Carroll Shelby Ford Cobra Jacket

Carroll Shelby was an interesting person, throughout his life he accomplished allot as an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur. Shelby is best known for starting the AC Cobra and Mustang dynasty (later known as Shelby Mustangs) for Ford Motor Company, which he modified during the late-1960 and early-2000. He established Shelby American Inc. in 1962 to manufacture and market performance vehicles, as well as Carroll Shelby Licensing in 1988 which grew into Carroll Shelby International.

The Shelby Mustang is a high performance variant of the Ford Mustang which was built by Shelby American from 1965 to 1968, and from 1969 to 1970 by Ford. Following the introduction of the fifth generation Ford Mustang in 2005, the Shelby nameplate was revived as a new high-performance model, this time designed and built by Ford. The Carroll Shelby factory and museum is located her in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Presented here is an actual Shelby jacket from a former employee at the Las Vegas location. The black coat has special silver embroidery featuring the Shelby name throughout as well as a facsimile autograph on the back. It’s a Shelby licensed product and is a [size] L. Shows mild wear overall.