02-03-2008, 08:08 AM
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Palm Coast,
FL
Cobra Make, Engine: Shelby American CSX 4241 - authentically built
Posts: 2,573
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I support going out and driving my car that I love.
From an UNBIAS outlook, I have to say this...
Carroll is doing what he feels he needs to do, to go forth with HIS company. And being the man in charge, if he wants his own club, he wants his own club. I can't argue with that, it's his right to want a club for his cars within his own business. And let's face it... if there never was a SAAC, and Team Shelby started up, it'd be the greatest thing since sliced bread.
However, since there is a SAAC, and it's been around for 30-35 years, my opinion IS bias. I support SAAC. And that's because of how Carroll and Shelby are going about this situation, is just an open hand slap in the face to all car enthusiasts and clubs that support them.
I've said it many times before. Carroll is an icon, and a staple of American automotive history. That will never change. And I will ALWAYS hold Carroll on that level for creating these cars. You cannot take that away from him. But that was 40 years ago. He says that he doesn't want his legacy going down under SAACs fingerprints. That's the BEST thing that could happen to him. Because Carroll himself is tarnishing his own legacy, and in the end, he's destroying himself.
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Sal Mennella
CSX 4241, KMP 357 - sold and missed, CSX 4819 - cancelled, FFR 5132 - sold
See my car at CSXinfo.net here >> CSX 4241
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