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Re: carroll shelby & Tigers

To: "Steve Laifman" <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>,
Subject: Re: carroll shelby & Tigers
From: "bob josten" <bobjosten@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 11:45:58 -0800
Hi Steve,
When I referred to the tiger as the 'Shelby Tiger' I was kidding around. 
There is a lot of nice buzz around all things Shelby presently but it is 
what it is.
Probably the first car salesman that called the tiger the 'poor man's cobra' 
got it right.

regards
Bob

> Bob,
>
> Carroll is very polite and friendly with Tiger owners,  and readily signs 
> the firewall at shows featuring Shelby cars. SoCal Shelby welcomes Tiger 
> owners as full members, and invites them to all shows.  Carroll appears at 
> many. NorCal does the same.  However, he does not have the pride of 
> "fatherhood" he had with the Cobra, and rightly so.  That was all his 
> doing (with due respect to AC for a nice chassis and a weak power train, 
> who NEEDED something more marketable.)  It was SOLD as 



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