Carroll Shelby Tribute thread. Be a part of it.

[KZJim]

My first taste of Shelby American was my brothers '66 GT350 H model. My first ride in it scared the hell out of me.. I was hooked! Later I was at local tracks watching SCCA regional racing in the mid to late '70's, the first Cobra I saw in person was a racer by the name of Dick Workman, at Portland IR.. Awsome to watch the 2 935 Porsches' move over to let him roar by down the main straight. I now am in the process of building a replica... it's gonna be a fun ride..

[CSX 4039]

As a physician, I often see people who are couch potatoes who spent their days watching reruns on TV, sucking up the taxpayer's entitlement money, and not helping make this a better country, better world, or, even helping their own families in any way. Then, these folks, who as a result of not taking care of themselves, end up needing an unbelievable, (and unbelievably expensive) medically miraculously procedure to stay alive and well.
Then, to my dismay, instead of being grateful for the life extension they have been given, and begin to give back to the society that paid for their life saving procedure by helping others, return to their self-centered, greedy society draining ways.
You, on the other hand, have made the most of the additional life you have been granted, and that is why, I feel, you have had such a long life, in the face of odds greater than even beating Ferrari in the 1960's. It is folks like you, who do not take what we do for granted that make being a doctor an occasionally rewarding profession.
I built a model of your car in 1967, and thought it was the coolest looking car I had ever seen. Still do, and I'm glad and proud to say I own one.
Life long and prosper.

CSX 4039