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Thursday wrapped up at a local
country club for the traditional “Wel-
coming Mixer.” We were joined by spe-
cial guests (VIPs as we like to call
them) who were happy to meet club
members and provide autographs and
pose for photos. Pictured here [
below,
left to right
]: Bernie Kretzschmar,
Steve Saleen, Chuck Cantwell, Jim
Marietta and Tom Yeager.
Some of SAAC’s registrars were
also on hand, always anxious to up-
date their databases and provide in-
formation on specific cars on request.
Jeff Burgy [
below
], the Registrar for
new Ford GTs had his trusty laptop
with him. It was bursting at the seams
with his photo archives containing not
only individual Ford GTs but every
Cobra and Shelby photo he has taken
since the late 1960s.
Bob McClurg has been a race pho-
tographer since the late 1960s when
he was a virtual fixture at most larger
west coast drag race events. His pho-
tos have been published in just about
every automobile magazine and lately
he has been writing books about vari-
ous muscle cars, including an excellent
one on Tasca Ford. He had samples of
some of his photography and after the
handful of books he brought sold out
he was busy taking orders for drag
racing prints.
Also on view were samples of
Hertz memorabilia brought by a few of
the more serious collectors. The drool-
inducing items were eagerly (and care-
fully) examined by Hertz owners,
many of whom discovered things they
had never seen before (and probably
didn’t have a snow cone’s chance in
Hades of acquiring). But isn’t that why
you come to conventions?
The SHELBY AMERICAN
The cruise went through the township of Shelby. What are the odds of the local Masonic
Lodge being #350? You can’t make that stuff up. Seeing the name “Shelby” on anything
not relating to something automotive always causes a double-take among Shelby people.
The local firehouse and VFW monument are cases in point.
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