With the recent passing of automotive icon Carroll Shelby, it is easy to look at his amazing life through the...
In a chance partnership, Shelby American and the Hertz Corporation devised a plan to provide motorists with the ability to...
The GT350 was truly an inspired design, achieved collectively by low-cost alterations and important performance marketing. Stance, stripes and scoop delivered an immediate racing impression when viewing the 1965 GT350. These three elements alone carry the brand message—hunkered down with longitudinal racing and rocker stripes, and a functional hood scoop....
The 1965 Shelby GT350R Prototype driven by Ken Miles sold for $3.75 million at Mecum Auctions’ recent Kissimmee sale. Recognized...
Just three and a half years after the first Shelby Cobra emerged from a rented shop in Venice, California, Carroll...
Just as Carroll Shelby’s original Ford-powered Cobra roadster set a new standard for high performance in a sports car, the 1964 announcement of the new Ford Mustang reset the American public’s expectations for affordable performance in a mass-production automobile. One of the most inspired and brilliantly targeted products in automotive...
This July 10-18 Dana Mecum’s Original Spring Classic auction will makes its return to the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis....
The awe-inspiring collection of John Atzbach—highlighted most notably by the first 1965 Shelby GT350R Competition Model built, known as the...
Accomplished Trans-Am, SCCA and historic racer Tom Yeager passed away on December 28th, at the age of 83. Yeager had suffered a serious stroke the previous week on December 21. Yeager started his racing career in a Lotus Seven, in 1962, followed by a breakout year, in 1964, driving a...
In the earlier days of his racing career, Craig Fisher (who recently passed away) raced just about everything he could...
Over the past several years, I’ve waxed whimsical in this space about various historical, psychological and emotional aspects of the...
Worldwide Auctioneers presented its 17th annual Texas Classic Auction on Saturday April 21st, treating bidders to a line-up of low mileage modern exotics and largely original vintage American cars, including another exciting no reserve private collection. Over the course of the sale 93% of consignments found new homes, with a total...
Mecum Auctions is gearing up for its return to the Kansas City Convention Center this March 16-17, preparing to mark...
February 2018 Mario Andretti: A Life in Pictures By Mario Donnini The latest in author Donnini’s series of “Life in...
The 1966 Shelby GT 350H Fastback personally owned and driven by Cobra creator Carroll Shelby has been added to the listings for Bonhams’ Scottsdale Sale, and will cross the Arizona auction block without reserve on Thursday, January 18. For complete information about this late addition please visit www.Bonhams.com/Scottsdale ...
I had dinner with Carroll Shelby in 1997. Among the dozens of things I remember him telling me, the most poignant...
September 2017 Stephen South – The Way It Was By Darren Banks Darren Banks has followed the careers of many...
A 1933 Delage D8S Coupe Roadster by DeVillars was named Best of Show at last weekend’s 14th annual Keeneland Concours d’Elegance at the historic Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. The show field featured two classes of this year’s featured marques, Rolls-Royce and Bentley, and classes of horse-drawn carriages and cars of...
June 2017 Racing to Riverside By Brad R. Leach This book is subtitled: “The Untold Story of Walt Hane and...
The inaugural New England Concours d’Elegance, scheduled for June 17-18 at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, and sponsored by Barrett-Jackson,...
1967 Shelby King Cobra Can-Am If you were Carroll Shelby, 1966 was a pretty good year. Coming off his Cobras winning the 1965 FIA GT championship, Shelby took over command of Ford’s struggling GT40 program and in 1966 finally handed Henry Ford II the 24 Hours of Le Mans victory...
In this month’s Racecar Profile [“Bound by Fate”], you’ll read that I recently had the opportunity to test drive the...
Mecum Auctions returned to its suburban Chicagoland roots for Mecum Chicago 2016 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, where 435...
Mecum Auctions returned to Dallas on November’s first weekend and, over the span of just four days, sent some 756 cars home with new owners. Total sales for the event reached $24.6 million from a 73-percent sell-through rate. The auction kicked off on the Wednesday when a large group of...
Muscle cars dominated the top sellers at Mecum Auctions’ inaugural Portland auction, held Father’s Day weekend at the Portland Expo...
Six cars from the Ford Performance Collection of megadealer Jim Click will be offered for sale by RM Sotheby’s at...
Charlie Kemp was born in Mississippi, and his inimitable southern drawl once led Carroll Shelby to say that had Charlie raced as slowly as he talked he’d never have won anything! Charlie did win, however, and he won big. He finished 3rd in his very first race in a jalopy...
A pair of million-dollar Shelby Cobras took top honors at Dana Mecum’s 29th Original Spring Classic, at the Indiana State...
The 29th Annual Mecum Original Spring Auction returns once again to the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis on the weekend...
GT350 Dear Editor, As a 30-plus year owner of a GT350H, the Hertz car on the cover of your Roadcar section of the August issue caught my attention. While a very well done and laid out article, there are a number of inaccuracies that came to my attention: Become a...
