I went to Lee Iacocca and said, "If you'll loan me $25,000, I'll build you a carthat'll...
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I went to Lee Iacocca and said, "If you'll loan me $25,000, I'll build you a car
that'll blow the Corvette off. It's all it'll cost you." He says to Lee,
"Listen, I've got these chassis and bodies from AC Cobra over in England, and I want to put a Ford engine in 'em, and I want to go race 'em
all over the world." I didn't have any money,
but Ford didn't know that, and AC Cars didn't know that. He knew how to connect with people, and he used that to his advantage
that'll blow the Corvette off. It's all it'll cost you." He says to Lee,
"Listen, I've got these chassis and bodies from AC Cobra over in England, and I want to put a Ford engine in 'em, and I want to go race 'em
all over the world." I didn't have any money,
but Ford didn't know that, and AC Cars didn't know that. He knew how to connect with people, and he used that to his advantage
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I went to Lee Iacocca and said,
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"If you'll loan me $25,000,
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I'll build you a car
that'll blow the Corvette off.
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It's all it'll cost you."
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He says to Lee,
"Listen, I've got these chassis and bodies
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from AC Cobra over in England,
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and I want to put a Ford engine in 'em,
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and I want to go race 'em
all over the world."
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I didn't have any money,
but Ford didn't know that,
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and AC Cars didn't know that.
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He knew how to connect with people,
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and he used that to his advantage.
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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...
