Carroll Shelby Engine Company

KevinW · #1 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 12:43 PM

.... maybe its because Im English, but

.... WTF? ..... Who cares?

eh???!!!

If it wasnt built in Thames Ditton and shipped and fitted out at SA in the 60s, then its a 427 S/C replica.

But a good lookin' car is a good ;lookin' car. we all tick that box.

......... did i miss anything out?

ah yeah i did. if i had the cash id buy a car from uncle shelb with an engine tag to match all clothed in an ali body.

but im still thinking.... WTF ? WTF? WTF?

Gunner · #2 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by KevinW

... WTF? ..... Who cares?

REAL1 cares. A lot. So much that he brings it up in every thread where he can edge the topic in. And chose his user name to suit. And has a huge sig expounding his philosophy. And owns about $300k in "Shelby" rolling stock, none of it built before 2005 or so.

The rest of us? Not so much.

I agree that the last REAL CSX was built a long, long time ago in a country... well, near to you but far away from us. Those cars continue to appreciate at hellacious levels (*sob*). All of the replicas, from Leno's hand-built one to the crummiest junk-era Classic or FF... we'll see. "In the fullness of time," if not in being full of... well, something.

patrickt · #3 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 02:23 PM

If my exact same engine builder built the exact same FE that I have now, using the exact same parts, and the exact same tools, and to the exact same specifications, but did so under the auspices of it being a true Shelby engine, then I think it would probably be worth a little bit more both now and when CS passes on. Not a tremendous amount though -- probably not as much as most of lost today in the stock market.