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Well, we have established you can moderate if you want to. Now the question will become when is too much off topic appropriate?

So let me get this straight, you hate "the clowns" as you put it but now you have become one of them.  Humm, you better ask yourself some serious questions. 

Why don't you do what 95% of rest of us do, ignore them and move on.  If you don't feed them they won't survive, but no, your answer is because YOU aren't happy, you will flood the site with trash and shut down the site for everyone else?  Man that is the definition of selfishness.

Greg if you don't like it don't read it...move along

a GTH hat gifted to us

i know this is an older post, but I stumbled across one of these hats at a flea market local. I passed up on it cause they wanted $50 for it !!!!

See post #38.

Since 2005 there have been between 150 & 200,000 Cobras, GT350, GT500 etc built by Ford and Shelby American. In the time between 1962 and the end of 69 they only produced just over 13,000 (1,100 Cobras) cars total. The new ones will never be "collectible" at the level of the originals whose legacy they are using as the sales pitch. If you want to narrow it down even further in mid 67 Ford assumed the assets of Shelby American. The tail end of 67 (thought to be the Z marked serial number tags) and all 68-70 Shelbys were built by Ford Motor Company not Shelby American. The 2005 GT500 was completely developed and finished by SVT before marketing struck on the genius idea to stick GT500 on it - they had owned the rights to the name since 1967.
So will they be an appreciating asset - nope - no way - never in your lifetime. Why? No history and not rare the things that drive the classic car market. Maybe in 50 years a nice low mileage survivor will sell for decent money so get one for your great grandson.

I couldn't agree more.

Unfortunately many have pie in the sky dreams of the collectibility of the newer "Shelby's" happening again.

AO Smith was 120 miles from "Livonia"

meh... details, details

Agreed.
This is for the Wanabee crowd 

I love how fast things get off topic around here.

It's what keeps me coming back. 

That chrome crawling over the top of the front fenders like a vine is not attractive.

Baby Birds don't need any augmentation.

I had a black '57 E-model with 3-speed stick. Beautiful, fun and very lovely car.

I believe the word you are looking for is "Chauchy" 

Nice additional info to the story...

https://www.thedrive.com/news/33479/that-video-of-a-chevy-corvette-c8-driver-getting-kicked-out-of-a-ford-track-day-was-staged

Well....who would have guessed???

 

https://cocoaoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/WSFlyerMay2020.pdf

I attended this event on Saturday.  Seems to me this guy is a self-important social media influencer who seeks sympathy from his followers.  The attached flyer clearly states Ford-powered.  This is fake news if I have ever heard it. 

I caution those posters who so quickly reacted to this poor boys dilemma without knowing the whole story.......... and then try to make it an instructional event.

+1

You said it...

Best wishes and a speedy recovery Rick

Chris

Chalk this up to fake news...

I have at least one and maybe two extras if someone's looking for one PM me.

Chris