John Saia, 67, a former technical training manager for Toyota from Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., on his 1966 Shelby Ford Mustang G.T. 350, as told to A.J. Baime.
I first saw a Shelby Cobra in about 1963, at a car race in Hershey, Pa. A couple years later, at that same race, I saw a Shelby G.T. 350—the very first Shelby Mustang. I guess you could call it a life-defining moment. Soon after, I bought my first Shelby G.T. 350, and for over...