A rare Sapphire Blue 1966 Shelby Mustang GT350 Hertz Edition failed to sell on eBay recently with the highest bid of US$104,010.00 not meeting the seller’s reserve. In September of 1965 Shelby American General Manager Peyton Cramer struck up a deal with Hertz to offer the 1966 Shelby Mustang GT350H as a rental car. The […]
The 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake is a one-off supercar built by Carroll Shelby to promote Goodyear’s new range of Thunderbolt economy tyres. It’s for sale at Dana Mecum’s 26th Original Spring Classic Auction on May 14-19, 2013. Here’s some background: When Ford redesigned the Mustang in 1967 to take the 390/320 HP big block […]
Classic Recreations has followed up its iconic 1967 Shelby Fastback continuation car with a GT500CR Convertible officially licensed by Shelby. Never officially built with only one prototype car known to exist, the 1967 Shelby GT500 Convertible is one of the rarest and most sought after collector cars from the 1960s. The Classic Recreations GT500CR Convertible […]
LOS ANGELES – May 11, 2012 – Carroll Shelby International, Inc announced today that Carroll Hall Shelby, a man whose vision for performance transformed the automobile industry, has died at age 89. Mr. Shelby passed away yesterday at Baylor Hospital in Dallas. The cause of death was not disclosed. Born on Jan. 11, 1923, Carroll […]
There is a lot more to motorsport photography than having a zoom lens and a fast shutter speed. Using a combination of camera settings and technique, I strive to instill the feeling of motion that goes with cars moving quickly. Wheels spin and backgrounds blur as the car goes past! I also like to shoot the "white of their eyes" as the drivers concentrate on doing their job.