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The SHELBY AMERICAN
Fall 2015 269
Doug Cresanta of Haskell, New Jersey is no stranger to this column. While
cruising around in Florida he spotted a couple of interesting wall murals. The
Shiny Bird Car Wash is located in Cocoa Beach. The artist didn’t get the
roofline silhouette just right, but we’re not complaining. There’s no question
it’s a ‘67 Shelby. Harbor Auto Restoration in Rockledge, Florida has a long
mural on it’s fence with a black ‘67 Shelby on it. It is amazing how this stuff
just keeps popping up. And what is more amazing is that it seems the same
people keep finding it and reporting it to us. That’s why they are eagle eyes.
This full-page ad for the Orange Blos-
som Tour next March was run in the
September issue of
Classic Motor-
sports
magazine. contains a pretty
nice illustration of a ‘67 Shelby. Own-
ers of these cars will be happy to see
that Cobra roadsters don’t get all the
attention.
It’s called a cobra lilly and the bulb
was sent to us by Carl Gagnon of Ft.
Myers, Florida. Of course, we were cu-
rious but we knew our botanical lim-
its. The chances of ever seeing this
plant flower were nil. So we gave it to
one of our friends at the Sharon Post
Office, Kelly Kilmer, who is noted for
her green thumb. Six weeks later,
vioila! She had coaxed the cobra out of
its nest and didn’t even need a flute.