Carroll Shelby is one of the most iconic names in the world of fast American cars. Born in East Texas in 1923, Shelby was an accomplished racing driver, piloting Ferraris and Maseratis in competition.

Say hello to the fastest American muscle car of the 1960s. It's fair to say that basically every year of the Shelby Cobra was pretty quick and most of the years would land somewhere on this list.

So when his good friend Lee Iacocca saved Chrysler from bankruptcy in the early '80s, he convinced Shelby to come out of retirement and help him build some mighty fast cars. Shelby agreed ...

Ford Motor Company built precisely zero Shelby GT500s in 1970, or even for the 1970 model year. All the coveted cobra-badged pony cars marketed for the last year of the classic Shelby Mustang ...