1998 Shelby Series 1 Exclusive First Test (Motor Trend)
"Exclusive First Test: Shelby Series 1", Motor Trend, November 1998.
The Most Significant Car Carroll Has Ever Produced.
Wait a minute. “The most significant car Carroll has ever produced?” How dare we claim that?! How can we even begin to compare this modern-day concoction to Shelby’s own LeMans-winning, Ferrari-ass-kickingCobra? My God, the Cobra is not only the ultimate American musclecar, it’s world renowned as one of the greatest automotive icons of all time.
That’s all true, but consider the following as a “why” the Series 1 is Carroll’s most newsworthy effort yet: The Series 1 is the first car the legendary snake-charmer has ever created from the ground up. Yep, that’s right. The very first machine that’s pure Shelby from top to bottom and (in spirit, if not exactly literally) inside and out. It’s the embodiment of everything the great Shel’ has learned about cars in his 75 years …
