More than 30 per cent...
More than 30 per cent of drivers travelling in France get lost according to a recent survey carried out by Michelin. Ten per cent spend more than one hour hunting for their destination or the correct route and surprisingly, half of the motorists crossing the Channel had not actually purchased a map before leaving Britain!
He entered several competitions...
He entered several competitions, often racing in his stripey farmer"s boiler suit as he"d come straight from work. And those stripes appeared later on the Cobra 427. By 1954, Shelby was one of the world"s most promising drivers, and set 70 land-speed records in an Austin-Healey. But a serious heart condition, diagnosed when he was 36, forced Shelby to give up racing - and he got involved in car development. In 1961, he mailed a proposal to AC Cars of Thames Ditton, Surrey, suggesting it fit a small-block Ford V8 into the Ace - and four years later, the Shelby Cobra 427 was born. Shelby has been involved with performance Fords ever since...