Shelby ties in stronger with Mid-America show

[Juggernaut]

But with CS now involved, will Cobra replicas and Mustang clones still be able to participate?

Stayed tuned..................................

[bdeutsch]

First public appearance of the Shelby GT 500KR outside New York

Attended the LA Auto Show a couple weeks ago and am quite certain that they had a Shelby GT 500KR on display.

Did anybody else attend and see it, or is old age catching-up with my memory?

Bob

[Historybuff]

The trouble with the LA show is that they invite the journalists and then
don't always have the cars there yet that the journalists are supposed to see, so somehow I missed it but I heard from someone else it was there. I also missed the BULLITT car but was impressed that Ford is saying it will go 150 mph, when once that was only an "exotic car" speed. I remember the first time they had the BULLITT car they had Steve McQueen's son and Steve McQueen's first wife there for a nice historical tie-in.

I would have liked to see the KR to see if it was a prototype or if there will be changes before production as there was with the GT500.

[bdeutsch]

As kind of a boys treat for me and my two adult sons (who live in Santa Monica area), for the last three years we have attended something called LA Auto Show Preview Night. This occurs the Thursday night before show opens to public; tickets proceeds are used to fund local charity. Essentially you get the run of the show for about 4-hours with a limited number of folks.

Anyway, they did have the Bullit car there as well as the KR...nice to know I was not imagining things.

Car I fell in love with though was the new Maserati Granturismo. Although I have not been a big fan of Maserati of late, this one was spot on gorgeous...wonder if they solved some of their historic reliability problems...

Bob

[427sharpe]

Perhaps a way to cut SAAC even further? Go to the individual clubs/events and let the old one lather it on....try to get them to join TS and leave SAAC?