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The SHELBY AMERICAN
262 Fall 2015
IT’S NOT PRETTY, THESE EAGLE EYES RASSLIN’ AROUND IN THE MUD, THE BLOOD AND THE BEER
This ad used a photo of an Exoto
diecast GT40 MK II to sell it’s Exoto
wristwatch, which it touts as a tribute
to LeMans 1966. The black MK II, a
representation of the car that Bruce
McLaren and Chris Amon drove to
first place ahead of Ken Miles and
Dennis Hulme, also in a MK II. Ken
Young saw the ad and immediately
alerted, and sent it to us. It was run in
a pre-holiday issue of whatever maga-
zine he tore it out of and was so pixi-
lated he neglected to let us know
where it came from. After receiving it
and losing track of it under a pile of
stuff on our desk, we just recently dis-
covered it. We wouldn’t want to leave
anyone with the impression that
Young was just getting around to
sending it to us eight months late. He
may be behind the curve, but not
that
far behind it.
To be honest, this four-way has
gone on a lot longer than we would
have imagined. Evidently none of
these four guys, having gotten a
meager taste of the notoriety this
column has provided them, want to
be the first one to throw in the
towel, whimper a pathetic, “
No
mas
” and slink out of the ring like
a whipped Basset hound. What are
they afraid of? That we would take
advantage of them by using this
space to insult and verbally abuse
them? Stigmatize or shame them?
Would we do that?
At some point every Cobra, GT40
and Shelby will be made into a
diecast model. However, that will
happen first with GT40s and Co-
bras due to their production num-
bers. 1968 cars will take a long, long
time. Jim Hutchinson spotted this
model of the Dan Gurney/Jerry
Grant 1966 Sebring MK II in a Cal-
ifornia Car Cover catalog. Only
$69.95. In five years you’ll wish you
had bought four of them!
Young spotted this typical Corvette
vs. Cobra showdown at the 1964
Riverside Hot Rod Championship
Drags in the September 2015 issue
of
Hot Rod
magazine. Sad to day, in
this case the ‘61 Corvette shut the
snake down.
The Cobra GT4 heavy duty power
electric 4WD mobility scooter was
spotted by Barranger. It is powered
by two 75AH batteries that provide
a range of 10 miles. We are left to
ponder if future SAAC conven-
tions. Will open track events be
conducted for graybeard members
with electric scooters? Pardee is
currently reviewing safety require-
ments for roll bars and seat belts.
Bob Barranger happened on this
miniature Ford GT at his local Dol-
lar store. It wasn’t that he really
needed it, but how often do you get
to say that you bought a Ford GT
for a dollar?
Barranger also found a Swarovski
silver crystal cobra designed by
Heinz Tabertshofer of Austria. Liv-
ing in the Austrian Tyrol provides
him with “
a constant source of en-
ergy and inspiration
.” Much like liv-
ing in Toms River, New Jersey does
for Barranger.