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The SHELBY AMERICAN
Spring 2016 19
Is it our imagination or some kind of
karma? A badge and emblem company
sends us an email every once in a
while looking for new accounts. They
attach a bunch of samples and there
always seems to be one that is Cobra
related. We wonder what Capitol Area
club this is?
Stones Custom Glocks will stipple any
polymer-framed gun. They use a sol-
dering iron and can also incorporate a
logo. One of the ones they pictured was
this G.I. Joe Cobra logo. The pistol is a
Springfield XD. Thanks to Brett Mc-
Donald of Covina, California for turn-
ing this one up. Not sure if it’s his.
Pete Doriguzzi, Vice President of Hea-
cock Classic insurance and SAAC
member was on a business trip to at-
tend the SVRA National Champi-
onship vintage races in Austin, Texas
(we know – it’s a tough job but some-
body’s got to do it...) when he stopped
at a Texaco station to refuel his rented
car. We continue to be amazed that of
all the cars in the world that Texaco
could have put in these advertise-
ments they chose a Cobra and a
Shelby. Trust us: it wasn’t a random
choice.
If you keep your eyes open you’re sure
to spot Shelbys everywhere. Doug Cre-
santa of Satellite Beach, Florida sent
this picture he snapped of a sign for a
wholesale auto sales company in Mel-
bourne that has a ‘66 Shelby on it. If
you were wondering where Midtown
Mike is, now you know.
Elvis is alive and driving a 427 Cobra
comp car (CSX3011) in Palm Springs.
Possibly, according to eagle eye Greg
Melnyk who saw this in the December
2015 issue of
Travel Host Palm
Springs
magazine.
Tom Dankel of Hollister, California, a
frequent contributor to this column,
was sitting on a United Airlines flight,
minding his own business when he
started flipping through the pages of
the January issue of
Hemispheres,
United’s in-flight magazine. An article
titled “Car Guys” led off with a picture
of a GT40 in Gulf livery at speed. The
article was about “
a father and son in
a souped-up Subaru and a 1,000-mile
crash-filled rally across Newfound-
land.
” Good thing they led off with a
GT40. Who would have continued
reading the article if they had showed
a Subaru?