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IN LATE '65 I TRADED MY FALCON SPRINT FOR MY FIRST COBRA. SILVER/ RED. HATED THE COLOR REDID IT RED/ BLACK. THANKS TO CAL I MAY FIND IT. ANYWAY, SOLD IT, REALIZED A MISTAKE, ORDERED A NEW '67GT500, NOT QUITE THE SAME. CARROLL HAD ME HOOKED. ENTER CSX2192, WEBERS ET. ALL. THEN IN '68 WANTED A HOUSE. HERES WHERE THE REAL THANKS COMES IN. SOLD BOTH CARS FOR WHAT WAS THEN ALOT OF MONEY. THOSE TWO CARS GAVE ME A START, PLUS ENOUGH FOND MEMORIES, TO KEEP THE SHELBY SPIRIT ALIVE. KIDS NOW GROWN UP AND STILL RELIVING THE MEMORIES. HAVE SINCE HAD ANOTHER '67 GT500, A '69 GT350, A GREAT ERA, AND CURRENTLY A '66GT350. THE OWNER OF THE FIRST GT 500 IS NOW A CLOSE FRIEND, THE NEW OWNER OF CSX2192 I MET RECENTLY AT SEARS POINT (INFINION), AND THAT MAY BE IN THE DISTANT FUTURE, PROABABLY WITHOUT THE WIFE OF 32YRS!!?. BUT THE REAL THANKS TO CARROLL IS FOR ALL THE GOOD MEMORIES , GREAT STORIES TO SHARE, AND THE GREAT FRIENDS HE HAS PUT US ALL TOGETHER WITH. THE CARS ARE GREAT, BUT THAT WAS /IS ONLY THE TIP OF WHAT HIS LEGACY HAS DONE FOR ME.
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