Bob Palmer wrote:
> ............................................These 260 engines were specially
> prepared by Carroll Shelby and later a confidential settlement was made
> between Shelby and Rootes. I have come to believe that Shelby, at the very
> least, didn't put his best efforts into building these engines and most
> probably saw to it that they wouldn't last the race. It is easy to see that
> any success of the Tigers, built by Jensen instead of by Shelby American in
> the USA, would only detract from Shelby's Cobras. Of course, this is only
> pure speculation and those that may know the truth are sworn to
> secrecy............................
>
Bob:
Exactly my theory too. What are the odds that
those two 260 engines supplied to Rootes, supposedly "race prepared" by Shelby,
many other thousands of which were used and sold by Ford, and many used
successfully for racing, would both blow up in the same race? And didn't one or
two of the other motors Shelby supplied for those cars also have pre-race
problems and have to be replaced, the day before the race, with the motor(s)
that blew up? I might have been born on a turnip cart (or, I might not have
been), but something smells fishy there!
Steve Sage
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