Anti-Carroll Shelby???

[Keith Lyles]

I don't intend to bash Shelby but it's all a matter of who's "Cow is being Gored". I own two Shelby mustangs and recently purchased a SPF. The real friction occurs when money is at stake. Nobody ever imaged Cobras or Shelby mustangs would ever amount to anything but another hot rod. Even after sucess on the track, no one really care whether these cars live or died less more who was responsible for their sucess. The Cobra only lives because a dedicated set of hard core enthusiasts/collectors kept the legend alive. Now that the legend has transcended time and is living in the form of the replica/kit industry it doesn't seem fair. Why ?? Because there is money involved. Some may say BS but I don't see Carroll going after people who modify their mustangs to look like R models or street Shelbys with the same amount of vigor. How many Shelby clones are on Ebay today fetching big bucks!! If someone started a business called "Clones are Us" how long before blood sucking lawyers are at the door seeking copyright infrigements. Again it depends on "whose cow". For the final straw, how about the GT500E with its $125k price tag. Ask any 65-70 Shelby owner how this "bag of bolts" ever commanded such a whopping price tag and is worth more than the originals. Should Shelby owners file suit that the 500E is a replica since the 67 Shelby mustang has been out of production for 36 years. Wait I forgot; these are continuation cars that were assigned but never built and Carroll Shelby is giving everybody a second chance to own an original. So you see it really see " It depends on whose cow is being gored". Let the flames begin.