gearheads and monkeywrenches

coolerthanbefore:

Carroll Shelby always aspired to cross the pulch­ritude of nimble, European sports cars with the straight line power and muscle of American hot rods.

So, in 1959 Shelby bought three Corvettes from Chevrolet, shipped them to Italy where Señor Scaglietti clothed the proven and strong Chevrolet power­train and Chassis on a truly beautiful piece of typically subtle coach work.

The cars that returned were, as you can see, incredibly lovely to look at, and appar­ently worked well too. According to insider sources so threatened by the power and the glory of Shelby’s brainchild was Enzo Ferrari — he threatened to pull Ferrari’s business from Scaglietti if the collab­or­ation continued.

Industry politics aside, we think you’ll agree this car is blessed with something elusive and rare — feminine grace concealing the full force of Detroit testosterone.

Gorgeous.