I heard he could talk birds out of tree and women out of their panties, two skills I have tried but certainly did not have the skill set he had. Imagine if he didn't B/S his way into Ford to get an engine or two and charm AC Cars out out of a car, none of us would be on the forum and talking about the bits and pieces of Shelby history. I don't see the Yenko forum having this much discussion (if it even exists) or the Motion Performance or Nickey Chevrolet, all great cars in their own right, but Shelby was able to capture lightening in a bottle, package it and sell it.
God bless that old chicken farming, snake oil salesman, race car driving, Texan, without him we wouldn't have such great cars, amazing stories and fond memories. Heroes' always die but legends live forever, to me Shelby is a legend.
I think I'll take the car out for a ride this evening