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Carroll Shelby: The American Hero

The Cobra! The Daytona! The GT350! You ever heard of them? Of course you've freaken heard of them! Grab a snack, and a chair, because Papa's gonnatell you babies a story! The story of one of my idols. He's an American Hero.

From humble beginnings in East Texas to kicking butt around the world, this man did it all! This is everything you need to know, to get up to speed on Carroll Shelby!

Carroll Hall Shelby was born in 1923, in Leesburg Texas. His Dad was a mailman, and his Mom stayed at home to look after the babies. What I'm saying is, they didn't have a lot of money. Just like my Dad. To make matters worse, Carroll was kind of a sick kid. Much like your boy! I had asthma, but he had a heart condition that kept him in bed for most of his childhood.

But once he got older, the doctors gave him a clean bill of health, and he was out of the house tearing apart go-cart engines and learning everything he could, about things that went vroom vroom vroom. When the US got pulled into World War II, he joined the Army Air Corps where he trained pilots, and probably went on a bunch of secret missions, knowing Carroll.

One afternoon when the Sergeant wasn't looking, Carroll hopped in a trainer plane, and took off. He flew for miles until he was over the house of his crush, and dropped a love letter into her front yard. A year later they were married. Good move Gene! Coincidentally, I delivered my divorce paper to Jessica's house with a tomahawk missile. Bullseye!

After the war, Carroll went looking for a new line of work. He tried his hand in the dump truck game, and he even worked in the oil fields as a roughneck. Which, I've tried, and it sucks! I told my boss my neck was getting all rough, and he was like "What's wrong with you, buddy?"

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- One Million Subscribers!Thank you so much, you guys are awesome!But not a single one of us,is as awesome as this guy!- My name's Carroll Shelby,and performance is my business.(engine rev)- The Cobra!The Daytona!The GT350!You ever heard of them?Of course you've freaken heard of them!Grab a snack, and a chair,because Papa's gonnatell you babies a story!The story of one of my idols.He's an American Hero.From humble beginnings in East Texas,to kicking butt around the world.This man, did it all!This is everything you need to know,to get up to speed onCarroll (beep) Shelby!(80s game music)Carroll Hall Shelby was bornin 1923, in Leesburg Texas.His Dad was a mailman,and his Mom stayed at hometo look after the babies.What I'm saying is, theydidn't have a lot of money.Just like my Dad.To make matters worse, Carrollwas kind of a sick kid.Much like your boy!I had asthma, but he had a heart conditionthat kept him in bed formost of his childhood.But once he got older,the doctors gave him aclean bill of health,and he was out of the housetearing apart go-cart enginesand learning everything he could,about things that went vroom vroom vroom.(engine rev and breaking)When the US got pulled into dub dub two,he joined the Army Air Corpswhere he trained pilots,and probably went on abunch of secret missions,knowing Carroll.One afternoon when theSerg wasn't looking,Carroll hopped in a trainerplane, and took off.He flew for miles until he wasover the house of his crush,and dropped a love letterinto her front yard.(awe)A year later they were married.Good move Gene!Coincidentally, Idelivered my divorce papersto Jessica's house witha tomahawk missile.(explosion)Bullseye!After the war, Carroll wentlooking for a new line of work.He tried his hand in the dump truck game,and he even worked in theoil fields as a roughneck.Which, I've tried, and it sucks!I told my boss my neckwas getting all rough,and he was like "Yeah, it's in the name."And I was all "Oh, that makes sense,now that I think about it,I'm kind of embarrassedfor bringing it up.You know what?I appreciate the opportunity,I don't think this is for me.I'm gonna go try and make car videos.Do you guys validate parking?I'm in the orange lot."When those jobs didn't work out,Carroll got into chicken farming.Where, it turns out, he madea nice little chunk of change.It was around this time,that he also startedpursing his real passion,racing.Shelby put his Texas charm to good use,and convinced a friend to let himdrive his MG TC streetcar on the track.In his first time out inthe puny British roadster,with a wooden frame,he beat the entire field ofrace-prepped competitors.Just like that, he was hooked on winning.Mere hours later, he entered another race,full of faster, Jaguar,XK120's, you know, for fun!And against all odds, he drovethe little MG to victory,beating cars with twice the horsepower.If it wasn't clear before, it was now.Carroll Shelby knew a thingor two about going fast.People were fascinated by this man.He was on an entirely newlevel from anyone else.Carroll would go on to drive forAston Martin at Sebring and Leman,and set Bonneville land speed recordsfor Austin-Healey later that year.He continued racing andwinning through the 50s,and by 1959 he was looking towin in a car of his own designkinda like me, in the Pumphrey 502.(classical music)We never got a shot, you know?Carroll was a big Chevy fan,and really wanted their help to developa new lightweight V8powered racing platform.So he hit them up, and he was like"Guys, I'm a big Chevy fan,and I'd like your help to develop a new,lightweight, V8 powered, racing platform"and Chevy was like "Okay,cool, here's three corevettes."And Carroll was all "I'mgonna keep the guts over here,and work on'em with all my buddies.And I'm sending the chassis over to Italyto get some new skin.""What?""There's this guy, Sergio Scaglietti.Literally, this dudemakes the best skins.""What the hell does he mean by skin?""I bet he's got a snake fetish.""You think everyone has a snake fetish."What came back were threeof the classiest corvettesever made!The Corvette Scaglietti.But, Chevy passed, while theScaglietti's were being built.GM had decided to ban theirbrands from racing all together.It was the 1960 season,and the heart conditionCarroll had suffered as a kid,had returned.In his final race, at theContinental Divide Raceway,Carroll had a nitroglycerintablet under his tongue,to deal with the chest pain.Despite this, the dude (bleep) won!It wasn't easy, but Carrollmade peace with the fact,that this would be hislast season as a driver.Thanks for watching Up toSpeed, that's the storyof Carroll ShelbyWhat?Shorter than usual?Just freaken kidding!Just because he stopped racing,didn't mean he was done with motorsport.He opened his own racing school,and was soon wheeling and dealingto develop his own race car!And this time, nothing would stop him!First he called AstinMartin, they were like "No."Then he caught word thatanother British company, AC,had lost the engine supplier for theirAce Bristol Roadster.This was great news.Shelby was obsessed with the idea ofan American V8 powered roadster,beating the European competition.And he figured a car like the ACEwould be the perfect candidate.All he needed was an engine.Shelby went back to Chevrolet,to see if they wereinterested, they weren't.So, he went elsewhere for help.Elsewhere being Chevy's biggest rival.Carroll heard through the grapevine,that Ford was developing a new V8,and Ford loved Shelby'sidea of building a race car,that could beat the 'vette.They were on board,and Shelby was on Ford.(clapping)AC sent Carroll an Ace Roller to his shop,in Venice, California.When the smoke cleared, Shelby'sobsession was manifested,and the AC Cobra, (snake hiss) was born!The combination of lightweightBritish engineering,and brute American strength was ferocious!Just like Nolan at a Dairy Queen.But the best for the Shelbysnake was yet to come!Shelby had already won Lemans as a driver.Now, he wanted to go backto France and win again.This time, as the guy who built the car!And that car, was the Cobra!But, just like a mathquiz, there was a problem.The Cobra was perfectly suitedfor the tracks here in the US, but,at Leman, the Cobra was an average10 seconds a lap slowerthan the slippery Ferrlalis.(laughing)Carroll was not a fan of beingslower than other people.So he ordered a youngengineer named Pete Brock,to come up with a solution.While Carroll was a bigbeliever in horsepower,the subtle nuances of aerodynamics,weren't exactly his forte.Pete took the body off of oneof their Cobra's at the shopand got to work on a new design.It had radical aerodynamic features,like an aggressive ducktail spoiler,and an absolutely flat rear-end.Jessica!One day, Carroll broughtan airplane engineer friendto the shop, and the dudestraight up told Pete,that the car wouldn't work.To his face!After the guy left, Carrollgoes to Pete, and he goes"Pete, you wanna change anything?"And Pete was all "Nope.""Straight up, respect.But I'm gonna be honest with you,if this thing doesn't work, you're fired."They took the car dubbed the Daytona Coupeout to Riverside InternationalRaceway for some testing.After a warmup lap, leadtest driver, Ken Miles,put the hammer down and beattheir Cobra track record,by three and a half seconds!(engine rev)Pete had done it!And Carroll could nowtake the fight to Ferrari!(whip swooshing)"Your dates are over mister!"1964, the Cards' beat theYankees in the series,buffalo wings are invented, andteam Shelby American wentacross the pond to France,with their new car in tow.They entered the Daytona in the GT class,where it would face off against Porsche,Alfa Romeo's, Lotusi, and of course,the Ferrari 250 GTO.(engine rev)The sleek body allowed the Daytona to hit186 miles an hour downthe Mulsanne straight.And the ducktail glued therear end to the pavement,giving drivers BobBondurant and Dan Gurney,immense confidence in the turns.When the race was over,the Daytona had finished,a lap ahead of the closest Ferrari,giving Shelby the class victory.The win was a reminder to the world,that the Shelby name,meant the winners circle.To commemorate the win,Shelby wanted to makethe Cobra even faster!Like a good'ole Texan, Carrollwanted an even bigger V8in his prized roadster.So Shelby teamed up with Ford again,and together they set outto design a new Cobra.The fenders would be flared out,to make room for wider tires.And the grill would beopened up into a gaping maw,to help with cooling.To make this car a touch easier to drive,this Cobra would be fittedwith coil spring suspension.- That's fancy!- Real fancy!- The updated Mark 3Cobra was so different,than the previous models,that only the hood, trunk, and windshield,were shared between them.The Mark 3's crown jewel,lived under it's hood.Ford's most advanced engine of the time.The 427.What the?Sorry, sorry, I was just trying to help.This, humongous seven literV8 made 485 horsepowerand pushed the tiny Cobra to ablistering 185 miles an hour!(engine rev)That same year, 1965,Carroll got the ball rolling,on another legendary Shelby creation.The GT350.Shelby American took the pony car,and they made it a freaken thoroughbred.They focused most of theirattention on handling,but also, boosted theoutput by 35 horsepower.(engine rev)Wow.The GT350's finishing touchwas this sinister looking,and functional, hood scoop on the front.All it needed was a name.The Cobra (snake hiss)The car was designed forSCCA Sportscar Racing,and since it was a Shelby,It dominated!Lightning, lightning,lightning, lightning!Like this video if you likelighting a million times!After the GT350, Carroll and the team,found time to help theirfriends at Ford win Leman,with the GT40.If you wanna know more about that story,check out this episode right here.I cry in it.Ford continued using the Shelby nameon their special edition Mustangsbut Carroll's team wasn't doinga lot development on the cars.In fact, working with Forddirectly on production cars,was pretty stressful, and theyended the partnership in 1969All of the wheeling and dealing and racingfor the past 30 years hadtaken a toll on old Carroll.He was exhausted.So he did what all the greatdo when they're overwhelmed.He took some time off in Africa.He just needed a vacation, like me!Matt?He also made chili powder,which you can still buy today.Available, on amazon, for 10 dollars.When he got back to the states,he was feeling good, and at ease.That was until Detroit camecalling once again in 1982.Except this time, itwasn't Ford, but Chrysler.When Carroll was working on the GT350,he met a guy named Lee Iacocca,the genius largelyresponsible for the mustang.Now, his old buddy Leewas in charge of Chrysler,and he was in a bind.He wanted to developperformance models for Dodgebut no one at the companyknew how to do it!So Lee called Carroll up and he was like"Carroll, I'm in a bind, Iwanna develop performance modelsfor Dodge, but no one at mycompany knows how to do it."The age of muscle cars was long gone,so now all Shelby had to work withwere turbo charged four bangers.Like the Omni Hatchback,and Charger Coupe.At first, Carroll was just a consultant,but soon, he and his teamwere getting their handsall over them little cars!The Omni GLH or "Goes LikeHell" was already pretty quick.In fact, it was the fastesthatchback in the world,at the time.(cheerful music)But Shelby did it onebetter, the Omni GLHS, or"Goes like hell s'more"made 175 horsepower,which was a lot for the timein an itty bitty car like that.(engine rev)The Omni sister car, the Charger GLHS,was basically a two door version,and did the quarter mile in 16 secondsat 86 miles an hour.Again, very fast at the time.Back then, 50 bucks waslike a lot of money.Believe me, it was fast.The Dodge Swings were afar cry from the race carsCarroll made his namebuilding, and everyone knew it.Looking back on the project, he said"I got so much crap buildingthose little hot rods,but you know what?I had fun doing it."And the fact that he said that,is why he's so important to us.Carroll took another breakto get his head right,and chill out.And he did, he got so chill you guys.But like a vagabond father who shoes upwith Christmas presents in June,Dodge came calling again.This time, to work on a real sports car.The project would be Chrysler'smiddle finger to the world,screaming "Hey,we still know how tomake a bad ass race car!"Iacocca's buddies Bob Lutz, and Tom Galewere putting a teamtogether to build a car,in the spirit of Shelby's own Cobra.They couldn't call itthe Cobra, obviously,so they chose another snake name.- And hereit is, the Dodge Viper.- Which you can learnmore about right here.Shelby himself showed the Viperas the 1991 Indy 500's pace car,where apparently he playedthis really cool prank,where he pretended to have aheart attack behind the wheelat 125 miles an hour,and he scared the (beep)out of the passenger.Another reason, I love this guy!Then, in 2002 Shelbyfound himself at home,for the first time since 1969.Ford was working on anew GT and they thought,who better bring on board,than the savior of the original GT40?The partnership alsoproduced a new Cobra concept,that used the GT's runninggear, except in the front.That concept never wentinto production, but,at it's debut, Shelby proclaimed,"I'm gonna end my car buildingdays where I started them."The partnership continued with the debutof the 2007 Shelby GT500.The first Mustang to wearShelby's name in 35 years!It made 500 horsepower, andlooked good as hell doin' it.(engine rev)On top of that, you could send your GT500to Shelby's plant in Los Vegas to get the,surprise, surprise, super snake treatment,where it was upgradedto over 600 horsepower.Carroll may have been old,but he still loved power.(engine rev)The Mustang got a redesign in 2010,and with it came a new GT500.At 87 years old, Carroll knewhe didn't have much time,to leave one more mark on theworld of power and performanceThe last GT500 Carroll touchedwould make 662 horsepower,and do 202 miles an hour, in a Mustang!- Are you crying?- It was the most radicalShelby creation in years,and rightfully, it blew peoples' minds.It was a fitting send off, for the legend,that was Carroll Shelby.Around the same timeas the GT500's release,Carroll passed away at BaylorHospital in Dallas, Texas,on May 10th 2012.About 100 miles from hisbirthplace in Leesburg.Shelby's influence onthe automotive world,cannot be un- cannot be overstated.He didn't have (beep), butdestroyed people who did.And that's why I'm proudto call him my Dad.A little over a year ago, wewere a pretty small channel,and now thanks to you, you guys!I'm talking about you,guy, or girl watching this!You've made it the onemillion subscribers!So thank you, thank you,thank you, thank you!Donut means everything tome, it's all because of you,that we get to make things.It's for you and because of you.And I promise that me andthe 15 other amazing people,that work here, 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