He approached then-president Lee Iacocca with the proposition that ... Fittingly, Part 1 centers on the man for which that car is named: Carroll Shelby. Chock full of great archival footage ...

In 1970, Ford ended its partnership with Shelby, and the man would remain mostly quiet in the automotive industry until the 1980s, when Lee Iacocca approached Carroll about building high ...

Sperlich, who helped bring Carroll Shelby and Ford together ... Sperlich knew that his and Iacocca’s time at Ford was limited. “I was aggressive and pushing; Lee was aggressive and pushing ...