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Everybody had a race car in their garage
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Shelby American

Everybody had a race car in their garage or a hot rod or something at home

Everybody had a race car in their garage or a hot rod or something at home

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Everybody had a race car in their garage
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or a hot rod or something at home.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:22:52
Uploaded
Jun 06, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Chassy Media

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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...
You didn't want a car just like everyone else's, - Shelby American 00:25
You didn't want a car just like everyone else's,
The epicenter was right in Southern California. - Shelby American 00:21
The epicenter was right in Southern California.
I got a couple of engines sent out - Shelby American 00:25
I got a couple of engines sent out
I walked in the shop and I go, "What the hell is this?" - Shelby American 00:04
I walked in the shop and I go, "What the hell is this?&...
Nobody knew if it was running or not. - Shelby American 00:10
Nobody knew if it was running or not.
We started putting whatever carburetor, manifold on it, - Shelby American 00:08
We started putting whatever carburetor, manifold on it,
...and said, "Where's the Corvettes?" - Shelby American 00:20
...and said, "Where's the Corvettes?"
Across the county in Venice, - Shelby American 00:19
Across the county in Venice,
And Carroll took it over when Reventlow quit racing, - Shelby American 00:08
And Carroll took it over when Reventlow quit racing,
Out of that came the best guy that I ever ran into, Phil Remington. - Shelby American 00:09
Out of that came the best guy that I ever ran into, Phil Rem...
Remington is one of the few figures in racing - Shelby American 00:07
Remington is one of the few figures in racing
Well, the guy was a fabricating engineering genius, self-taught. - Shelby American 00:05
Well, the guy was a fabricating engineering genius, self-tau...
He had the ability, when something broke on the cars, - Shelby American 00:12
He had the ability, when something broke on the cars,
He had seven ideas, and he only needed one, - Shelby American 00:06
He had seven ideas, and he only needed one,
And he taught a lot of the young guys - Shelby American 00:17
And he taught a lot of the young guys
Oh my gosh. - Shelby American 00:13
Oh my gosh.
There's a slight problem: - Shelby American 00:05
There's a slight problem:
Carroll was a salesman. - Shelby American 00:07
Carroll was a salesman.
And all these guys worked together amazingly well. - Shelby American 00:15
And all these guys worked together amazingly well.
We hired a shop foreman named Carroll Smith. - Shelby American 00:05
We hired a shop foreman named Carroll Smith.