I wonder if it could have been Shelby Payback for not paying DeTomaso for the P-70's he was contracted to build and DeTomaso turning the P-70 into a Mangusta in reference to killing Cobra's.
Could have been a pissing contest sort of thing. Shelby was as underhanded as they came. Shelby ran away to Africa for 7 years to get away from people he owed money to and contracts he failed to fulfill.
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