Rememberin’ Pappy Cobra

Pete Lyons
Pete Lyons

You’d need a piece of paper the size of Texas to write down all that should  be said about Carroll Shelby, so I’ll fall short here. But I’d like to share a few personal recollections.

Years ago, during a supposedly formal banquet at the auto museum in San Diego, Carroll acceded to go to the podium and tell the story of the Anglo-American hot rod that made him famous.

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