engines from Ford.
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And he was still talking
as they pushed him out the door,
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you know, and finally, Iacocca said,
"Just get that guy outta here,
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give him a couple engines and some money,
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and let's see what he can do."
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I wanted to build my own car.
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The only people in America
that could do it at the time
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were the hot rodders,
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and it started here in California.
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Shelby was smart to move to California
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and tap into all the hot rodders,
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the fabricators, the mechanics,
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the welders, the painters.
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Movie Summary
The story of automotive icon Carroll Shelby who started as a chicken farmer and went on to become one of the winningest racing drivers in American motorsports, and the only man in history to win in Le Mans as a driver and a manufa...
