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He'd always dreamed about it, even when he was in Europe the first time
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Shelby American

He'd always dreamed about it,even when he was in Europe the first time, a European...

He'd always dreamed about it,
even when he was in Europe the first time, a European lightweight chassis with a light American V8 in it

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He'd always dreamed about it, even when he was in Europe the first time,
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a European lightweight chassis
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with a light American V8 in it.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:28
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...
Ray Brock with Petersen Publication - Shelby American 00:30
Ray Brock with Petersen Publication
He wasn't overburdened with a great deal of honesty. - Shelby American 00:05
He wasn't overburdened with a great deal of honesty.
One of the nicknames we had for him was "Billie Sol Estes." - Shelby American 00:12
One of the nicknames we had for him was "Billie Sol Est...
Billie Sol Estes was another Texan, - Shelby American 00:21
Billie Sol Estes was another Texan,
I went to Lee Iacocca and said, - Shelby American 00:27
I went to Lee Iacocca and said,
Between whipsawing both of them, - Shelby American 00:43
Between whipsawing both of them,
Everybody had a race car in their garage - Shelby American 00:05
Everybody had a race car in their garage
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,