The movie Gone in Sixty Seconds made the "Eleanor" GT500 very popular and there are custom shops all over modifying stock 1967 Mustangs to replicate the movie car which is itself a replica of the original Shelby Mustangs, but while replicas make sense in the movies, the car to have isn't the replica, or the replica of the replica, it's the original, envisioned by Carroll Shelby … [Read more...]
Peter Brock’s Shelby Modified Ford Falcon Sedan Delivery Reproduction
Remember the Shelby Falcon? Me neither, and in that lies a tale. Peter Brock worked for Shelby American in the 1960s and did a lot of the design work on the Shelby Mustangs, among other things, though what might be his best known design was the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe and everyone remembers that. During those years, he needed a vehicle for parts chasing and towing so … [Read more...]