OnlyClassics Cobra Sports CAR Carroll Shelby 1966 Mustang GT350 AUTO Photo Poster AUTOMOBILIA

A newer print of a classic. Print size: 8.5 x11 Inches including white border. This is printed on thick 100 pound card stock paper. In mint condition. You will love this one! Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 - May 10, 2012) was an American automotive designer, racing driver and entrepreneur. He was best known for making the AC Motors-based Shelby American Cobra and later the Mustang-based performance cars for Ford Motor Company known as Mustang Cobras which he had done since 1965. His company, Shelby American Inc., founded in 1962, currently sells modified Ford vehicles, as well as performance parts. Starting out amateur, he soon became a driver for the Cad-Allard, Aston Martin, and Maserati teams during the 1950s. Driving for Donald Healey, in a streamlined and supercharged, specially-modified, Austin-Healey 100S, he set 16 U.S. and international speed records. Teamed with Roy Salvadori, and driving for Aston Martin, he won the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans. He drove in the Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race in a specially prepared Ferrari roadster, to a record run of 10:21.8 seconds on his way to victory in 1956. He was Sports Illustrated's driver of the year in 1956 and 1957. He competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1959, participating in a total of eight World Championship races and several non-championship races. The highlight of his race driving career came in 1959, when he co-drove an Aston-Martin DBR1 (with Englishman Roy Salvadori) to victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans. During this race he noted the performance of an English GT car built by AC Cars, known as the Bristol. Three years later, the AC Bristol would become the basis for Shelby's most famous automotive creation—the Cobra. I will pack well for safety. (Note: ONLYCLASSICS- WEB-IMAGE print-does not appear on product-only on scan) Thanks for looking!..p2457