Several weeks ago at the Monterey Historics I spoke with one of the more
cooperative Shelby American employees at their booth. (Probably talked nice
'cause I bought a "snake" shirt.) We discussed cars briefly and I mentioned
to him that I have a 65 Tiger. He said they have one (Tiger) on display in
thier showroom which apparently belongs to an 'ol freind of 'ol Shel. It
apparently is for display only and not for sale. Will have to check it out
next time I am in Lost Wages, which could be a couple of weeks depending on
when my rep heads out that way.
BTW, the Historics as Laguna Seca were GREAT and the Pebble Beach Concours
was good but WAY too crowded. Interestingly enough, I have been trying to
drag my wife to these things for years. One of her clients races historics,
so she HAD to go. Well, to my good (or, bad, depending on how you look at
it,) fortune, she is now hooked on racing, especially historics, and now
wants to take the Bondurant Driving School so that she can Vintage Race!
Wow-wee! Damn, I always wanted to drive myself, but now I guess I will be
the pit crew!
Regards,
AC
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-tigers@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Chris Mottram
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 11:08 AM
To: Tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: More Shelby Lore
I was just watching "Car Crazy" on Speedvision. They
were interviewiong Carrol Shelby and his English wife,
Chloe.
Apparently Chloe was always a "car guy" and when she
turned 17 she got an E-type Jag. One day she was
traveling at a high rate of speed and she was being
follwed by an Alpine that she could not shake. When
she finally stopped, the driver of the Alpine
explained that it was a Tiger and was powered by an
American V-8 ala Carrol Shelby. This was the first
time she had ever heard of him. Yadda, Yadda, Yadda,
now they're married.
Maybe that's why Carrol still holds onto his Tiger.
Chris
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