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In the early 1980s, Chrysler was desperate
for a performance product. Iacocca called me one day
and says, "Hey, I need some help." We put this thing together
and we sold 8,000 of those things the first year. The innovations
that Shelby was making under Iacocca's leadership at Chrysler were boosting the company's bottom line. Shelby and Iacocca
were working on what would become Chrysler's most exciting
performance vehicle ever, but halfway through the design of the car, Shelby's old nemesis caught up with them
for a performance product. Iacocca called me one day
and says, "Hey, I need some help." We put this thing together
and we sold 8,000 of those things the first year. The innovations
that Shelby was making under Iacocca's leadership at Chrysler were boosting the company's bottom line. Shelby and Iacocca
were working on what would become Chrysler's most exciting
performance vehicle ever, but halfway through the design of the car, Shelby's old nemesis caught up with them
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In the early 1980s,
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Chrysler was desperate
for a performance product.
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Iacocca called me one day
and says,
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"Hey, I need some help."
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We put this thing together
and we sold 8,000
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of those things the first year.
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The innovations
that Shelby was making
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under Iacocca's leadership at Chrysler
00:00:18.476 --> 00:00:20.519
were boosting the company's bottom line.
00:00:21.061 --> 00:00:24.523
Shelby and Iacocca
were working on what would become
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Chrysler's most exciting
performance vehicle ever,
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but halfway through the design of the car,
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Shelby's old nemesis caught up with them.
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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...
