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SHELBY

ROYALTY It’s no secret Carroll Shelby loved horsepower.

Performance was his business and, in the pursuit
of performance, the team at Shelby Automotive

avenues of technology. Always with an eye on
THE 1968 SHELBY explored some truly innovative and often prescient
tomorrow, Shelby – building on his European
GT500 EFI PROTOTYPE racing successes – sought to leverage every avenue
of technology to maintain his front-row position.
The rare 1968 GT500 EFI prototype presented at the
2021 Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale is a such
an example.

The Shelby team experimented broadly with
superchargers, independent rear suspension
and other technologies that coaxed speed and
built performance. One of those technologies
truly stood out: The most advanced electronic
fuel-injection unit – a multi-port-style setup

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