NEWS: Amy Boylan out, John Luft in at Shelby American

[Excaliber]

I thought Amy was "President" of the company? All though I'm a little fuzzy on what a "president" actually does... It's not clear to me that Luft has acquired that position. Perhaps they won't fill that position, or they are looking to in the near future? Luft's specialty is marketing, that primarily is what his whole career has been about. As a specialist in marketing he would be a good fit with the new emphasis being on the "parts" division. I suspect there is more money and a longer future in selling "up-grade kits" with a Shelby name than there is in selling GT-350's or Super Snakes (espcially in view of the current financial mess were in).

There are some models that Shelby modifies "post purchase" but I'm pretty sure the new GT-350 is an all out Shelby product and you buy it that way. Just like you would buy a Saleen, right off the show room floor.

[Ron61]

Did any of you read the article in the June issue of Hot Rod Magazine about the 1967 Shelby Mustang Recreations that will be coming out. Price starts at $119K and goes up to $200K if the article is correct. He is having some company build them for him and they were talking about the success he had with the old Cobras that he had built from frames and parts he had in storage. From the picture it looked as if they had taken a 1967 Mustang and added the Shelby stuff to it, plus they have replaced the engine with a new one like the GT-500s have in them. But this shouldn't be quite the same as the trying to pass off those Cobras as 1965s since the Mustangs are real and were registered as 1967s.

Ron

[kayakjack]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Did any of you read the article in the June issue of Hot Rod Magazine about the 1967 Shelby Mustang Recreations that will be coming out. Price starts at $119K and goes up to $200K if the article is correct. He is having some company build them for him and they were talking about the success he had with the old Cobras that he had built from frames and parts he had in storage. From the picture it looked as if they had taken a 1967 Mustang and added the Shelby stuff to it, plus they have replaced the engine with a new one like the GT-500s have in them. But this shouldn't be quite the same as the trying to pass off those Cobras as 1965s since the Mustangs are real and were registered as 1967s.

Ron

This sounds like the licensing deal they did a couple of years ago with the Texas company to do "Eleanors". As I recall customers put up $. Didn't get cars. I think the Texas company went TU. People got sued. I don't remember it all.

Jack

[Woodz428]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Did any of you read the article in the June issue of Hot Rod Magazine about the 1967 Shelby Mustang Recreations that will be coming out. Price starts at $119K and goes up to $200K if the article is correct. He is having some company build them for him and they were talking about the success he had with the old Cobras that he had built from frames and parts he had in storage. From the picture it looked as if they had taken a 1967 Mustang and added the Shelby stuff to it, plus they have replaced the engine with a new one like the GT-500s have in them. But this shouldn't be quite the same as the trying to pass off those Cobras as 1965s since the Mustangs are real and were registered as 1967s.

Ron

Are they real or are they new Dynacorn bodies with "real" titles. Or, with Ford's assets, are they allowed to make new ones and title them as whatever? Maybe Ford had some old serial #'s they never used ,LOL.