shelby crew members...

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Hi there, I am a new member to this forum. I thought I would share some information to you guys about my relatives...

My two uncles were both crew membes on the Shelby team back in the 60's. My first uncle is Charlie Agapiou. He was SAI Crew Chief for the Shelby Team. He actually was working for Ken Miles before as a mechanic when he had a shop in Hollywood. My uncle went with him to Shelby. They were very good friends. You can read more about him in the first few pages of "Remembering the Shelby Years" and other Shelby related books. He also still has all of his original Shelby attire. Currently, he owns a Rolls Royce service/dealer in Beverly Hills, CA.

My other uncle Kerry Agapiou was also a crew member, but not written up too much in the books and wasn't with Shelby as long as Charlie. Kerry now transports cars for Ferrari to the challenge races. He is also in possession of a Ford J car "prototype." This car was developed, but never raced/tested. He is in the process of rebuilding it to exact specs and has all of the original equipment for it. I will attach a photo. I do appologize for the small pic. I have digital SLR camera that takes prof. pics, but the post would not allow anything bigger than this. (Hopefully the pic shows up...if not, I will try again).

My dad was not with Shelby, but was exposed to it due to his brothers. His best man was Bill Eaton funny enough. He also had the opportunity to buy an original cobra for $1700 due to a collision. By the time my uncle Charlie told my dad about it, they had sold it already. How convenient.

Anyhow, I thought this would be a great place to post some historic info so it can be appreciated. I tried posting a small block tech question too, but haven't had any replies yet. Hopefully someone will be of some help.

Respectfull,
Damon