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READY FOR THE BIG SCREEN

DOCUMENTARIES TO REVEAL THE FASCINATING STORIES OF
LITTLE RED AND GREEN HORNET SHELBY PROTOTYPES

IT’S THE STUFF CAR COLLECTORS AND AUTOMOTIVE HISTORIANS DREAM ABOUT. known to all through two new hour-long documentary

While a legendary Shelby prototype known as “Green films scheduled to be released March 18 on A+E
Hornet” was being meticulously restored in 2018 at Networks’ FYI channel and March 21 on the History
the behest of Barrett-Jackson Chairman and CEO Craig channel, and thereafter can be viewed on demand on
Jackson, the car’s owner, the team began a search for Barrett-Jackson’s YouTube channel. In addition, fans can
a second “experimental” car created by Ford Motor see behind-the-scenes footage and videos with more in-
Company and Shelby-American, known as “Little Red.” depth details of the two Shelbys on Barrett-Jackson.com.
Produced by Z Media and sponsored in part by
Though it was like looking for the proverbial needle
in a haystack, through careful research and not a small Shell and Pennzoil, the documentaries were filmed
amount of luck, Little Red – long thought by experts over a two-year period, with countless hours spent
to be lost to history and presumably destroyed – was interviewing people with firsthand knowledge of the
discovered in a rural North Texas field on March 3, 2018. cars or specific parts of the cars.
With the working titles “Little Red: Searching for the
“Finding Little Red was the discovery of a lifetime,” said
Jackson. “This Shelby prototype has been one of the most Lost Shelby” and “Green Hornet: The Restoration of a
sought-after and elusive vehicles in postwar history.” Muscle Car Classic,” the two documentaries will tell the
fascinating journey of discovery and bringing the cars
The painstakingly thorough and fully documented back to their original glory in what many consider to PROUD SPONSOR OF
restoration of the pair of pivotal developmental cars be among the greatest stories of American automotive
brought the duo back to life, and today they stand history ever told.
reborn as the only notchback coupes to ever wear the
Shelby nameplate. – Barbara Toombs
Now, the incredible stories of one of the most significant
finds in American car collector history, as well as the
meticulous restoration and research that went into
bringing both cars accurately back to life, will be made SET YOUR DVR OR WATCH LIVE!
PREMIERES MARCH 18 ON FYI, MARCH 21 ON THE HISTORY
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