<p>I don’t have one of his cars but I wish I did. </p>
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Carroll Shelby, a Texas chicken farmer turned hot-rodder who went on to build innovative sports cars like the Cobra that challenged Europes longtime dominance of road racing as well as high-performance versions of production cars like the Ford Mustang, died on Thursday in Dallas. He was 89.
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<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/12/sports/carroll-shelby-builder-of-cobra-sports-car-dies-at-89.html[/url] ”>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/12/sports/carroll-shelby-builder-of-cobra-sports-car-dies-at-89.html</a></p> ;
<p>Heard this on NPR driving home and my first thought was :“I’ll bet there will be a CC thread about this.”</p>
<p>My husband has ordered a reproduction Cobra (midlife crisis car). I can’t say I approve, but they are supposed to be great. He was sad to hear Shelby had passed away.</p>