{"product_id":"the-shelby-american-story-carroll-shelby-american-up-close-box-set","title":"The Shelby American Story \u0026 Carroll Shelby American Up Close Box Set","description":"The Shelby American Story \n\nThe Shelby American Story is a fascinating collection of interviews and \nstories about the cars, the races, and the people that made the Shelby \nstory so compelling.\n\nCarroll Shelby American Up Close and Behind the Scenes The Venice \nYears book \n\nShelby American Up Close and Behind the Scenes takes readers inside the \nshop that produced the 289 Cobra, Daytona Coupe, 427 Cobra, Mustang \nGT350, and more from 1962 to 1965. In 1962 retired racing great Carroll \nShelby was looking for his next big move. He'd started a racing school \nat Riverside Raceway in California, but he really wanted to build his \nown sports and racing car. He found a promising platform in the British \nAC Ace, and set about stuffing an American V-8 between the AC's dainty \nfenders. Thus was born the Shelby Cobra. Shelby set up shop in Venice, \nCalifornia, later in 1962, marking the beginning of the classic Cobra \nera. It was a near supernatural combination of brilliant designers and \nwrenches, ever-faster cars, championship-winning teams and drivers, and \nsheer chutzpah.\n\nThe Venice shop spawned the 289 Cobra, Daytona Coupe, 427 Cobra, Mustang \nGT350, Sunbeam Tiger, and more. Eventually the Venice facility could not \nhandle the work, especially when Ford tapped Shelby to create a \nhigh-performance version of its new and wildly successful Mustang. \nMoving to a larger facility and the closer relationship with Ford seemed \nto diminish the fast and loose nature of the original enterprise. Some \nof the mojo was lost.\n\nShelby American Up Close and Behind the Scenes takes the reader inside \nthe Venice shop in the critical 1962-1965 period. Author\/photographer \nDave Friedman was Shelby's official shooter, and he documented \neverything from Cobra construction to paddock wrenching to race wins. \nThe book is an insider's look via Friedman's documentary photography and \nfirst-person stories from Shelby's key players. It's a must-have review \nof this critical period in both Shelby's history and the history of \nAmerican racing.","brand":"Midlife Classic Cars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32660659470407,"sku":"KITB10515\/B05245","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/9813\/3831\/files\/9780979721939.in02_2265d.jpg?v=1772263175","url":"https:\/\/www.midlifeclassiccars.com\/cs\/products\/the-shelby-american-story-carroll-shelby-american-up-close-box-set","provider":"MidlifeClassicCars.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}