Just back from the trip.
Went to the Shelby American factory in Vegas and saw those beasts being built.
And the museum, including Carroll's first Cobra which they allegedly refused a USD$26m offer last year. Business must be ok if you don't want that $$.
Also test drove a few of the soon-to-be-released-in-Australia Mustangs at a dealership in Vegas we arranged through some contacts. Thanks to Gaudin Ford and especially AJ for taking the time with us. (A shout out for the Stateside guys to mention we recommend them if you're in the area!)
We drove the GT and the EccoBoost. Obviously we preferred the V8, but the 4cyl turbo was quite impressive. We drove convertibles because there is no way an adult can fit his head even close to upright in the coupe!
We didn't get to Backdraft in Miami, Dave, but we did hire a couple of late model 'Stangs (convertibles) for a fang down to Key a West which was fantastic.
We saw a gold Lamborghini in Miami. Vinyl wrapped obviously. The guy was all of about 25yo, parked for free, drank free, up and down the beach strip all night. The car attracted the passers-by which was good for business apparently. Don't know that it is a good business model though - a lot of investment and embarrassment really just for free drinks :-)
Then off to Cuba and all those pre-1959 revolution mostly-American cars.
Finally Mexico, where the only car related thing we did was hire golf buggies on Isla Mujeres. We found a drive through bottle shop just for golf carts! A six pack of coldies for 80 pesos or about $1.30 a can! Driving on the RHS was even more interesting after that :-)