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...
Outdated accident recovery...
Outdated accident recovery procedures are causing unnecessary jams on motorways, claims the Road Haulage Association (RHA). A number of salvage firms across the country have specialist heavy-lifting gear to clear crashed lorries fast. But under current rules, police have to call recovery companies to incidents on a rota basis, whether they have this equipment or not. An RHA spokesman explained: "The best tools for the job aren"t always used, so motorists suffer."