Shelby is the marque under which Shelby American, the high performance car company founded by the racing driver Carroll Shelby in Venice, California, in 1962, has sold its cars. The name first went on Cobra roadsters, which put an American Ford V8 engine into a British AC Cars body, and then on the Daytona coupe that won the 1965 international championship for GT manufacturers. Shelby later put its badge on high performance Mustangs developed with Ford, on Dodge based sports compacts of the 1980s built by Shelby Automobiles, on the Oldsmobile powered Series 1 roadster of 1999, and on continuation Cobras and modern Mustang and truck packages. Several legally distinct corporations have used the Shelby American name over the decades.
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Shelby American was the first automobile manufacturer in the state of Nevada.
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The Shelby American name has been used by several legally distinct corporations founded by Shelby since his original shop in Venice, California began operation in 1962.
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Shelby American was the first automobile manufacturer in the state of Nevada.
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Since 2005, Shelby American has released new models each year.
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Shelby American, Inc. is an American high performance automobile company founded by driver Carroll Shelby.
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Shelby and Moon installed the V8 engine and a Borg-Warner T-10 transmission into the AC body, creating the first of the cars Shelby named "Cobra".
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The Shelby Daytona Coupe (also referred to as the Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe) is an American sports-coupé.
Shelby Series 1 (Wikipedia)
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Shelby Series 1 is a roadster designed by Carroll Shelby and produced by Shelby American.
Shelby CSX (Wikipedia)
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The Shelby CSX (Carroll Shelby eXperimental) is a limited-production high performance automobile based on the turbocharged intercooled Dodge Shadow and Plymouth Sundance.
Shelby Dakota (Wikipedia)
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The Shelby Dakota is a limited-production performance version of the Dodge Dakota Sport pickup truck.
Shelby GLH-S (Wikipedia)
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The Shelby GLH-S is a limited production series of sport compacts from the mid-1980s based on the Dodge Omni and modified by Shelby American.
Shelby Lancer (Wikipedia)
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The Shelby Lancer is a limited-production hatchback sports sedan based on the Dodge Lancer.
The Always Iconic Charger: This Time Carroll Shelby Helped Out (CarBuzz)
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The result was the Dodge Shelby Charger, which hit the market in 1983.
The Dodge Omni GLH And GLH-S Were The Kings Of The Hot Hatch Scene In The 1980s (CarBuzz)
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So, to inject some excitement into the Omni, Shelby teamed up with Chrysler and Dodge to create a variant known as the Omni GLH.
1965 Shelby GT350 (RM Sotheby's)
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Carroll Shelby and his team at Shelby American loaded the GT350 with numerous suspension upgrades
Shelby rolls out 50th anniversary Super Snake (Fox News)
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Carroll Shelby and his team at Shelby American built the first Mustang-based Super Snake
10 Things You Should Know About The Shelby Mustang (AutoGuide)
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the mid-2000s era saw a return of the Shelby GT-H rental special
This Mustang Has More Power Than Your Insurance Can Ever Handle (Carscoops)
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the package could be added to existing GT500 and Super Snake models
2011 Shelby GT350 (Supercars.net)
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The Shelby GT350 is a post title program; a customer purchases a car from their local Ford Dealer, which is turned into a GT350 by the Shelby American Team.
2012 Ford Mustang Shelby GTS Seeks Younger Buyers (Motor Authority)
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the Shelby GTS also serves as the spiritual successor to the popular 2007 and 2008 Ford Shelby GT
Shelby's Terlingua Racing Team Returns (Jalopnik)
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The Terlingua Racing Team package for the V6 Ford Mustang includes serious performance enhancements and striking visual cues.
2007 Ford Mustang Shelby GT (MustangSpecs)
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Ford and Shelby decided it was time to offer the car to the public and sold it through Ford dealers as the Ford Shelby GT.
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