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The SHELBY AMERICAN
Winter 2016 23
You know Hot Wheels is running
out of cars when they introduce a
model of which only three actual
cars were built. But the name
“Shelby” is magic... Warren spotted
this in a magazine ad.
Warren certainly didn’t expect to
see anything Cobra-related in a
Lowes when he was looking for dry-
wall nails. Who would have thought
they were made by the Cobra com-
pany?
Was it the red 427 Cobra or the
model wearing a fancy tuxedo shirt
that caught Young’s attention in a
recent issue of
Hemmings Motor
News
. The one-page article was
written about Bill & Bud Jones’
Cobra and the series of posters they
created using their car. The writer’s
reference source was a special six-
page chapter in the 2008 Cobra reg-
istry, which he attributed to the
book. One of the reasons we put so
much work into the registry was so
it could be used as a reference
source. After all, not everyone is
able to get a copy but that doesn’t
mean they shouldn’t see some of the
things that are inside of it.
Hutchinson saw these “serpent
shirts” in the genuinehotrod.com
catalog.
Warren must be dreaming about
spiffing up his garage. This tool
chest is £860 (about $1317) and
comes with free graphics of your
car (which you supply).