Shelby Mustang: Racer for the Street - Softcover

Leffingwell, Randy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0760339457 ISBN 13: 9780760339459

Publisher: Motorbooks, 2011

Synopsis

When Ford wanted to add some spice to its new Mustang pony car in the mid-1960s, it turned to the talented, colorful, and opinionated Texan Carroll Shelby, who was then building the high-performance, Ford-powered Cobra racing sports car. The result: the Shelby Mustang GT350, perhaps the definitive performance Mustang of the muscle car era. Ford released its newest Mustang in 2005, the first truly all-new Mustang since 1979, returning the model to the spotlight. The most-talked-about versions of the new Mustang have been those with the Shelby name. Shelby himself was directly involved in defining what is the most powerful factory-produced Mustang ever. This up-to-the-minute history from award-winning authors Randy Leffingwell and David Newhardt traces the Shelby Mustang story from the early Shelby American cars built in a converted airplane hangar in Southern California to the 2010 version of the new Shelby Mustang.

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Review:

An excellent read, with David Newhardt's photography just as terrific as ever. --American Car, May 2011

"Superbly illustrated and absolutely packed with info"
--Classic Ford, June 2011

"Lovingly written and you receive a sense of the author's fascination for the [Shelby Mustang]. The photography is exquisite." --Hull Daily Mail, May 2011

Lovingly written and you receive a sense of the author's fascination for the model. The photography is exquisite.
--Scunthorpe Telegraph, June 2011

Leffingwell has managed to squeeze an informative and entertaining history of the man and his Mustangs into 186 pages, together with hundreds of gorgeous pictures. --Classic American, December 2011

About the Author:

Randy Leffingwell has blended his fascination with all things mechanical and his gift for writing to create several best-selling, award-winning books including Corvette: Fifty Years, Mustang: Forty Years, Porsche 911: Perfection by Design, and many others. He lives in Santa Barbara, California. Acclaimed photographer and frequent Leffingwell collaborator David Newhardt lives in Pasadena, California. His work includes writing and photography for books, such as Mustang: 1964½ 1973 and Firebird Trans Am, and photography for GTO: Pontiac's Great One and many other Motorbooks titles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Motorbooks
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0760339457
• ISBN 13: 9780760339459
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192