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The second day of the event was
devoted to a concours car show in the
Bellevue Community College parking
lot (the starting point for the previous
day’s drive). The judging was limited
to 100 cars, which insured it would not
take an excessive amount of time to
inspect all of the entries. The highlight
of the day, for me, was seeing the beau-
tifully restored 1966 Hertz car owned
by Mark Gusher of Redmond, Wash-
ington. The car was very unique due to
its being a white car with blue stripes.
Since nearly all of the Hertz cars came
with gold stripes, this was a very rare
car and Mark had done a masterful
job of researching the history of the
car and bringing it back to its original
specifications. For his effort, Mark re-
ceived a well-deserved gold medal.
Although there were a number of
outstanding vehicles to inspect, it was
fun talking to Mark and comparing
notes on our Hertz cars. However, as
the day ended I was, again, a little dis-
appointed. The only other early Shelby
at the show was a dark blue ‘67
GT500. That night I couldn’t help feel-
ing I should have stayed home and
gone fly-fishing.
The SHELBY AMERICAN
Winter 2016 68