Be careful what you ask for, you may get it. Ha! Ha! Mark
Allan Connell, Jr. wrote:
> 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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