what do you mean looked down on? Would he have said it is a shit car, no. would he have gave his blessing moving away from the live axle setup? IDK, but since he had plenty of time to move away from it and never did i would say it would not have his blessing as the car with his name on it. He definitely had the knowledge and said the 5.4L was the best american engineered engine IDK what would have happened. he would have been pleased with the cars coming out of Shelby American but his true gt500 would have been a live axle 5.4L.