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Shelby gallery at Toronto Autoshow

February 12, 2010

As a kid, the thing I remember more than anything about going to the Toronto Autoshow was checking out all of the race cars that were inevitably on display. For more than a few years, cars of interest to a kid that is into racing have been sadly sparce. This year though, the Canadian International [...]

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Images from the 1965 Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport

February 3, 2010

While searching for a photo to accompany Leighton’s story about the early days of race control, I came across this great set of black and whites from the Canadian Grand Prix on September 25, 1965. These shots, added to the CMSHG galleries by Rob North, are actually scanned from a contact sheet. I love the [...]

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Shelby related quote of the day

January 27, 2010

“When you write the serial number in pencil you can do pretty much anything you want”
George Daszkowski on the provenance of some of the Shelby/Comstock race cars we’ve been discussing today.

Photo courtesy of Fotki user Kurzheck

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Comstock and the Shelby connection

January 27, 2010

As our regular readers know, there was a bit of a kaffuffle (is that a word?) raised when the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame announced that Carroll Shelby would be inducted into a new International category. Out of that induction has come some great conversations about the history of Shelby American and their involvement with [...]

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Happy Canada Day!

July 1, 2009
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