{"id":12518,"date":"2015-10-26T22:08:41","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T22:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-10-26\/flexing-american-muscle\/"},"modified":"2015-10-27T17:18:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T17:18:34","slug":"flexing-american-muscle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2015-10-26\/flexing-american-muscle\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexing American Muscle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text]Shelby is American muscle. Shelby American, a division of Carroll Shelby International,\u00a0was founded by Carroll Shelby, an U.S.\u00a0race car driver who won the\u00a024 Hours of\u00a0Le Mans. According to Shelbyamerican.com, the company was established in 1962 and builds authentic continuation Cobras and 289 street car component vehicles. 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