Ed Cole and Harley Earl at GM were receptive to Shelby's ideas as early as 1956, but other factions (read Corvette) didn't want anything to do with another high-performance sports car. Carroll was ...

For my build, we chose an ice fishing rod (tis the season!). It started out as a 31-inch fiberglass “blank,” but in short order, we selected a reel seat, rod tip and guides to match.

Carroll's idea was to use basic hot rod technology; that is, mate a lightweight, good-handling European chassis with a powerful, dependable American drive train.