The Shelby American (Fall 2021)

The SHELBY AMERICAN Lady Eagle Eyes They’re just as good as the guys at finding stuff. Fall 2021 26 This is a timely submission. Christina Albrecht sent her Dad a ‘67 Shelby GT500 face mask. She knows her GT500s, having ridden home from the hospital at one day- old in Dad’s ‘67. Al Albrecht pur- chased 67400F4A01972 new from Johnny Bolton Ford in Maitland, Florida on February 17, 1968 and still owns it today! Colleen Kopec alerted like an eager hunting dog when she saw this t-shirt on the Breitbart website. The Shelby Company in Birmingham, England manufactured razor blades in the 1900s. We have no idea why this t- shirt commemorated the product. Just when you thought those tricksters at Google couldn’t stoop any lower, they come up with this click bait. They compiled a list of “ the most hideous vehicular monstrosities of the last 30 years ” and to get you to go there, they show a picture of a ‘65 GT350. When you do go there (and who couldn’t re- sist?) there’s no mention of a Shelby anywhere. It’s a clear case of bait-and- switch and we’re torn between two conflicting emotions. On one hand, we don’t appreciate a GT350 being used to describe the worst cars ever made. But on the other, we don’t mind seeing it pictured on their website. Colleen Kopec spotted this contradiction. A local car show in Falls Village, Connecticut used a Cobra (replica) to get attention for their message. Colleen Kopec (again) spotted it on her way to go shopping. Leave it to Jami Young to find this cobra jewelry stand on the Internet. She can certainly use one, what with all of the cobra jewelry she keeps turning up.