Clyde,
I was a member of Shelby American Automobile Club (SAAC) for a while.
Picture included, but only Clyde will get it per List text only rules.
This was the car enthusiast organization, not the "Watch the Auctions"
crowd, and they loved the cars.
I guess that an offer of $500,000 just might tempt me, however.
Shelby doesn't like them, as they don't pay him to honor his cars!
The purpose of this note is to recognize those owners who do care for
their cars. Carroll signed my firewall at a Woodley Park British Car
Day, and without any monetary consideration or donation. I should have
asked Jay Leno for his, but he offered a tour of his collection, which
was great.
Steve
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Steve Laifman
Editor - TigersUnited.com
<http://www.TigersUnited.com>
Clyde McLaughlin wrote:
> Hi Listers, having noted some varying opinions about Ole Carroll, yes he
> sure new how to make money, few did in the fifties and sixties.. They used to
> say the way to a small forture in racing was to start with a big one..But now
> with Nascar I guess that's not all true..anyway, I used to have an early
> GT350 in the 70's when the shelby club first started, most members were do it
> yourselfers and the car were very personalized, if you went to a show you
> didn't see 50 cars all alike, and you did not need tobe a millionaire to
> partake in club activeties, having recently bought my third Tiger I rejoined
> the club at a great price and then noted they did away with the news letter
> and magizine, and the price to attend the last nation meet was to much for
> me, I did not renew my membership, enough said...but the reason for this
> note was to mention an exibit at the Saratoga Auto Museum in NY, that
> featured Shelby, the Ford Connection, this was written up in Autoweek, jan
> 31, 2005...Tiger's were given mention and my car when owned by George Izett
> was on display..So I guess we can all decide as has been mentioned
> before...but I must say the Tiger group seems to be much more connected to
> their cars than the newer Cobra/Shelby owners who are all about value,
> investment etc. I hope the value holds, Clyde MK1A
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