Shelby Mustang: Racer for the Street

Description

This is the latest version of this high performance classic. When Ford wanted to add some spice to its new Mustang pony car in the mid-1960s, it turned to talented, colourful, and opinionated Texan Carroll Shelby, who was then building high-performance racing sports cars (Cobras) using a British body and a Ford engine. The resulting Shelby Mustangs proved to be the definitive performance Mustangs of the muscle car era. Ford has recently released a new Mustang, the first truly all-new Mustang since 1979, returning the model to the spotlight. The most-talked-about and anticipated version of the new Mustang is the Shelby Cobra GT500, which Ford will bring to market in 2006. Shelby himself was involved in the development of what will be the most powerful factory-produced Mustang ever. This rich new history from award-winning authors Randy Leffingwell and David Newhardt traces the Shelby Mustang story from the early Shelby America cars built in a converted air plane hangar in Southern California to the 2006 version of the new Mustang.

Randy Leffingwell has used his fascination with all things mechanical, his gift for writing, and his immense photographic skills to create several strong-selling, award-winning books. His work includes best-selling Motorbooks titles such as Corvette: Fifty Years, Mustang: Forty Years, John Deere: A History of the Tractor, The American Farm Tractor, and more. He currently lives in Santa Barbara, California. This book features photography from David Newhardt, Randy's collaborator on Porsche 911 and Corvette: Fifty Years. David was the photographer for Mustang: Forty Years and Mopar: Fifty Years. He lives in Pasadena, California.

SpeedTV.com, Dec. 14, 2005 (visits per month: 98,000) "Randy Leffingwell's 186-page work is a quick read due in large part to David Newhardt's fabulous photographs of some of the rarest Shelby Mustangs in existence, some from Carroll Shelby's personal collection. You'll probably want to put a clear plastic sheet over the book as you read, so you don't get drool spots on the pages." "Hemmings Muscle Machines, "May 2006 (circ.: 55,000) " Leffingwell and Newhardt have collaborated several times before, and this is a very strong effort from both of them, with loads of excellent details, interviews and detailed original photography. There's also quite a lot of history to set the tone, with extensive coverage of the GT40 and AC Cobra - which aren't exactly Mustangs, but are useful for context. It's even got a useable index, thank God." SpeedTV.com, Dec. 14, 2005 " Randy Leffingwell' s 186-page work is a quick read due in large part to David Newhardt' s fabulous photographs of some of the rarest Shelby Mustangs in existence, some from Carroll Shelby' s personal collection. You' ll probably want to put a clear plastic sheet over the book as you read, so you don' t get drool spots on the pages." "Hemmings Muscle Machines, "May 2006 " [Leffingwell and Newhardt] have collaborated several times before, and this is a very strong effort from both of them, with loads of excellent details, interviews and detailed original photography. There' s also quite a lot of history to set the tone, with extensive coverage of the GT40 and AC Cobra - which aren' t exactly Mustangs, but are useful for context. It' s even got a useable index, thank God." SpeedTV.com, Dec. 14, 2005 "Randy Leffingwell's 186-page work is a quick read due in large part to David Newhardt's fabulous photographs of some of the rarest Shelby Mustangs in existence, some from Carroll Shelby's personal collection. You'll probably want to put a clear plastic sheet over the book as you read, so you don't get drool spots on the pages." "Hemmings Muscle Machines, "May 2006 "[Leffingwell and Newhardt] have collaborated several times before, and this is a very strong effort from both of them, with loads of excellent details, interviews and detailed original photography. There's also quite a lot of history to set the tone, with extensive coverage of the GT40 and AC Cobra - which aren't exactly Mustangs, but are useful for context. It's even got a useable index, thank God." "The Shelby American," No. 75 "You can never get enough photos - especially rich, color shots spread across a full page (and sometimes a page and a half) in a large format book. Or close-up detail shots of things you miss when looking at the overall car ... This is where the book shines. To sum it up, this book deserves a place on your book shelf. After you have read the text and thumbed through the photos, you'll put this book away, and then you will find yourself bringing it out six months later to have another look. And you know what? You won't be bored." "Hemmings Muscle Machines, "May 2006"[Leffingwell and Newhardt] have collaborated several times before, and this is a very strong effort from both of them, with loads of excellent details, interviews and detailed original photography. There's also quite a lot of history to set the tone, with extensive coverage of the GT40 and AC Cobra - which aren't exactly Mustangs, but are useful for context. It's even got a useable index, thank God." SpeedTV.com, Dec. 14, 2005"Randy Leffingwell's 186-page work is a quick read due in large part to David Newhardt's fabulous photographs of some of the rarest Shelby Mustangs in existence, some from Carroll Shelby's personal collection. You'll probably want to put a clear plastic sheet over the book as you read, so you don't get drool spots on the pages." "The Shelby American", No. 75"You can never get enough photos - especially rich, color shots spread across a full page (and sometimes a page and a half) in a large format book. Or close-up detail shots of things you miss when looking at the overall car ... This is where the book shines. To sum it up, this book deserves a place on your book shelf. After you have read the text and thumbed through the photos, you'll put this book away, and then you will find yourself bringing it out six months later to have another look. And you know what? You won't be bored." "The Shelby American," No. 75 " You can never get enough photos - especially rich, color shots spread across a full page (and sometimes a page and a half) in a large format book. Or close-up detail shots of things you miss when looking at the overall car ... This is where the book shines. To sum it up, this book deserves a place on your book shelf. After you have read the text and thumbed through the photos, you' ll put this book away, and then you will find yourself bringing it out six months later to have another look. And you know what? You won' t be bored." North" "Shore" News" (CAN), Jan. 26, 2007 " Beautiful color photographs of the appropriate car models complement each chapter, with many detail pictures covering all aspects of the vehicle."