If you hear Carroll Shelby‘s name mentioned in performance circles, it’s likely to be associated with Ford. After all, in the minds of legions of fans, the world-famous tuner is synonymous with legends like the 427 Cobra and the GT350. But by the late 1980s, Shelby had moved on and was deep into a run of working on Dodge performance cars. His tuning arm was trying to prove that these little turbo-four-cylinder cars could be far quicker and more entertaining than their economy-car roots might suggest.
