I got a phone message the other day (Aug. 1st.) on my cell asking me if I wanted to sell my 1967 GT500 Shelby.
I have both a Cell Phone and still have the old Land Line. This guy calls me up on my Cell Phone. Well, my Shelby isn't up for sale and hasn't been offered for sale at any time. I have too many nice cars "in-progress" and my Shelby is the last one I'm planning to get to. I don't broadcast I have this Shelby and I try pretty hard not to give out my cell phone number. If I have to give out a phone number I give out the land line. So I thought it was odd to get a call about my Shelby on my Cell.
Curious, I called the guy back to see what was up. He said he was looking for a 67 GT500 Shelby and he wanted to know if I still had mine and if I was interested in letting it go. I questioned this guy in detail to find out who he was and what his story was. I even asked him straight-out if he was a dealer and was just going to flip my car for a profit? (I'm NOT a fan of professional resellers.) After a long discussion I had the general feeling this guy was on the level, that he wasn't a dealer, and that he said wanted it for his personal use. He also seemed to be aware the the current market values of my Shelby. He wasn't looking for a Trailer Queen nor one that needed a full restoration. I believe he was sincere and was looking for a good driver-quality Shelby model like mine, but I don't really know. He could have been a dealer.His message said his name was Chad Strewer. He specifically asked about my '67 GT500 and asked for me to call him back. His phone number was 831-277-xxxx Monterey, California
I didn't go into detail, but I said mine wasn't currently for sale. We had a polite conversation and he said if anything might change to keep him in mind and let him know.
The last question I asked him was how he got my number? He told me he looked my name up through the Shelby Registry Book and that he plugged my name into some search program on the internet and got my Cell number that way. My call-back was one of four he was hoping to get back.
I thought this guy was pretty smart it trying to track-down a collector car he was looking for. But I was surprised at how easy it really was for him to get my Cell Phone number.
Anybody get unsolicited offers to sell your Shelby like this or does anybody know this Chad Strewer?
When the internet or Google is not your friend......
You can request the Registries withhold your name if you are concerned about it.
I have been getting Calls on my Cell for a couple Years now from Realters wanting to buy my House. I got one two weeks ago. They see that Houses in my area sell for $200K to $250K and look up my Address to see that I only paid $90K and see $$$$$. I tell them sure, I sell it, for $190K BUT, you have to guarantee that you can match my Interest Rate of 2.74%. For some reason, they don't call me back. If they want something, they find a way to contact you.
Clifford I got a call as well. Told him I do not have any cars for sale. After hanging up with him I thought I should of asked the questions you did. If you google his phone number it shows he is some kind of dealer and shows up on the other Shelby forum. Chad Struer
USA Diligence
Vehicle Locators and Due Diligence
"I even asked him straight-out if he was a dealer and was just going to flip my car for a profit?" Big surprise that he denied being a dealer or flipper and said he was going to use it for his personal use. ::) I don't begrudge someone trying to make a buck as long as it is not hurting the person the buck is coming from . If you want to sell a car and your asking price is met no harm no foul IMO. If you can't stand leaving money on the table then that is on you so do your research. I would venture a penny against a dollar that at least 9 times out of 10 you will get that "I am not a dealer" answer if you pose the question the way you did. If he found you the way he did and said what he said means he may be at the very least a little untruthful but he is apparently not stupid. :D
There are several companies that collect "open source" information on people. I think most people would be shocked to see what is available.
I got the same call last week... on my cell also ... I politely told him "I dont know you and I dont know how you got my number but my shelbys are not for sale. and yes he was specific looking for gt500 67s ....
I could be wrong, but I have always thought some dealers have "friends" in law enforcement that can run VIN searches to get owner's names and addresses. When you see a relatively large number of cars that seem to come out of nowhere for sale, it seems suspect to me.
You dont even need friends, some states still provide that information
Quote from: Clifford on August 11, 2023, 10:56:38 AM
I got a phone message the other day (Aug. 1st.) on my cell asking me if I wanted to sell my 1967 GT500 Shelby.
I have both a Cell Phone and still have the old Land Line. This guy calls me up on my Cell Phone. Well, my Shelby isn't up for sale and hasn't been offered for sale at any time. I have too many nice cars "in-progress" and my Shelby is the last one I'm planning to get to. I don't broadcast I have this Shelby and I try pretty hard not to give out my cell phone number. If I have to give out a phone number I give out the land line. So I thought it was odd to get a call about my Shelby on my Cell.
Curious, I called the guy back to see what was up. He said he was looking for a 67 GT500 Shelby and he wanted to know if I still had mine and if I was interested in letting it go. I questioned this guy in detail to find out who he was and what his story was. I even asked him straight-out if he was a dealer and was just going to flip my car for a profit? (I'm NOT a fan of professional resellers.) After a long discussion I had the general feeling this guy was on the level, that he wasn't a dealer, and that he said wanted it for his personal use. He also seemed to be aware the the current market values of my Shelby. He wasn't looking for a Trailer Queen nor one that needed a full restoration. I believe he was sincere and was looking for a good driver-quality Shelby model like mine, but I don't really know. He could have been a dealer.His message said his name was Chad Strewer. He specifically asked about my '67 GT500 and asked for me to call him back. His phone number was 831-277-xxxx Monterey, California
I didn't go into detail, but I said mine wasn't currently for sale. We had a polite conversation and he said if anything might change to keep him in mind and let him know.
The last question I asked him was how he got my number? He told me he looked my name up through the Shelby Registry Book and that he plugged my name into some search program on the internet and got my Cell number that way. My call-back was one of four he was hoping to get back.
I thought this guy was pretty smart it trying to track-down a collector car he was looking for. But I was surprised at how easy it really was for him to get my Cell Phone number.
Anybody get unsolicited offers to sell your Shelby like this or does anybody know this Chad Strewer?
Strange first post on the forum, as if, and almost like this was a strange and twisted way to get leads on 67 Shelbys for sale.
Strange, but perhaps true, or not. ::)
Bill
Chad Strewer and another guy named Brett(seemed to be working together) called my father about his the other day. Completely out of the blue. Brett passed it on to Chad.
Several years ago, I had received a similar unsolicited call from Chad Strewer about my 1967 Shelby. Rather than respond to the voice mail, I similarly performed a Google search and identified him as a "vehicle locator". At that point I placed his number on my list of blocked callers.
Same phone number here
http://www.sportscarscan.com/contact.html
And here (as noted above)
Chad Struer
USA Due Diligence
Vehicle Locators and Due Diligence
www.usadiligence.com
Looks like a dealer/broker to me 😉
http://www.shelbyforums.com/threads/2-rare-gt350s-for-sale.6557/
http://www.usadiligence.com/forsale.html
Looks like he got himself banned at shelby forums?
(MOD Note - Cell number removed by request)
I'd get those calls all the time for my old 66. I even had Ken Eber call me trying to buy my car for his kid. Big spender offered me $20k... Then bumped it up to $25k. Believe it was about the time he would buy cars from the Shelby newsletter BEFORE members got it.
Quote from: Bill on August 11, 2023, 03:38:37 PM
Strange first post on the forum, as if, and almost like this was a strange and twisted way to get leads on 67 Shelbys for sale.
Strange, but perhaps true, or not. ::)
No, I just don't have much to say Shelby-wise. I don't come over to the SAAC forum very often unless it's to research something on '67s. Plus like I said my Shelby is at the end of a long line of projects awaiting my attention. Too little time, too many cars, and not enough space!
Didn't realize I never posted here before. I'm a long-time owner of 1855 by the way. My name is listed in print in the 2011 Registry. You'll normally find me yacking over at the BOSS 302 website and also under the same screen name, Clifford. Lately I've been working on my 1970 BOSS vintage race car.
I thought the call asking if my Shelby was for sale was worth sharing with other fellow 1967 GT500 owners. If your GT500 Shelby VIN is higher than 1855 then there's a good chance you'll probably be getting a phone call sometime too assuming Chad started low and is going up the list. Plus if he called me some of you other guys probably got call too and could shed some light on who he is.
Quote from: Clifford on August 11, 2023, 07:40:45 PM
Quote from: Bill on August 11, 2023, 03:38:37 PM
Strange first post on the forum, as if, and almost like this was a strange and twisted way to get leads on 67 Shelbys for sale.
Strange, but perhaps true, or not. ::)
No, I just don't have much to say Shelby-wise. I don't come over to the SAAC forum very often unless it's to research something on '67s. Plus like I said my Shelby is at the end of a long line of projects awaiting my attention. Too little time, too many cars, and not enough space!
Didn't realize I never posted here before. I'm a long-time owner of 1855 by the way. My name is listed in print in the 2011 Registry. You'll normally find me yacking over at the BOSS 302 website and also under the same screen name, Clifford. Lately I've been working on my 1970 BOSS vintage race car.
I thought the call asking if my Shelby was for sale was worth sharing with other fellow 1967 GT500 owners. If your GT500 Shelby VIN is higher than 1855 then there's a good chance you'll probably be getting a phone call sometime too assuming Chad started low and is going up the list. Plus if he called me some of you other guys probably got call too and could shed some light on who he is.
Yes we do...the Big Red Dog!!
Chris
Quote from: Coralsnake on August 11, 2023, 11:08:17 AM
You can request the Registries withhold your name if you are concerned about it.
No, I'm not too concerned about it, but I was surprised he called me on my cell as I don't normally give out that number. Plus like I said, I'm there in print in the 2011 SAAC Registry. However this was the first time I ever got a call inquiring about my GT500.
Chad left me a message and left his name and number and in his message he specifically said he was inquiring about my GT500. Actually I didn't notice his message till two days later. Before calling him back I also had time to think about what I was going to quiz him about when I called him back.
Being that it was two days later I told him I was returning his call without giving my name and he wanted to know who I was and I said "Who are you? You called me first." He gave me his name again and that is when he told me I was one of four people he was hoping hear back from.
Classic Collector Car Dealers have their place, but I'm not a fan of them. Granted, some are better than others and maybe some are really nice people, but I still see them as professional car flippers. Typically they search out vehicles needing little to no work and then turn around and sell them for profit.
Sports Car Scan
1172 S. Main Street, Suite 110
Salinas, CA 93908
Is just a mail box in a Pack N Ship store. I drive pass by it all the time. I have never heard of this guy.
Being an auto dealer myself I certainly don't have a problem with dealers trying to locate and purchase particular vehicles. However, in this case it is the apparent lack of honesty with this broker/dealer I have a big problem with!
Just for the record (in case we're counting or something) I too got a vm recently from a number tracing back to the same outfit and individual... I didn't engage.
Prefers not to chat on forum
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Financial speculators are seemingly super aggressive individuals.
Consider taking the approach to you as a compliment in that "your secret speculator" has identified the "67 Shelby GT500" as likely an underpriced and undiscovered (by most financial firms) investment.
I'd read that as a better then 50/50, that the car will increase in value disproportionately to "everything"?
At the dollar levels those kinds of speculators work at I don't see how they could corner the market or how one car would change much?
Even if we were talking about a 427 Cobra that you could have bought in '72 for $5,000, and resell it now for a million, is that enough to attract these money sharks?
I don't know? Maybe? I suppose the "maybe" is where the game gets interesting?
The simplest way to deal with this is to listen to an offer. If for instance you are offered cash for a '67 Mustang amount, then you can start to get a much clearer view of what is going on.
Quote from: Clifford on August 11, 2023, 07:40:45 PM
Quote from: Bill on August 11, 2023, 03:38:37 PM
Strange first post on the forum, as if, and almost like this was a strange and twisted way to get leads on 67 Shelbys for sale.
Strange, but perhaps true, or not. ::)
No, I just don't have much to say Shelby-wise. I don't come over to the SAAC forum very often unless it's to research something on '67s. Plus like I said my Shelby is at the end of a long line of projects awaiting my attention. Too little time, too many cars, and not enough space!
Didn't realize I never posted here before. I'm a long-time owner of 1855 by the way. My name is listed in print in the 2011 Registry. You'll normally find me yacking over at the BOSS 302 website and also under the same screen name, Clifford. Lately I've been working on my 1970 BOSS vintage race car.
I thought the call asking if my Shelby was for sale was worth sharing with other fellow 1967 GT500 owners. If your GT500 Shelby VIN is higher than 1855 then there's a good chance you'll probably be getting a phone call sometime too assuming Chad started low and is going up the list. Plus if he called me some of you other guys probably got call too and could shed some light on who he is.
I can attest that Clifford is legitimate. He has been posting in BOSS 302 world for a long time.
John
Same story here except he was asking about my 350. Voicemail was left on July 31st and I called later in the day. We never did talk about price just what condition of car he was looking to acquire. He was very polite but told me he was in the finance business after I asked if he was a dealer. Also said he tracked me down through the registry.
Nice to see the cars are still sought after.
Mike