Mercedes 300 SL “Gull Wing” - So Cool!
money, and built by precision machines to go as fast as you want, for as long as you want, are of no interest to me. Today, planes fly around the globe, and the passengers don’t even dress for the occasion. Ships sail all over the globe, and the only things that catch the attention of potential passengers are the ships wave pool and theatre!
Carroll Shelby, and those wins helped Ford sell countless 1966 Mustangs. And most everyone has heard of the insanely powerful Shelby Cobra. Incidentally,
In the golden era of motor racing, the breakthroughs on the track were worldwide news. I remember when I was a young boy every year everyone would listen in to the Indy 500 to hear what was going to happen. Would it be Parnelli Jones, A.J. Foyt, Al Unser, Mario Andretti, or Jim Clark and Team Lotus? It wasn’t about advertising dishwashing soap, or film, or chicken, or whatever someone was willing to plaster all over their car, it was about man and machine. Of course the major manufacturers or “Marques” would get in on the game and pour resources into winning the big events. A win at Le Mans would mean big sales for the companies’ cars and the public ate it up! Any true race fan can recall the year the Americans broke Ferrari’s lock on Le Mans when Ford’s GT40 cars placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Or in 1967 when Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt came in 1st and 2nd at Le Mans in the GT40 -- again. The GT40, car constructor from Texas www.willametteliving.com
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