[Joe Rutledge]

Just a minor point on the book. Wally wrote one of the first books on the Shelby cars in the early 70's. His background was more on the journalist side than automotive. No disrespect intended, he worked very hard on the book, but there are some inaccuracy's in it. I remember that while he was writing it, he interviewed a lot of people from the early SAAC club (such as Rick Kopec) and was pointed to "expert" individuals for the various years. "Expert" individuals did not necessarily mean factory people, they could also just be knowledgable enthusiasts. One of them being my brother for some of the input on the GT500 cars. The conversations were over the phone so it would be easy to make mistakes. Also, early on in the club there was a real focus on the early Shelby cars (especially small block Cobras and 65 GT-350's). I remember Rick's point to my brother was to try to make sure discussions were accurate, as once it is "written" it becomes "fact". So I would use the book as an information source, but not necessarily a bible.