Hey guys. I don't want to restart the thread about "diluting the breed" so please don't turn this into a discussion. I just thought you may want to see the reply I sent to the "simpleton" who wrote it, which he did not have the stones to answer:
I saw your post on the SDML and if there is a simpleton it is you. At best you are pathetically uninformed about Carroll Shelby and his cars. Both of my Dodge-based SHELBYS were produced in his facility, have MSO's listing Shelby Automobiles as the point of origin, and are titled and registered as Shelbys.That is more than can be said for the numerical majority of Ford-based Shelbys as Carroll was so sick of the politics at Ford that he closed shop after the 1967 run and all of the cars after that were produced by Ford in Dearborn. Carroll was on safari in Africa. You must be one of those guys who mistakenly beleives that Ford had anything to do with the success of the Cobra or Shelby Mustang. Ford wasn't even Shelby's first choice as an engine supplier. He first approached Chevrolet but they were not interested in helping to build a Vette killer. He knew that MOPAR had no interest in road racing (they were too busy dominating NASCAR and drag racing) so he went to Ford. Ford had nothing to do with the Cobra. Every bit of the development was done by Shelby's team without any input from Ford. As for the Mustang, it was known as a "secretary's car" and had absolutely no performance image. Apparantly the Ford guys couldn't come up with a way to change that so they begged Shelby for help and thus the "Shelby Mustang" began the Mustang legend that the "Ford Mustang" couldn't. All that aside, a "Shelby" is any car that Carroll Shelby chooses to put his name on, and they are all special cars. If you ever have the chance to meet Carroll you may want to keep quiet. If you spout the kind of garbage you did in your post you probably will not like much of what he has to say in return. Steve Shock SDAC Membership Coordinator 1986-1991 -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
