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The SHELBY AMERICAN
266 Fall 2015
Brian Styles couldn’t resist buying these Scooby-Doo Cobras when he saw them
in a duty-free shop at the Billund Airport in Denmark. We’re not sure if they
are available over here but if they are none of our eagle eye detectives have
made us aware of it.
Think this portable jump starter/
power pack will start a 427 Cobra
S/C’s dead Rebat batteries? Don’t
count on it. We’re guessing that after
seeing this at Best Buy, Don Johnston
has one in his garage now. Sometimes
you just can’t help yourself when you
see that “Cobra” name.
Johnston forwarded another sighting,
a Rolex ad with a ‘66 GT350 at –
where else? – the Monterey Motor-
sports Reunion. The white #55 car,
6S169, was formerly owned by one-
time SAAC Board of Director Wes
“Balloonfoot” Burmark. It is pictured
being driven by Christie Edelbrock but
we have been informed by the ‘65-‘66
Registrar that the car has since been
sold. We could not help but note that
this is one a flurry of submissions sent
by Johnston for this issue. Do we de-
tect a potential eagle eye brawler get-
ting ready to make a grand entrance
into the ring? This is the way it begins,
sportsfans. It’s a good start but does he
have a strong follow-through? He’s got
nuts the size of Macadamias.
A screen grab from the Ford video on the design of the [
then
] new 2012 Mus-
tang shows a pair of designers at a desktop workstation with a copy of SAAC
member Greg Kolasa’s book, “The Definitive Shelby Mustang Guide 1965-
1970.” If the boss happens to walk by they can certainly say it is work-related.
That will probably fly at Ford but it may not work if your workstation is at a
business unrelated to automobiles.
The illustration at the left is being
used by Mazda Raceway on their press
releases. The racers represent the
major events at the track this year:
motorcycles, GTP endurance cars and
vintage racers – the Shelby was cho-
sen due to the 50th Anniversary do-
ings. A closer look at the illustration
shows the pedestrian bridges at Can-
nery Row.