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If you know anything about Shelbys,
this story is not likely to surprise you. It is
unique only in the details. If the story was
a movie script and we had to make a short
pitch to a group of Hollywood investors sit-
ting around a big table in an upscale
restaurant, here’s how we would try to
hook them:
Nineteen year-old kid in Kentucky,
working in a service station, sees a wild-
looking car in a dealership and falls in love
with it. His father helps him purchase it –
against his mother’s wishes – because he
believes in his son. The son is paying more
for the insurance than the installment
payments but he makes his father proud
and wins over his mother’s trust. He meets
a girl, offers her a ride in his car and she
is smitten, with both the guy and the car.
They get married and live happily ever
The SHELBY AMERICAN
Winter 2016 00
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