>There were 3 cars made. One was totalled, James has one, and the
other was
>only a body shell, which James also owns.
>
>You must be thinking of some other car. Here's a picture of it:
>http://ponycar.net/wasaac/CanAM_small.jpg or
>http://ponycar.net/wasaac/CanAM_large.jpg
>
>The car was a victim of bad timing so that's why Shelby never made
more than
>3 of them:
>
>"In Can-Am racing the era of down force, big blocks and mega horse
power was
>just starting. Terry had designed his car around small blocks (a Ford
Indy
>V-8 was to have been fitted eventually) slip through the air body
shapes,
>and keeping everything as lightweight as possible."
>
>This quote is from an article on the Shelby CanAm:
>http://www.victorylane.com/Dec97_Can_Am.html
Well color me ignorant. I had no idea that Shelby made a real Can-Am
car. The one I was talking about was the ultra-lame
abortion^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H spec car that was foisted on the club about
10 years ago. It went by exactly the same name hence the confusion.
Paul Foster
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