Carroll Shelby

BEST PRACTICES

Galpin Auto Sports adds hot-rod mod shop

12:01 am U.S. ET | Feb. 8, 2013
Beau Boeckmann's announcement in August that he was adding a Shelby Mod Shop to his Galpin Auto Sports operation had the potential to link him up with thousands of new hot-rodding enthusiasts around the western United States.... Read More »

 

Remembering...

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 31, 2012
Here's a look back at some notable executives and innovators who died this year.... Read More »

 

2012: THE YEAR IN PHOTOS

Days in the life

12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 24, 2012
Tributes, protests, fund raisers, artists and a practical joke are all things we remember about this year.... Read More »

 

Keeping Shelby alive

12:01 am U.S. ET | Nov. 19, 2012
Carroll Shelby, the wild-spirited 89-year-old racing icon and king of thundering garage hot rods, lay on his deathbed last May struggling to talk. He urged his younger friend and business partner John Luft to lean closer. "Keep Shelby American alive," Shelby strained to tell Luft in his final hours. In the next few months, Shelby plans to pull back the curtain on new post-Carroll products.... Read More »

 

BEST PRACTICES

Hot-rod mod shop

12:01 am U.S. ET | Oct. 15, 2012
Beau Boeckmann's announcement in August that he was adding a Shelby Mod Shop to his Galpin Auto Sports operation had the potential to link him up with thousands of new hot-rodding enthusiasts around the western United States. For the 42-year-old president of the high-profile sports shop and custom business, it is one more part of a family tradition that he intends to keep building.... Read More »

 

Dealer sues Shelby, alleges pocketed payments for unbuilt cars

4:08 pm U.S. ET | Sept. 28, 2012
Shelby Automobiles is being sued by one of its dealers, who claims the company pocketed upfront payments for vehicles that have yet to be delivered, or even built.... Read More »

 

FINAL ASSEMBLY

A thousand-rev salute to racing great Shelby

12:01 am U.S. ET | June 4, 2012
Just before 7 p.m. PDT last Wednesday, May 30, the engines of several thousand Shelby Mustangs, Cobras, GT40s and even a few Series 1s cranked to life around the world and roared in tribute to racing great and design superstar Carroll Shelby, who died May 10 at age 89.... Read More »

 

KEITH CRAIN

I'm going to miss that guy

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 21, 2012
I didn't get a chance to see Carroll Shelby as much as I would have liked, but I sure enjoyed our conversations. I'd pick up the phone and hear that distinctive Texas drawl of Carroll's, "Keith, how are ya?" Carroll, who died May 10, loved to gossip, and he always had some nugget that made me laugh Keith Crain is editor-in-chief of Automotive News.... Read More »