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Originally Posted by GT350DAVE
Amy,
As a long term SAAC member and Shelby car enthusiast, it is confusing to me why Shelby Autos would not renew the Shelby license to an enthusiast club that has spent 30 plus years keeping the interest alive in the cars built by Shelby. I assume the license agreement is for the use of Shelby's name and trademarks. If that is what it is, I can not imagine anything positive from this negative action.
Coming up with an enthusiest club for the new cars is fine. As far as Forums go, this one is the best you will find. Decisions like ending license agreements with SAAC are counterproductive to keeping the ethusium going for our 60's cars. With Shelby Autos focus mostly on the new cars, I am sure owners like myself of the 60's Shelby American cars will soon feel abandoned. How can it not effect the values of our cars?
GT350DAVE
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I wholeheartedly agree with GT350DAVE's post and his sentiment. I have loved the '60's Shelbys for more than 20 years (which happens to be more than half my life) and I fail to see why Shelby Autos would do ANYTHING to upset SAAC and it's members in light of the fact that they have shown such great enthusiasm for Carroll Shelby's creations for such a long period of time. SAAC was there long before these cars were high dollar collector's pieces. It's really upsetting to me that Carroll Shelby would allow this to happen. He's not going to be around forever, and I would think he wouldn't want to spend his final years distancing those who have always been his greatest supporters.
This probably isn't going to be a very popular statement, but here goes... Carroll Shelby has created some of the greatest automobiles of our time, but he's also had a hand in some real junk. Thanks to SAAC, he'll always be remembered for EVERYTHING he did, and their existence has always promoted an awareness of his great accomplishments and no doubt their work has contributed greatly to many of the opportunities he's been afforded later on in his life. They've basically been a free promotional agency for him. I still can't believe the thanks they get.
I still love the man's work as do most of the people on this forum, which is probably why everyone has such a strong opinion about this.
Ultimately, I'd like one question answered with a decent explanation; why?
Not "Why two clubs". Why not renew with SAAC? What good comes of it?